The Whole Truth (album)

The Whole Truth
Studio album by Point of Grace
Released	March 15, 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Christian pop
Label	Word Records Epic Records
Producer	Robert Sterling
Point of Grace chronology
Point of Grace (1993)Point of Grace1993 The Whole Truth (1995) Life Love & Other Mysteries (1996)Life Love & Other Mysteries1996

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Point of Grace is the second album by Contemporary Christian group Point of Grace. It was released in 1995 by Word Records with selected market distribution by Epic Records in a deal that dated to Word's ownership by Capital Cities Communications in the 1980s. The Epic deal expired shortly after Word's acquisition by AOL Time Warner in 2002. On December 9, 1995, the album charted on the Billboard 200 at No. 132.

Track listing

1. "Gather At The River" (Reggie Hamm, Joel Lindsey) - 3:25
2. "Without The Love of Jesus" (Robert Sterling, John Mandeville) - 3:49
3. "The Great Divide" (Grant Cunningham, Matt Husemann) - 4:18
4. "Dying To Reach You" (Geoff Thurman, Michael Puryear) - 4:15
5. "Love Like No Other" (Ty Lacy, Mandeville) - 4:13
6. "God Is With Us" (Sterling) - 3:58
7. "What's He Gonna Say About Me" (G. Thurman, Becky Thurman, Doyle Tallent) - 4:17
8. "The Love He Has For You" (Dave Clark, Shelley Phillips) - 4:59
9. "Take Me Back" (Sterling, Pete Strayer) - 3:55
10. "The House That Mercy Built" (Cunningham, Husemann) - 4:00
11. "More Than Anything" (Jon Mohr, Randall Dennis) - 3:29

Singles

• "The Great Divide" - #1
• "Dying To Reach You" - #1
• "Gather At The River" - #1
• "God Is With Us" - #1
• "Love Like No Other" - #1

Music videos

• "Gather At The River"
• "Dying To Reach You"

Trivia

• When songwriter Grant Cunningham was writing the lyrics to "The Great Divide" on his computer, he had originally meant to type out the phrase "there's a bridge to cross the great divide," but when he printed the song out, it came out as "there's a cross to bridge the great divide." It was a typo, but the girls and John Mays loved what it said and kept it.
• The girls had had a fight right before they went into the studio to cut "Gather At The River." As they sang through the song, the lyrics to the first line spoke to them ("Sometimes we don't see eye to eye / We don't agree, we don't know why"), and they forgave each other and got on with it. At the time, Terry had moved back to Little Rock, AR, and the other members lived in suburban Nashville. Shelley and Heather were roommates.
• The video to "Gather At The River" was shot in Oklahoma in 105 degree weather. Everyone's favorite scene was, of course, the water scene.
• The lead vocal by Shelley on "God Is With Us" is her scratch vocal.
• There is a very low part on the first verse of "Love Like No Other," and the producers were not happy with the way it was sounding, so they sent vocal producer Cheryl Rogers to go in and sing that bit with them.
• Shelley had participated in the writing of one cut on the album, a rarity in that a member had participated in writing on an album; it is the only time it has happened in the group's history. Heather later participated in the writing of a cut on a Truth album in 1998 along with 4Him's Marty Magehee. (That group was where 4Him, and future Point of Grace husband and wife members Dana and Leigh Cappillino started.)
• After Heather's departure in 2008, the group began performing "The Great Divide" as part of a medley along with "Keep The Candle Burning."
• The music video for "Dying to Reach You" includes Terry's husband Chris Jones in the background.

Personnel

Point of Grace

• Shelley Breen – vocals, vocal arrangement (11)
• Denise Jones – vocals, vocal arrangement (11)
• Terry Jones – vocals, vocal arrangement (11)
• Heather Payne – vocals, vocal arrangement (11)

Musicians

• Pat Coil – acoustic piano (1, 4), synthesizer (4, 7, 10), Rhodes (7)
• Eric Darken – percussion (4, 10, 11)
• David Hamilton – Hammond B3 organ (1, 7, 10), keyboards (3, 5, 8, 11), keyboard programming (3, 5), percussion programming (3, 5, 11), arrangements (3, 10), track arrangement (5), acoustic piano (9, 10)
• John Hammond – drums (3, 8), percussion programming (8)
• Dann Huff – guitar (4, 7, 10)
• Paul Leim – drums (4, 7, 10)
• Mark Baldwin – guitar (1, 3, 8, 11)
• Tom Hemby – guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
• Chris McDonald – horn arrangement (5, 7)
• Jerry McPherson – guitar (1)
• Dennis Patton – keyboards, synth bass and percussion programming (2, 6); track arrangement (2, 6)
• Cheryl Rogers – vocal arrangement (4, 5, 6)
• Tommy Sims – bass guitar (4, 7, 10, 11), track arrangement (9); keyboards, synth bass, drums and percussion programming (9)
• Robert Sterling – track arrangement (1, 4, 7, 8, 11), vocal arrangement (11)
• Jackie Street – bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 8)
• Geoff Thurman – track arrangement (4, 7), vocal arrangement (4, 7)
• Scott Williamson – drums (1, 2, 5, 6), vocal arrangement (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
• Horns (5, 7) – Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Chris McDonald and George Tidwell

Production

• Producer – Robert Sterling
• Executive Producer – John Mays
• Production Assistant – Holly Krig-Smith
• Tracks recorded by John Jaszcz and John Mayfield
• Vocals and Overdubs recorded by Keith Compton, John Mayfield, Doug Sarrett, Glen Spinner and Scott Williamson.
• Assistant Recording – Shawn McLean, Greg Parker, Aaron Swihart and Glen Spinner.
• Recorded at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN); Uno Mas Studios (Brentwood, TN); Quad Studios and OmniSound Studios (Nashville, TN).
• Mixed by John Jaszcz at The Castle Recording Studios (Franklin, TN), assisted by John Hurley.
• Edited by John Mayfield at John Mayfield Sound Engineering, Inc.
• Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Diana Barnes
• Design – The Kuester Group
• Photography – Michael Haber

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