On 17 October 2017, Of Dirt and Grace won the GMA Dove Award for Long Form Video of the Year with director Joel Houston and David Rubie alongside producer Jason Strong being the receipts at a ceremony at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. On 9 August 2017, it was announced that Of Dirt and Grace would be nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Long Form Video of the Year category at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards. As a worship album, it’s both spiritually uplifting and challenging." Awards and accolades As a concept album, it’s intellectually inspiring. Ryan Loche of The Church Collective felt the new versions of the songs from Empires " great ways to bring some of the synth-heavy songs from the past album to a more acoustic team." Phil Schneider of ChurchMag called the album "a beautiful album, a passionate and creative performance," adding, "As a live album, it’s sonically perfect. Giving Of Dirt and Grace four out of five stars, Lucas Munachen of Jesus Freak Hideout opined that the "slow build" of most of the songs "creates an ethereal atmosphere that sets its sight above", and called the usage of the filmed performances "an original concept that enhances the beauty of these songs even further." Timothy Yap of Hallels praised the visual album concept, stating, "While many worship albums serve to engage the ears, Of Dirt and Grace makes Jesus palatable through all our five senses. The music video of the live performance of "Say the Word" was released on 14 July 2016. On 1 July 2016, the live performance of "Prince of Peace" was released as an instant-grat single for those who pre-ordered the album, while its music video was released in Hillsong United's official website. On 21 June 2016, Hillsong United performed "Say the Word" on The Morning Show. Several members of the band wrote blog posts on Hillsong's website narrating their experiences while recording and filming the album. While Empires featured "EDM pulses" throughout the album, Of Dirt and Grace features the tracks "decelerated into slow and pensive ballads." Of Dirt and Grace: Live from the Land differs from previous Hillsong United albums, due to the visual concept, the abundance of ballads, as well as the prominence of vocalist Taya Smith, who sings in half the album. The album features new arrangements of the songs from Empires, as well as two tracks from Zion (2013), "Scandal of Grace" and " Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)", and the Hillsong Worship song "I Surrender" from Cornerstone (2012). The group wanted to film live performances of the song around places in Israel where the aforementioned events took place, as well as other Biblically historical locations. Hillsong United previously took inspiration from the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes for their fourth studio album, Empires (2015).
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