1992 – Page 2 – Real 80s CCM

Randy Stonehill – Wonderama – 1992

This is an interesting project from Randy but not for the music as much as for who was the band. Rob Watson and Tim Chandler from DA are here as well as Rick Elias and drums were handled by long time LA studio musician David Raven. That’s quite the band and you can hear all their influences through the album. This album has in my opinion some of Randy’s best writing though with so many albums that’s kind of a silly thing to say. Strangely the album didn’t have a CCM single but then again while Randy indeed did have CCM singles he had very few considering the volume of his work. The CCM charts never really supported Randy’s work.

Tracklist
1 – Wonderama – 6:20
2 – I Will Follow – 3:00
3 – Barbie Nation – 4:57
4 – Don’t Be Sad – 4:15
5 – Rachel Delevoryas – 3:19
6 – Intermission At The Wonderama – 1:05
7 – Great Big Stupid World – 5:47
8 – Sing In Portuguese – 4:05
9 – Mice & Men – 3:13
10 – The Lost Parade – 4:14
11 – Lantern In The Snow – 4:36
12 – Wonderama Postlude – 0:42

Credits
Arranged By [Strings & Horn], Written-By [String & Horn Arrangements Written By], Conductor [String & Horn Arrangements Conducted By] – Rob Watson
Art Direction [Art Director] – Roz
Artwork, Design – Court Patton, Tom Gulotta
Bass – Tim Chandler
Drums – David Raven
Guitar [Guitars] – Rick Elias
Keyboards – Rob Watson
Lead Vocals, Guitar [Guitars] – Randy Stonehill
Concept By – Court Patton, Terry Taylor, Tom Gulotta
Executive-Producer – Mark Maxwell, Ray Ware
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Photography By – Linda Krikorian, Nic Nacca
Producer [Produced By], Directed By – Terry Taylor
Recorded By – G. Eugene

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Copyright © – Word, Inc.
Manufactured By – Word, Inc.
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Produced For – Stunt Productions
Mastered At – Future Disc
Recorded At – Mixing Lab A
Recorded At – Neverland
Recorded At – Mixing Lab B
Recorded At – Micronote Studios
Recorded At – McCrummy Music Studio
Recorded At – Jerry and Sharon’s Wax Lips Studio
Mixed At – Mixing Lab A
Published By – Stonehillian Music
Published By – Word Music
Published By – Buon Natalie Music
Published By – Twitchen Vibes Music

Michael W. Smith – Change Your World – 1992

I have to admit yet again that I was not a Michael W. Smith in the 80’s. But this album is a fantastic early 80’s keyboard oriented pop album. But that’s actually the problem with this album, It’s a great 80’s album but it came out in 1992. This is an ongoing problem with Michael as he did some really good stuff but he always seemed to be 5 years behind. But the good news is that I didn’t really care for 90’s music so I get to enjoy this album just as it is. As per normal the album was great success on the CCM charts with 2 top 10 singles, “Give It Away” made it to #1 and “I Will Be Here For You” to #2.

Tracklist
1 – Picture Perfect – 4:06
2 – Love One Another – 4:51
3 – I Will Be Here For You – 4:32
4 – Color Blind – 5:37
5 – Somewhere Somehow – 4:17
6 – Cross Of Gold – 4:32
7 – Out Of This World – 4:23
8 – Somebody Love Me – 4:19
9 – Give It Away – 5:04
10 – I Wanna Tell The World – 4:26
11 – Friends – 4:39

Credits
Arranged By [Horns] – Chris McDonald, Jerry Hey
Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – Ronn Huff
Art Direction – Janet Wolsborn
Backing Vocals – Angelo & Veronica
Choir – Christ Church Choir, Music City Mass Choir
Concertmaster, Contractor – Carl Gorodetzky
Creative Director – Robin Sloane
Directed By – Landy & Joy Gardner, Reverend Lawrence Thomison
Executive Producer – Michael Blanton
Management – Blanton/Harrell, Inc.
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica
Mixed By [Assisted] – Alejandro Rodriguez
Photography By – Timothy White
Producer – Mark Heimermann, Michael W. Smith
Recorded By [Horns] – Humberto Gatica
Recorded By [Strings] – Brent King
Strings – The Nashville String Machine

Companies, etc.
Licensed Through – General Electric Company, USA
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Reunion Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Reunion Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – BMG Music
Distributed By – BMG Music
Pressed By – JVC

Mylon LeFevre & Friends – Faith, Hope & Love – 1992

I figured I would introduce this album by quoting Mylons statement about the album. “FROM 1980 TO 1990 “BROKEN HEART” AND I RELEASED 10 ALBUMS, SOLD A MILLION RECORDS, AND TRAVELLED A MILLION MILES WORLDWIDE LEADING OVER 180.000 IN DECISIONS FOR CHRIST. BUT IN 1991. THE ORIGINAL MINISTRY VISION THAT GOD GAVE US HAD BEEN COMPLETED. AT THAT POINT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME OUT OF BALANCE BECAUSE WE WERE SPENDING MORE TIME MAKING HIM KNOWN THAN KNOWING HIM. SO WE TOOK A YEAR TO SEEK GOD AND COMMIT TO KNOWING HIM ABOVE ALL ELSE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. I NEEDED TO HEAR HIS VOICE CLEARLY AND NEEDED TO RECEIVE MY INSTRUCTIONS. I NEEDED A FRESH VISION AND DIRECTION FROM THE LORD, AND AS I GOT QUIET, GOD MET WITH ME IN AN INCREDIBLE NEW WAY. THE RESULTS OF THAT SABBATICAL ARE THESE 11 SONGS WE CALL FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. THIS ALBUM IS THE REFLECTION OF THE CHANGES GOD MADE IN ME, MY FAMILY, AND MY BAND BY THE PROMISES AND PROVISIONS IN HIS WORD. THESE SONGS SIMPLY TESTIFY TO GOD’S POWER, LOVE, AND FAITHFULNESS TO US. PRAISE GOD FOR THE VICTORY WE HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS. HE IS LORD! I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN AND I THANK GOD FOR THIS NEW DIRECTION, NEW FRIENDS. NEW MUSIC, AND HIS FRESH NEW ANOINTING. IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR. LOVE, MYLON”

Well there it is, now we know why this album exists. First lets talk about the positives of this album. It had 4 singles on the CCM charts, “Invincible Love” went to #1, “Closer Than A Friend” also made it to #1, “Give Thanks” made it to #6, and “Faithful” made it to #29. That’s actually pretty good. Any album with 2 #1 singles is a huge success. Now the downside. If you look at the album cover that indicates where were headed with this album. It is certainly not the Mylon that we were more accustomed to but instead a pretty AOR oriented album. Strangely it was also the end of his albums until 2003. Mylon however stayed very active. To quote Wikipedia “LeFevre increasingly turned to preaching and teaching as his vocation. He and his wife Christi minister in about 75 churches a year. He has also spoken at motorcycle rallies, NASCAR owner/driver chapel services, NFL and NBA chapel services, and in Russia, Australia, Canada, the Philippines, the Cayman Islands, and Mexico.” Bottom line this is a pretty mellow album for Mylon but if you want to hear a little of the Mylon we all loved check out “Callin’ Down Fire” which is easily the best track on the album.

Tracklist
1 – Invincible Love – 5:05
2 – The Name Of The Lord – 4:12
3 – Holy Is The Lord – 3:37
4 – The Power Of Love – 3:40
5 – Don’t Say It’s Over – 4:10
6 – Give Thanks – 3:58
7 – Closer Than A Friend – 4:59
8 – Humble Yourself – 3:55
9 – Masterpeace – 4:47
10 – Callin’ Down Fire – 4:08
11 – Faithful – 4:59

Credits
Bass – Anthony Sallee, Joe Hardy
Bass, Vocals – Paul Chapman
Creative Director – Toni Thigpen
Design, Layout – Jackson Design
Drums – Ben Hewitt, Liberty DeVitto
Drums, Vocals – Tony Miller
Edited By [Digital], Mixed By [Mixing Coordination] – Leland Bennett
Engineer – Dave Wagner, Scott Allen
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Sal Oliveri, Skip Benicky
Executive-Producer – Jeff Moseley, Stan Moser
Guitar – Joe Hardy, Steven Curtis Chapman
Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle – Ricky Skaggs
Guitar, Vocals – Scott Allen, Skip Benicky
Keyboards, Vocals – Sal Oliveri
Liner Notes – Mylon LeFevre
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Win Kutz
Percussion – Carlos Jorge
Photography By [Photo Of Mylon LeFevre] – Russ Harrington
Producer – Mylon LeFevre, Scott Allen
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Ben Hewitt, Cheryl Rogers, Joe Hardy, Joey Holder, Larry Rust, Rick Crow, Sal Oliveri, Scott Allen
Saxophone – Todd Nystrom
Vocals – 4Him, Carman, Dez Dickerson, Kenneth Bentley, Larry Rust, Michael English, Michael Gleason, Michael W. Smith, Ricky Skaggs, Steven Curtis Chapman

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Star Song
Copyright © – Star Song
Recorded At – Angel Band Studios
Mixed At – Eagle Mountain Studios
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia

David Zaffiro – Surrender Absolute – 1992

This is David’s third solo album and he is still mellowing out at this point but not in a bad way. Yes I generally lean towards liking harder Rock album but this is a great album. It’s a solid Pop album that some say is AOR but it leans Pop for me. The album has 3 acoustic tracks which I think are really well done. While they aren’t really my style they are very well done and we can really appreciate David’s vocals on these tracks. Interestingly Aussie Randall Waller stepped in and assisted David with the production on the album.

Tracklist
1 – Find My Way – 4:03
2 – To The Heavens – 4:15
3 – Carousel – 4:14
4 – Silas And Serai – 5:15
5 – In A Box – 4:05
6 – Attitude – 3:56
7 – Calling Out To Me – 4:47
8 – Surrender Absolute – 3:56
9 – Every Little Thing – 4:17
10 – No Long Goodbyes – 4:58

Credits
Art Direction, Design – Brian Godawa
Co-producer [Production Assistance], Engineer [Assistant] – Randall Waller
Engineer – David Zaffiro
Executive-Producer, A&R – Matthew Duffy
Mastered By – Ron McMaster
Photography By – Joe Potter, Mark Wilkins, Susan Waller
Producer – David Zaffiro

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Glasshouse
Mixed At – Glasshouse
Mastered At – Tower Mastering
Mastered At – Capitol Studios
Produced For – Zaffiro Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Frontline Records
Copyright © – Frontline Records
Distributed By – FMG Distribution
Copyright © – Broken Songs
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia

Bryan Duncan – Mercy – 1992

To say this was a successful album is an understatement as it had 2 #1 hits and 4 #2 hits. Yet it did not get a Grammy or Dove award nomination. Until the end of time I will never ever understand the Christian Music industry. When 60% of an album goes to #2 or #1 it obviously should have been in the running. Furthermore the best track on the album, “Five Smooth Stones”, a duet with Crystal Lewis, wasn’t even released as a single. I am again left speechless by the industry. Anyway, the album has a few tracks where we get to hear that big band sound that Bryan loved and perfected and other than that we have some very solid pop tracks. I feel the album leans a little more to the ballads than his previous ones but it’s not a problem. This is a great album and several tracks are on my regular rotation.

Tracklist
1 – Mercy Me (Love Is My Responsibility) – 3:17
2 – Step By Step – 4:41
3 – Into My Heart – 3:55
4 – You Don’t Leave Me Lonely – 3:59
5 – When It Comes To Love – 5:58
6 – Looks A Lot Like Me – 3:45
7 – Love Takes Time – 3:51
8 – Faithful To You – 5:04
9 – I’ll Not Forget You – 4:27
10 – Five Smooth Stones – 3:31

Credits
Arranged By, Keyboards [Arranged By] – Michael Omartian, Peter Wolf, Robbie Buchanan
Art Direction – Diana Barnes
Backing Vocals – Alexis England, Darrell Brown, David Pack, David Robertson, Diana DeWitt, Gene Miller, Leslie Smith, Suzie Benson, Tom Burns
Bass – Neil Stubenhaus
Brass – Bill Reichenbach, Dan Higgins, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
Design – Larry Vigon, Rowena Rivera Curtis
Drums – John Robinson
Engineer – Mike Mierau
Engineer [2nd] – Slamm Andrews
Engineer [Additional] – Al Phillips, Paul Erickson, Terry Christian
Guitar – Glenn Pearce, Paul Jackson Jr.
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Mixed By – Daren Klein
Organ [B-3], Keyboards [Additional] – Alan Pasqua
Percussion – Mike Fisher
Photography By – Denise Milford
Producer – Dan Posthuma

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Embassy Studios, Simi Valley, CA
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Copyright © – Word, Inc.
Manufactured By – Word, Inc.
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Distributed By – Word Communications Ltd.
Distributed By – Word (Uk) Ltd.
Recorded At – Soundhouse Studios
Recorded At – Bunny Hop Studios
Recorded At – Ocean Studios
Recorded At – Mama Jo’s
Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At – Pack’s Place
Mixed At – Westlake Studios
Mastered At – Future Disc
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus

Mad At The World – Through The Forest – 1992

This is the fifth studio album from the guys. Strangely it’s also the last one that founding member Mike Pendleton and guitarist Brent Gordon are on. Nothing has ever been officially said about their departures but to quote Roger Rose, “they didn’t really quit the band–they kinda quit and got fired all at the same time.” Anyway that aside this album continues there new Rock/Grunge style we were introduced to on their previous album. It’s not as good as their previous album which I found kind of odd as I thought they would be perfecting this sound but it’s still a pretty darn good album and if you really like this style of music this is probably still in the 10 of this style.

Tracklist
1 – That Lonesome Road – 4:27
2 – Trapped – 3:44
3 – Lost In The Forest – 3:35
4 – If I Lose My Way – 3:31
5 – Always Be My Love – 4:08
6 – M.A.T.W. (Reprise) – 4:22
7 – Alone – 5:45
8 – I’ve Got A Heaven – 4:25
9 – I’ll Never Go Back There – 3:54
10 – If I Can Dream – 2:53

Credits
Art Direction – Brian Godawa
Bass – Mike Pendelton
Cover – Brent Gordon
Design – Brian Godawa
Drums – Randy Rose
Guitar – Roger Rose
Lead Guitar – Brent Gordon
Lyrics By – Roger Rose
Photography By – Patrick House
Producer – Roger Rose
Rhythm Guitar – Brent Gordon
Vocals – Mike Pendelton, Randy Rose, Roger Rose

Companies, etc.
Copyright © – Frontline Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Frontline Records
Recorded At – MATW Studios
Mixed At – MATW Studios
Distributed By – FMG Distribution
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus

Twila Paris – A Heart That Knows You – 1992

This is Twila’s 1992 compilation album. I really think she might hold the record for her amount of compilation albums. The album did contain two new tracks including the title track that was a charting single. I have indicated the original album for all the tracks below.

1 – A Heart That Knows You – New Track
2 – Destiny – New Track
3 – How Beautiful – Cry For The Desert – 1990
4 – I See You Standing – Cry For The Desert – 1990
5 – Every Heart That Is Breaking – For Every Heart – 1988
6 – Prince Of Peace – Same Girl – 1987
7 – Wandering Pilgrim – It’s The Thought… – 1989
8 – Runner – Kingdom Seekers – 1986
9 – The Warrior Is A Child – The Warrior Is A Child – 1984
10 – Holy Is The Lamb – From Dick Tunney album Twila Paris Piano Classics
11 – Sweet Victory – For Every Heart – 1988
12 – True Friend – For Every Heart – 1988
13 – Bonded Together – Same Girl – 1987
14 – Release Of The Spirit/He Is Exalted – Kingdom Seekers – 1985
15 – Lamb Of God – Kingdom Seekers – 1985
16 – Do I Trust You Medley – The Warrior Is A Child – 1984

Tracklist
1 – A Heart That Knows You – 4:41
2 – Destiny – 5:12
3 – How Beautiful – 4:42
4 – I See You Standing – 4:05
5 – Every Heart That Is Breaking – 4:12
6 – Prince Of Peace – 4:37
7 – Wandering Pilgrim – 4:06
8 – Runner – 4:04
9 – The Warrior Is A Child – 4:09
10 – Holy Is The Lamb – 3:26
11 – Sweet Victory – 4:29
12 – True Friend – 3:00
13 – Bonded Together – 4:59
14 – Release Of The Spirit/He Is Exalted – 5:59
15 – Lamb Of God – 4:11
16 – Do I Trust You Medley – 5:50

Credits
Art Direction – Buddy Jackson, Toni Thigpen
Design – S.Combs
Executive-Producer – Darrell A. Harris, Jack Wright
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Photography By – Mark Tucker

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Star Song
Copyright © – Star Song
Record Company – Star Song Communications
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia
Designed At – Jackson Design
Recorded At – RTC Studio
Recorded At – Quad Studios
Engineered At – Bill Schnee Studios
Engineered At – The Bunny Hop
Engineered At – Javelina Recording Studios
Engineered At – Woodland Studios
Engineered At – Recording Arts
Mixed At – Woodland Digital
Mixed At – RTC Studio
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab

Two Hearts – Stand Your Ground – 1992

Two Hearts are the husband and wife team of Michael Hodge and Carrie McDowell. Michael was a very talented studio musician and Carrie had released an album on Motown records in 1987 and actually had a top 40 hit with “Uh Uh, No, No Casual Sex”. Carrie next showed up in 1989 on a Maranatha! Music sampler with a fantastic cover version of Randy Stonehill’s “Shut De Do” which was the song that started my hunt to learn more about her. This is a solid pop album and Carrie handles most the vocal work and Michael mainly handles the guitar work but does supply some vocals. Definitely well worth a listen if you missed it back in the 90’s.

Tracklist
1 – Hold On Me – 4:03
2 – Celebrate New Life – 3:54
3 – Stand Your Ground – 4:06
4 – Holy Fire – 3:38
5 – Miracles – 3:33
6 – Promise Me Tonight – 4:40
7 – Are You Ready? – 3:29
8 – Heaven Help Me – 3:40
9 – Teach Me How – 3:25
10 – Heaven Help Me (Instrumental Mix) – 2:23

Credits
Art Direction – Buddy Jackson
Backing Vocals – Carrie Hodge, Cris Willis, Guy Penrod, Michael Hodge, Robert Street, Vicky Hampton, Yvonne Hodges
Bass, Drums, Keyboards – Brian Tankersley
Creative Director – Toni Thigpen
Design – L. Franke
Executive-Producer – Jeff Moseley
Guitar, Vocals – Michael Hodge
Keyboards [Additional] – Bo Cooper, Don Koch, John Andrew Schreiner, Michael James, Paul Mills, Phil Kristianson
Lead Vocals – Carrie Hodge
Mastered By – Hank Williams
Photography By – Mark Tucker
Producer – Brian Tankersley
Recorded By, Mixed By – Brian Tankersley

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Star Song
Copyright © – Star Song
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Designed At – Jackson Design
Produced For – GBT Music
Recorded At – GBT Studio
Recorded At – Quad Recording Studios
Recorded At – Reflections Studio, Nashville, TN
Recorded At – Allies Recording Studio
Mixed At – Mastermix
Mastered At – Mastermix

The Brave – Battle Cries – 1992

I really Can’t find much about The Brave other than they formed in 1991 in Lancaster, California. I do know that they came to the attention of John and Dino Elefante over at Pakaderm Records. This album is the result of their work together and what an album it is. I often struggle with the line between hard rock and metal and this album really dances that line for me. In the end I say it’s hard rock and is one of the best hard rock albums I’ve heard in CCM. The album has 10 solid rock tracks with two remixes thrown in as bonus material. Judging from the bonus tracks I am assuming they felt the singles were “All Together Now” and “Running All My Life”. Personally I think “Little Love” is the single of the album as the intro guitar rifts get you ready for a great song which doesn’t disappoint. All that said here’s the problem with the album. It was released in 1992 and that was right at the tail end of this style. After this much harder metal became more popular and this arena rock style just didn’t fit. Lucky for us it’s years later and we can just enjoy the album as a great hard rock album.

Tracklist
1 – All Together Now – 4:28
2 – The Waiting – 4:33
3 – If That Ain’t Love – 4:59
4 – Running All My Life – 4:45
5 – Tears Of A Broken Heart – 4:31
6 – Little Love – 4:27
7 – Never Live Without Your Love – 4:38
8 – Big World – 4:23
9 – Ride With The Rythm – 3:53
10 – Just A Man – 4:42
11 – All Together Now (Studio Mix) – 4:28
12 – Running All My Life (Studio Mix) – 4:44

Credits
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Doug Beiden, Jeff Gunn
Bass – Malcolm Paris
Design, Art Direction – Terry DeGraff
Drums – Randy Roberts
Drums [Additional], Percussion [Additional] – Dave Raven
Engineer – Dino Elefante, Doug Beiden, J.R. McNeely, John Elefante
Engineer [Assistant] – Chuck Swindoll Jr.
Guitar – Freddie Tierra, Stayce Roberts
Guitar [Additional], Bass [Additional] – J.R. McNeely
Guitar [Solo, Guest] – Tony Palacios
Lead Vocals – James Salters
Mastered By – Chris Bellman
Mixed By – Neil Kernon
Photography By – Patrick House
Producer – Dino Elefante, John Elefante
Vocals – Freddie Tierra, Malcolm Paris, Randy Roberts, Stayce Roberts
Written-By, Arranged By – Brandon Starr, Dino Elefante, Ian Sabretti, Jean-Luc Lajoie, John Elefante, The Brave

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Copyright © – Word, Inc.
Manufactured By – Word, Inc.
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Distributed By – Word Communications Ltd.
Distributed By – Word (Uk) Ltd.
Pressed By – Denon Digital Industries
Recorded At – Pakaderm Studios
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Amy Grant – Home For Christmas – 1992

This is Amy’s second Christmas album. In fact I believe it’s the most successful CCM Christmas album of all time. According to Nielsen SoundScan it is actually the eighteenth best-selling Christmas album in the U.S. since 1991. It reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian album chart. The album is a combo of traditional Christmas songs along with some originals just for this album.

Tracklist
1 – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – 2:36
2 – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – 2:26
3 – Joy To The World / For Unto Us A Child Is Born – 2:33
4 – Breath Of Heaven (Mary’s Song) – 5:29
5 – O’ Come All Ye Faithful – 3:01
6 – Grown Up Christmas List – 5:00
7 – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – 2:07
8 – Winter Wonderland – 2:17
9 – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – 3:27
10 – The Night Before Christmas – 3:52
11 – Emmanuel, God With Us – 4:56
12 – Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring – 4:47

Credits
Amy Grant – lead vocals
Shane Keister – acoustic piano (4, 10), keyboards (8, 10, 11), string arrangements (10)
Carl Marsh – synthesizer (4), keyboards (11, 12), orchestration (12)
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (6)
Clare Fischer – acoustic piano (9)
Blair Masters – keyboards (10, 11)
Phil Keaggy – guitars (5)
Tom Hemby – guitar (6, 12), acoustic guitar (10)
Jerry McPherson – guitar (7), acoustic guitar (10)
Dann Huff – guitar (10)
Craig Nelson – bass (7, 9)
David Hungate – bass (8, 10)
Chris McHugh – drums (7)
Steve Forman – percussion (7)
Paul Leim – drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
Harold Jones – drums (9)
Mark O’Connor – violin (12)
Ronn Huff – orchestration (1, 2, 3, 9), choral arrangements (3, 5, 11), conductor
Alan Moore – orchestration (6)
The London Studio Orchestra – strings (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
Nat Peck – contractor
The American Boychoir (3, 5, 10), directed by James Litton
Chris Eaton – background vocals (2, 7, 11), acoustic piano (11)
Marty McCall – background vocals (2, 7, 10)
Marabeth Jordan – background vocals (2, 7, 10)
Bonnie Keen – background vocals (2, 7, 10)
John Darnall – children’s choir director (10)
Children’s choir (10) – Jessica Owen, Kristina Owen, Carrie Gardner, Lisa Pardin, Asher Larrison, Emily Estes, Bethany Wright, Skyla Carnahan, Katy Dunham and Ellie Bannister
Brown Bannister – producer
Ronn Huff – producer (2, 3)
Amy Grant – executive producer