Never Picture Perfect

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Never Picture Perfect
Studio album by Rich Mullins
Released	1989)
Recorded	1989 OmniSound Recording Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) Big Dog Studio (Wichita, Kansas) The Pond (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre	Contemporary Christian Music
Label	Reunion Records
Producer(s)	Reed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology
Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988)	Never Picture Perfect (1989)	The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)

Never Picture Perfect is the fourth solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins and was released in 1989 on Reunion Records.

This is actually the second time that Mullins recorded "Hope To Carry On." He also recorded the song with Zion on the 1981 album Behold the Man.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 Production notes

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Rich Mullins.

[edit] Side one

1. "I Will Sing" – 1:27
2. "Hope To Carry On" – 2:33
3. "While The Nations Rage" – 4:50
4. "First Family" – 3:06
5. "Alrightokuhuhamen" – 4:12

[edit] Side two

1. "Higher Education and The Book of Love" – 5:47
2. "Bound To Come Some Trouble" – 3:41
3. "The Love Of God" – 2:48
4. "My One Thing" – 3:42
5. "Somewhere" – 4:32
6. "The Love Of God (reprise)" – 0:49

[edit] Personnel

• Rich Mullins: Vocals, Piano, Hammered Dulcimer.
• Reed Arvin: Keyboards.
• Jerry McPherson: Guitars, Mandolin.
• Jimmy Lee Sloas: Bass Guitars.
• Danny O'Lannerghty: Bass Guitars.
• Paul Leim: Drums.
• Mark O'Connor: Fiddle, Mandolin.
• Bill Sinclair: Harmonica.
• Ed Calle: Saxophone.
• Tom Hemby: Guitars.
• Ashley Cleveland: Vocals.
• Pam Tillis: Vocals.
• Background Vocals by Marty McCall, Bonnie Keen, Marabeth Jordon, Margaret Becker, Chris Rodriguez, Guy Penrod, Richard Gibson, Jon Sherberg, Donny Monk, Gary Smith.

[edit] Production notes

• Procuced by Reed Arvin.
• Executive Producers: Michael Blanton, Terry Hemmings.
• Engineered by Bill Deaton.
• Additional Engineer: Brent King.
• Mixed at Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Recorded at OmniSound Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee; Big Dog Studio, Wichita, Kansas; The Pond, Franklin, Tennessee.
• Mastered by Hank Williams at Master Mix, Nashville, Tennessee.
• String Arrangements by Reed Arvin.
• Art Direction and Design by Jackson Design.
• Photography by Mark Tucker.

Rich Mullins
Studio Albums
Rich Mullins | Pictures in the Sky | Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth | Never Picture Perfect The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One | The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume Two | Songs
With A Ragamuffin Band
A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band | Brother's Keeper | The Jesus Record
With the Kid Brothers of St. Frank
Canticle of the Plains
With Zion
Behold the Man
Posthumous Releases
Here In America | Songs 2
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