Behind the Eyes

Behind the Eyes
Studio album by Amy Grant
Released September 9, 1997
Recorded 1996-1997 at The Bennett House, Franklin, TN; The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA; Secret Sound, Nashville, TN; October Studio, Nashville, TN; The Beanstalk, Brentwood, TN; The Battery, Nashville, TN; Dark Horse Recording Studio, Franklin, TN; Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Pop, contemporary Christian music
Length 49:35
Label Myrrh, A&M
Producer Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick
Amy Grant chronology
House of Love
(1994)		 Behind the Eyes
(1997)		 A Christmas to Remember
(1999)
Bonus Disc cover
Cover of More Music From Behind the Eyes
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Behind the Eyes is the tenth studio album, and fifteenth album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).

Issued near the end of Grant's marriage to Christian singer-songwriter Gary Chapman, many of the songs on Behind the Eyes reflect Grant's struggles in her marriage and all relate to a theme of optimism. Upon its release, it went to No. 2 on Billboard's Christian albums chart and No. 8 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, the first single from the album, "Takes a Little Time", was a Top Five Adult Contemporary hit and a Top Thirty pop chart single. "Like I Love You" and "I Will Be Your Friend" also reached the Adult Contemporary chart, at No. 10 and No. 27, respectively. The CD was also released in a limited two-CD version (with the second CD titled, More Music From Behind the Eyes).

In 2007, Behind the Eyes was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records, along with 13 other Amy Grant albums. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.[2] Because of Grant's deal with her previous label, Word Records, the remastered editions of Behind the Eyes and A Christmas to Remember were not sold in Christian Music retailers such as Family Christian Stores or Lifeway Christian Resources until 2009. Until that time, Word Records continued to distribute those titles to Christian retailers in the original, non-remastered editions while EMI distributed the remastered editions to most major retailers. The 12 remaining remastered editions are distributed by EMI to all US retailers, both Christian and secular.[3]

The album was listed at No. 44 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music[4] and was Grant's most successfully charting album, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard 200, compared with Heart in Motion, which reached No. 10, and House of Love which reached No. 13.[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Nobody Home"  Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett 3:37
2. "I Will Be Your Friend"  Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, Michelle Lewis 4:00
3. "Like I Love You"  Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Keith Thomas 4:31
4. "Takes a Little Time"  Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:32
5. "Cry a River"  Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:39
6. "Turn This World Around"  Grant, Beverly Darnall, Thomas 3:40
7. "Curious Thing"  Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:05
8. "Every Road"  Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:31
9. "Leave It All Behind"  Grant, Will Owsley, Tommy Sims 3:22
10. "Missing You"  Grant 4:28
11. "The Feeling I Had"  Grant 2:55
12. "Somewhere Down the Road"  Grant, Kirkpatrick 5:09

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1997 200 8
Top Contemporary Christian 2

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Takes A Little Time" Hot 100 Airplay 21
Adult Top 40 15
Top 40 Mainstream 25
Adult Contemporary 4
1998 "I Will Be Your Friend" 27
"Like I Love You" 10

Singles - CCM Magazine (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Takes A Little Time" Christian Radio–Adult Contemporary 9
"Somewhere Down The Road" 2
1998 "Turn This World Around" 13
"I Will Be Your Friend" 10

End of year charts

Year Chart Position
1997 Billboard 200 185
Billboard Top Contemporary Christian 6
1998 4

End-of-decade charts

Chart (1990-1999) Rank
US Billboard Top Contemporary Christian[6] 54

Commercial performance

Country Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
United States (RIAA) 500,000 Gold

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

Year Winner Category
1998 Behind the Eyes Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r312594
  2. ↑ Sparrow Records News
  3. ↑ Welcome to EMICMG.com
  4. ↑ Granger, Thom, ed. (January 2001). The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. Harvest House Publishers. pp. 148–9. ISBN 0736902813.
  5. ↑ "Amy Grant - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Top Christian Albums 1990s". Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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