Change Your World (Michael W. Smith album)

Change Your World
Studio album by Michael W. Smith
Released September 1, 1992
Recorded 1992
Genre Contemporary Christian music
Length 50:46
Label Reunion
Producer Mark Heimermann, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Scott MacLeod, Trace Scarborough, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith chronology
Go West Young Man
(1990)Go West Young Man1990		 Change Your World
(1992)		 The Wonder Years
1983-1993
(1993)String Module Error: Match not found1993
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Change Your World is a 1992 album by Contemporary Christian music artist Michael W. Smith.

Track listing

  1. "Picture Perfect" – 4:00 (Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
  2. "Love One Another" – 4:55 (Smith, Kirkpatrick)
  3. "I Will Be Here for You" – 4:35 (Smith, Diane Warren)
  4. "Color Blind" – 5:17 (Smith, Kirkpatrick, Dann Huff)
  5. "Somewhere Somehow" – 4:17 (Smith, Kirkpatrick, Amy Grant, David Foster)
    featuring Amy Grant
  6. "Cross of Gold" – 4:36 (Smith, Kirkpatrick)
  7. "Out of This World" – 4:25 (Smith, Grant, Beverly Darnall, Deborah D. Smith)
  8. "Somebody Love Me" – 4:00 (Smith, Kirkpatrick)
  9. "Give It Away" – 5:08 (Smith, Kirkpatrick, Grant)
  10. "I Wanna Tell the World" – 4:29 (Smith, Mark Heimermann, Toby McKeehan)
    featuring Toby McKeehan
  11. "Friends" – 4:41 (Smith, Smith)

Personnel

  • Michael W. Smith – vocals, keyboards (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), Fender Rhodes (4), synthesizer (7), acoustic piano (7)
  • Mark Heimmerman – additional keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9), drum programming (1, 4, 6, 10), background vocals (2, 3, 8-11), keyboards (10)
  • Mike Lawler – additional keyboards (2, 3, 9, 10)
  • Phil Madeira – Hammond B3 organ (4, 6, 9)
  • Brian Tankersley – additional programming (1, 6), drum programming (9)
  • Terry McMillan – percussion (1, 3, 6, 9, 11)
  • Joe Houge – drum programming (2)
  • Mark Hammond – drum programming (3, 11)
  • Toby McKeehan – drum programming (4, 10), vocal flavor (10)
  • Steve Brewster – drums (4, 5, 8)
  • Trace Scarborough – drum programming, synthesizer and synth bass (7)
  • Scott McLeod – drum programming, synthesizer and synth bass (7)
  • Jackie Street – bass guitar (1, 6, 7, 8, 10)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (2, 9)
  • Gary Lunn – bass guitar (3, 5, 11)
  • Tommy Sims – bass guitar (4)
  • Dann Huff – guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)
  • George Cocchini – guitar (1, 10)
  • Jerry McPherson – guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 9)
  • Horns (3, 6) – Chris McDonald (horn arrangement), Mike Haynes, Barry Green and George Tidwell
  • Horns (4) – Jerry Hey (horn arrangement), Gary Grant, Dan Higgins and Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
  • The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor
  • Amy Grant – vocals (5)
  • Background vocals – Michael Black (1-4, 7-10), Vicki Hampton (1, 2), Donna McElroy (1, 2, 7, 10), Chris Rodriguez (1, 2, 4, 7, 11), Chris Harris (2, 3, 8-11), Wayne Kirkpatrick (2, 3, 11), Chris Willis (4), Greg Barnhill (6), Joey Jelf (6), Bob Carlisle (6), Angelo Petrucci (7), Veronica Petrucci (7), Carl Lucero (7), Lisa Bevill (9), Ricky D (9), Jan Harris (9), Kim Smith (9), Kevin Max Smith (9), Michael Tait (9) and Bonnie Keen (9)
  • Choirs – The Music City Mass Choir (4) and The Christ Church Choir (9)

Production

  • Producers – Mark Heimmerman and Michael W. Smith
  • Executive Producer – Michael Blanton
  • John Kalodner – John Kalodner
  • Vocal production – Wayne Kirkpatrick
  • Additional production (7) – Trace Scarborough and Scott McLeod
  • Engineered by JB
  • Additional engineers – Humberto Gatica, Brent King, Lynn Fuston, Alejandro Rodriguez, Penn Singleton, Brian Tankersley, Patrick Kelly, Bryan Lenox, Tony Sheppard, Bill Warner and Keith Compton
  • Assistant engineers – Jeff Baggett, Mark Capps, Keith Kregsi, David Murphy, Greg Parker, Darren Smith, Martin Woodlee, David Hall and Aaron Swihart
  • Strings recorded by JB and Brent King
  • Horns (4) recorded by Humberto Gatica
  • Recorded at Deer Valley and Classic Recording Studio (Franklin, TN); The Benson Company, Javelina Recording Studios, The Master's Touch, Skylab Recording, Soundshop Recording, Omni Sound and Quad Studios (Nashville, TN); Devonshire Studios (North Hollywood, CA)
  • Mixed by Humberto Gatica
  • Mix assistant – Alejandro Rodriguez
  • Mixed at 16th Avenue Sound (Nashville, TN), Emerald Sound (Nashville, TN) and Ground Control (Santa Monica, CA)
  • Mastering – Greg Fulginiti at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Mastering supervisor – David Donnelly
  • Creative direction – Robin Sloane
  • Art direction – Janet Wolsborn
  • Photography – Timothy White
  • Photography coordination – Sofie Howard

References

  1. ↑ Change Your World at AllMusic


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