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Matters of the Heart (Commissioned album)

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Matters Of The Heart
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1994
GenreGospel music
Length65:44
LabelBenson Records
ProducerFred Hammond, Maxx Frank, Mitchell Jones, Bryan Lennox
Commissioned chronology
Number 7
(1991)
Matters Of The Heart
(1994)
Irreplaceable Love
(1996)

Matters Of The Heart is the eighth album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1994 on Benson Records. It was the last album with Fred Hammond and Michael Williams, both of whom left after this album.

Domestically, the album peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Top Gospel albums chart, number 13 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Christian chart and number 65 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Work on Me" – 5:00
  2. "Stand" – 4:56
  3. "Love Is the Way" – 6:27
  4. "Dare to Believe" – 6:20
  5. "Another Day in Paradise" – 6:58
  6. "You Can Always Come Home" – 5:42
  7. "When Love Calls You Home" – 4:32
  8. "Lay Your Troubles Down" – 6:18
  9. "Find Myself in You" – 4:06
  10. "I'm Learning" – 4:55
  11. "We Shall Behold Him" – 6:34
  12. "Draw Me Nearer" – 3:56

Personnel

  • Fred Hammond: vocals, bass, drum programming, key bass, keyboards, programming
  • Karl Reid: vocals
  • Marvin Sapp: vocals
  • Mitchell Jones: vocals
  • Maxx Frank: keyboards, programming, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Michael Williams: drums

Additional Musicians

  • Noel Hall: keyboards
  • Tim Bowman: guitar
  • Bo Cooper: piano
  • Bryan Lenox: strings, bells, oboe programming, synth bass, drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Dann Huff: guitar
  • Chuckii Booker: all instruments
  • Danny Duncan: programming
  • Marty Paoletta: saxophone
  • Parkes Stewart: additional background vocals
  • Eric Dawkins of Dawkins & Dawkins: additional background vocals
  • Run-DMC: rap on 'You Can Always Come Home'

References

  1. ^ "allmusic.com Commissioned Charts and Awards". Allmusic.