Heart and Soul (Kathy Troccoli album)

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Heart and Soul
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedThe Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee)
Bullet Recording, Hummingbird Studio and Tree Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Mama Jo's Studios (North Hollywood, California).
GenreChristian, pop, synthpop
Length38:15
LabelReunion, Word
ProducerBrown Bannister
Kathy Troccoli chronology
Stubborn Love
(1982)
Heart and Soul
(1984)
Images
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Heart and Soul is the second full-length studio album by singer-songwriter Kathy Troccoli. This album received a Grammy nomination in 1984,[2] and contains songs written by Michael W. Smith. It featured music popular with CCM, as well as synthpop friendly songs, "I Belong to You", "Holy Holy", and "Hearts of Fire". The album features the songwriting skills of Brown and Debbie Bannister, Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith, as well as others. The music is a blend of contemporary pop, synthpop, and gospel music. Heart and Soul climbed to the top 10 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Long Distance Letter" (Gary Chapman, Tim Marsh, Keith Thomas) – 3:13
  2. "Yes and Know" (Chapman, Marsh, Thomas) – 3:55
  3. "Bittersweetness" (Brown Bannister, Phil Madeira, Michael W. Smith) – 3:54
  4. "Mighty Lord" (Madeira) – 5:02
  5. "Open My Eyes" (Pam Mark Hall, M. Smith, Amy Grant) – 4:27
  6. "Holy, Holy" (Deborah D. Smith, M. Smith, Brown and Debbie Bannister) – 5:01
  7. "Hearts of Fire" (Billy Sprague, B. Bannister, M. Smith) – 4:00
  8. "I Belong to You" (James Ward, Mark Gersmehl) – 4:16
  9. "Island of Love" (Chris Eaton) – 3:54

Charts[edit]

Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Top Christian Albums 10

Radio singles[edit]

Year Singles Peak positions
CCM AC[4]
1984 "I Belong to You" 3
1985 "Holy, Holy" 17

Production[edit]

  • Producer – Brown Bannister
  • Executive Producers – Dan Harrell and Michael Blanton
  • Engineered and Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig
  • Assistant Engineers – Jim Baird, Don Cobb, Steve Ford and Mike Psanos.
  • Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
  • Art Direction and Design – Kent Hunter and Thomas Ryan Studio
  • Photography – Mark Tucker
  • Management – Blanton/Harrell Productions

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Heart & Soul". Allmusic. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Highlights «". www.kathytroccoli.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12.
  3. ^ "Inspirational LPs" (PDF). Billboard. December 8, 1984. p. 54.
  4. ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 – 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 214. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0.
  • Kathy Troccoli, "Heart and Soul" liner notes. (Reunion, Word Records, 1984)

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