Free Flying Soul

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Free Flying Soul
Studio album by The Choir
Released	May 1, 1996
Recorded	Neverland Studios, Berry Hill, Tennessee, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	44:37
Label	Tattoo
Producer	Steve Hindalong Derri Daugherty
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The Choir chronology
Love Songs and Prayers: A Retrospective (1995) Free Flying Soul (1996) Let It Fly (1997)

Free Flying Soul is the tenth release, and eighth full-length studio album, by Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1996. It earned the band its first Dove Award win in 1997.

Contents 1 Recording history 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 The Choir 3.2 Additional musicians 4 Production 5 Awards and nominations 6 Miscellanea

[edit] Recording history

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[edit] Track listing

All lyrics by Steve Hindalong. All music by Derri Daugherty, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Salamander" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong) – 3:24
2. "Polar Boy" (Music by Daugherty, Tim Chandler, Hindalong) – 4:34
3. "Sled Dog" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong, Chandler) – 3:00
4. "Away With The Swine" – 3:01
5. "The Ocean" – 4:16
6. "If You're Listening" – 5:40
7. "The Chicken" (Music by Chandler, Daugherty, Hindalong) – 6:26
8. "Slow Spin" (Music by Chandler, Hindalong) – 1:48
9. "Leprechaun" (Music by Chandler, Hindalong) – 2:47
10. "Yellow-Haired Monkeys" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong) – 1:29
11. "Butterfly" – 4:05
12. "The Warbler" (Music by Hindalong) – 4:07

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Choir

• Derri Daugherty - Lead vocals, guitars
• Steve Hindalong - Drums, percussion, lead vocal on "Slow Spin"
• Tim Chandler - Bass guitar, guitars
• Dan Michaels - Saxophone, lyricon

[edit] Additional musicians

• Wayne Everett - Bongos, hand claps
• Scott Pearson - Hand claps
• Jenny Gullen - Background vocals
• Marc Byrd - Background vocals
• Phil Madeira - Chamberlain strings, flutes
• Jerry Chamberlain - Background vocals
• Sharon McCall - Background vocals

[edit] Production

• Producers - Steve Hindalong, Derri Daugherty
• Engineers - Daugherty, Skye McCaskey
• Mixers - Paul Salvo at Scrimshaw Sound, except "The Ocean" and "Slow Spin" mixed by Daugherty at Neverland Studios
• Inspiration and additional production - Tim Chandler and Wayne Everett
• Cover and creature photos - Norman Jean Roy
• Art direction and design - Jim Dantzler at Flywheel Design
• Art coordination - Dan Michaels
• Styling and creature hunt - Gina Gigglio
• Clock photo - Michaels

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Best Modern Rock Album (winner) - 1996 Dove Awards

[edit] Miscellanea

• The flying creature on the cover of the album was brought on tour with the band, and it hung inside Steve Hindalong's bass drum.
• The cat clock featured in the inner booklet is Dan Michaels' own.
• Dan Michaels does not actually appear on the album at all, except to play a lyricon part on "Salamander".
• Tim Chandler is credited with writing one word of the lyrics to "Leprechaun" ("chlorophyll"). Wayne Everett is credited with writing a few words of the lyrics to "The Warbler".
• "The Chicken" begins and ends with excerpts (performed very unmelodically, particularly at the end) of an old hymn, "Love Lifted Me".

The Choir
Derri Daugherty | Steve Hindalong | Dan Michaels | Tim Chandler | Marc Byrd Robin Spurs | Matt Slocum | Bill Campbell | Mike Sauerbrey | Bill Batstone | Billy Wilde
Discography
Voices in Shadows | Shades of Gray | Diamonds and Rain | Chase the Kangaroo Wide-Eyed Wonder | Circle Slide | Kissers and Killers | Speckled Bird | Free Flying Soul Flap Your Wings | O How the Mighty Have Fallen
Live albums: Let It Fly | Live at Cornerstone 2000: Plugged | Live at Cornerstone 2000: Unplugged
Compilation Albums: Love Songs and Prayers: A Retrospective | Never Say Never: The First 20 Years
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