Amy Grant "Heart In Motion"

Heart in Motion is the ninth studio album by Christian pop singer Amy Grant, released on March 5, 1991. The album features Grant's biggest worldwide hit, "Baby Baby" and was certified 5× platinum in the United States, selling over five million copies.

In contrast to its predecessor, the more acoustic Lead Me On, Heart in Motion consists of songs that were more heavily processed, as was the style of mainstream music at the time. In addition, unlike Lead Me On, Heart in Motion contains few overtly religious songs, with most of the lyrics for the songs on the album dealing with love or other life issues which would not be the exclusive concern of devout Christians. A couple of songs on the album, however, were openly Christian in their content, such as "Ask Me", which describes how a woman's faith helps her to heal from child sexual abuse, and "Hope Set High", both of which were hits on Christian radio. Another song with an overtly Christian theme is "You're Not Alone" which references a greater power despite edgy features like whipcracks and a guitar solo.

Heart in Motion peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 of the Christian albums chart for 32 weeks. It sold five million copies by the end of 1997. The first single from the album, "Baby Baby" offers the lyric that provides the album title and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The following four singles also performed well on the pop and AC charts: "Every Heartbeat" (No. 2 Hot 100, No. 2 AC), "That's What Love Is For" (No. 7 Hot 100, No. 1 AC), "Good for Me" (No. 8 Hot 100, No. 4 AC), and "I Will Remember You" (No. 20 Hot 100, No. 2 AC). The album was listed at No. 30 in the 2001 book, The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music[5] and was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 5 million copies, making it the best-selling Christian music album ever released.

The album also received a nomination at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Album of the Year, which was awarded to Unforgettable... with Love by Natalie Cole.

A 30th-anniversary remaster of the album, including a second disc of demos, outtakes, and remixes, was released by Amy Grant Productions, with distribution by Capitol Christian Music Group, on July 9, 2021.

Track listing

1. "Good for Me" Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tom Snow, Jay Gruska Keith Thomas 3:59
2. "Baby Baby" Grant, Thomas Thomas 3:57
3. "Every Heartbeat" Grant, Kirkpatrick, Charlie Peacock Brown Bannister 3:32
4. "That's What Love Is For" Grant, Michael Omartian, Mark Mueller Omartian 4:17
5. "Ask Me" Grant, Tom Hemby Omartian 3:51
6. "Galileo" Grant, Omartian, Gardner Cole, Mimi Verner Omartian 4:19
7. "You're Not Alone" Simon Climie, Rob Fisher, Dennis Morgan Bannister 3:49
8. "Hats" Grant, Chris Eaton Bannister 4:09
9. "I Will Remember You" Grant, Gary Chapman, Thomas Omartian 5:00
10. "How Can We See That Far" Grant, Hemby Bannister 4:26
11. "Hope Set High" Grant Omartian 2:48

Total length: 44:12

Production

Michael Blanton – executive producer

Amy Grant – executive producer

Todd Moore – production assistant (1, 2), assistant engineer (1, 2)

Traci Sterling – production coordinator (3, 7, 8, 10)

Richard Headen – production coordinator (3, 7, 8, 10)

Janet Hinde – production coordinator (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Bill Whittington – recording engineer (1, 2)

Todd Culross – assistant engineer (1, 2)

Kelly Pribble – assistant engineer (1, 2)

Jeff Balding – audio engineer (3, 7, 8, 10), mixing (3, 8, 10)

Bob Loftus – assistant audio engineer (3, 7, 8, 10)

Bill Deaton – overdub engineering (3, 7, 8, 10)

Steve Bishir – overdub engineering (3, 7, 8, 10)

Rick Will – overdub engineering (7)

Terry Christian – audio engineer (4, 5, 6, 9, 11), overdub engineering (7), mixing (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Clark Germain – overdub engineering (10)

David Ahlert – additional engineering (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Laura Livingston – additional engineering (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Clif Norrell – mix assistant (3, 8, 10)

Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, California – mixing location (3, 8, 10)

Brian Malouf – mixing (1, 2, 7)

Pat MacDougal – mix assistant (1, 2, 7)

Can-Am Studios, Tarzana, California – mixing location (1, 2, 7)

Lighthouse, North Hollywood, California – mixing location (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Precision Mastering, Hollywood, California – mastering location

Chuck Beeson – art direction

Rowan Moore – design

Victoria Pearson-Cameron – photography

Amy Grant "A Christmas Album"

A Christmas Album is the seventh album and first Christmas album by Christian music singer Amy Grant. The album was recorded in nine studios in mid-1983 and was released later that same year.

It was issued on the heels of Grant's immensely successful 1982 LP Age to Age. Primarily for the audiences she attracted with Age to Age, A Christmas Album features well-known sacred and secular standards alongside original songs, and tracks from this album continue to receive airplay to this day during the holiday season on both secular and Christian radio stations. Although not as successful as Age to Age, A Christmas Album still peaked in the Top Ten of the Christian chart and spawned a Top 20 Christian radio single in "Emmanuel." The album would eventually be certified gold in 1985, and platinum in 1989. A Christmas Album was listed at No. 40 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. In 2016, Grant re-recorded the song "Tennessee Christmas" as the title track of a new Christmas album. The song was released as a single from the album and charted at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart in December, 2016.

A Christmas Album was the first Amy Grant album to be released in the Compact Disc format. The original CD issue had a manufacturing flaw that caused a small, but noticeable jump during the transition between tracks 3 and 4. The remastered version does not have this defect. The album was also released as a promotional only vinyl picture disc version in a die cut sleeve.

Track listing

1. "Tennessee Christmas" Amy Grant, Gary Chapman 4:33
2. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" William H. Cummings, Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley 2:53
3. "Preiset Dem Konig! (Praise the King!)" Shane Keister 1:39
4. "Emmanuel" Michael W. Smith 2:54
5. "Little Town (new melody to O Little Town of Bethlehem)" Phillips Brooks (words), Chris Eaton (music) 2:47
6. "Christmas Hymn" Grant, Smith 2:32
7. "Love Has Come" Grant, Keister, Smith 4:02
8. "Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 3:35
9. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)" Mel Tormé, Robert Wells 3:45
10. "Heirlooms" Grant, Bannister, Bob Farrell 3:42
11. "A Mighty Fortress/Angels We Have Heard On High" Traditional 5:00

Production

Jim Baird – additional engineer

Brown Bannister – producer

Michael Blanton – cover art concept, executive producer

Mike Borum – family photography

Kevin Burns – assistant engineer

Gary Chapman – executive producer

Ken Corlew – additional engineer

Gene Eichelberger – additional engineer

Bill Farrell – cover photography, scenery

Steve Ford – assistant engineer

Daniel Garcia – assistant engineer

Amy Grant – liner notes

Dan Harrell – cover art concept, executive producer

Dennis Hill – art direction

Brent King – additional engineer

Jerry Mahler – assistant engineer

Rich Markowitz – assistant engineer

Jack Joseph Puig – engineer, mixing

Mike Ross – additional engineer

Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California

David Schober – assistant engineer