Stephen Crumbächer – Take It In – 1991

This is the final album Stephen would release after a great string of fantastic albums. His career started out with a very strong pop sound and slowly whittled down to a much more mellow sound. Though the Crumbächer-Duke album went back to a pretty fun sound. I’ll be honest I didn’t really like Stephen’s direction as time came on but that’s a me thing. There was nothing wrong with his easy listening sounds in fact they were really well done. This album really reinforced that to me. I was quite surprised at how much I liked this album. Do you remember when you’d listen to an upbeat album and there would be a very well done slow track that kind of surprised you? This album is full of those well done slower tracks. I really really enjoyed this album even though it’s not my preferred style. Stephen nailed this one and retired with a winner.

Tracklist
1 – Almost Home – 4:01
2 – Take It In – 4:13
3 – Circle Of My Heart – 3:44
4 – Over Me – 3:05
5 – Autumn Life – 4:16
6 – It Takes Love – 4:16
7 – The Breaks – 3:01
8 – Dream Again – 3:42
9 – All The Time In The World – 3:38
10 – Jesus, You – 4:04

Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Bob Somma
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Bill Baumgart, Tim Heintz
Arranged By [Vocals] – Bill Baumgart
Art Direction – Ed McTaggart
Backing Vocals – Bill Baumgart, Katy McCormick, Linda Elias, Rick Elias, Stephen Crumbächer
Bass – Glen Holmen
Coordinator [Production Assistant] – Beth Jahnsen
Design – Joe Potter
Drums – Doug Mathews
Electric Guitar, Lead Guitar – Glenn Pearce
Engineer – Bill Baumgart, Dave Jahnsen
Flute – Brandon Fields
Keyboards – Tim Heintz
Lead Guitar – Glenn Pearce
Mixed By – Dave Jahnsen
Photography By – Wayne Armstrong
Producer – Bill Baumgart
Saxophone, Flute – Brandon Fields
Written-By – Stephen Crumbächer

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Frontline Records
Copyright © – Frontline Records
Distributed By – FMG Distribution
Produced For – Asylomar Productions
Recorded At – Mixing Lab A, Mixing Lab B
Mixed At – Mixing Lab A, Mixing Lab B
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia

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Author: Ray Mansfield

One of the founding cowboys of Real 80s CCM. Been listening to this stuff since 1978.

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