Signs of Life (Steven Curtis Chapman album)

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Signs of Life
Studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman
Released	September 3, 1996
Genre	CCM
Length	56:29
Label	Sparrow
Producer	Brown Bannister
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Steven Curtis Chapman chronology
The Music of Christmas (1995) Signs of Life (1996) Greatest Hits (1997)

Signs of Life is the eighth studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman. It was released on September 3, 1996 and later certified gold by the RIAA^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Musicians 2.2 Recording and Producing

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Chapman, except where noted.

1. "Lord of the Dance"(Chapman, Smith) – 5:21
2. "Children of the Burning Heart" – 4:30
3. "Signs of Life" – 4:28
4. "The Walk" – 4:45
5. "Let Us Pray" – 3:57
6. "Free" – 6:43
7. "Only Natural" – 3:35
8. "Rubber Meets the Road" – 4:13
9. "Celebrate You" – 4:31
10. "What Would I Say" – 5:41
11. "Land of Opportunity"(Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:53
12. "Hold on to Jesus"(Chapman, Elliot) – 3:52

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

• Steven Curtis Chapman - acoustic, dobro, slide acoustic guitar, "bongo" dobro, mandolin, VG-8 and 12-string guitar, lap steel
• Chris McHugh - drums
• Chad Cromwell - drums on "The Walk" and "Rubber Meets the Road"
• Steve Brewster - drums on "Hold On To Jesus"
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
• Kenny Greenberg - electric and acoustic guitar
• Phil Madeira - B-3 organ, Wurlitzer on "Rubber Meets the Road"
• Shane Keister - B-3 organ, piano on "Free", Rhodes on "Celebrate You"
• Jerry Douglas - lap steel on "The Walk" and "Rubber Meets the Road"
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Sam Bacco - percussion on "What I Would Say"
• Blair Masters - Wurlitzer on "Let Us Pray", keyboards on "Hold on to Jesus"
• The Nashville String Machine - strings on "Free" and "What I Would Say"
• Carl Marsh - string arrangement
• Tommy Morgan - harmonica on "Only Natural"

[edit] Recording and Producing

• Brown Bannister and Steven Curtis Chapman - Producers
• Peter York and Dan Raines - Executive Producers
• Traci Sterling Bishir - Production Manager
• Recorded by Steve Bishir at The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee), Ocean Way (Hollywood, California)
• Hank Nirider and Eddie Miller - Assistants
• Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig at Ocean Way
• Jim Champagne - Assistant
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)