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1997 studio album by Amy Grant
Behind the Eyes Released September 9, 1997 Recorded 1996–1997 Studio
The Bennett House , Franklin, Tennessee
The Village Recorder , Los Angeles
Secret Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
October Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
The Beanstalk, Brentwood, Tennessee
The Battery, Nashville, Tennessee
Dark Horse Recording Studio , Franklin, Tennessee
Westlake Recording Studios , Los Angeles
Genre Pop , contemporary Christian music Length 49 :35 Label Myrrh , A&M Producer Keith Thomas , Wayne Kirkpatrick
Cover of More Music From Behind the Eyes
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1]
Behind the Eyes is the tenth studio album, and fifteenth album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant , released in 1997.
Issued near the end of Grant's marriage to Christian singer-songwriter Gary Chapman , many of the songs on Behind the Eyes reflect Grant's struggles in her marriage and all relate to a theme of optimism. Upon its release, it went to No. 2 on Billboard ' s Christian albums chart and No. 8 on the Billboard 200 . Meanwhile, the first single from the album, "Takes a Little Time", was a Top Five Adult Contemporary hit and a Top Thirty pop chart single. "Like I Love You" and "I Will Be Your Friend" also reached the Adult Contemporary chart, at No. 10 and No. 27, respectively. The CD was also released in a limited two-CD version (with the second CD titled, More Music From Behind the Eyes ).
In 2007, Behind the Eyes was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI /Sparrow Records , along with 13 other Amy Grant albums. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.[2] Because of Grant's deal with her previous label, Word Records , the remastered editions of Behind the Eyes and A Christmas to Remember were not sold in Christian Music retailers such as Family Christian Stores or Lifeway Christian Resources until 2009. Until that time, Word Records continued to distribute those titles to Christian retailers in the original, non-remastered editions while EMI distributed the remastered editions to most major retailers. The 12 remaining remastered editions are distributed by EMI to all US retailers, both Christian and secular.[3]
The album was listed at No. 44 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music [4] and was Grant's most successfully charting non-holiday album, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard 200 , compared with Heart in Motion , which reached No. 10, and How Mercy Looks from Here , which reached No. 12.[5]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Nobody Home" Glen Ballard , Siedah Garrett 3:37 2. "I Will Be Your Friend" Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, Michelle Lewis 4:00 3. "Like I Love You" Amy Grant , Wayne Kirkpatrick , Keith Thomas 4:31 4. "Takes a Little Time " Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:32 5. "Cry a River" Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:39 6. "Turn This World Around" Grant, Beverly Darnall, Thomas 3:40 7. "Curious Thing" Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:05 8. "Every Road" Grant, Kirkpatrick 4:31 9. "Leave It All Behind" Grant, Will Owsley , Tommy Sims 3:22 10. "Missing You" Grant 4:28 11. "The Feeling I Had" Grant 2:55 12. "Somewhere Down the Road" Grant, Kirkpatrick 5:09
Bonus CD More Music From Behind the Eyes Title Writer(s) 1. "Say" Grant, Owsley, Kirkpatrick 2:44 2. "What Kind of Love" Grant, Chris Eaton 3:48
Personnel
Amy Grant – lead vocals, backing vocals (1), acoustic guitar (11)
Keith Thomas – arrangements (1-4, 6, 9, 11), synthesizer programming (1), acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1, 4), keyboards (2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11), guitars (6), string arrangements (11)
Phil Madeira – Hammond B3 organ (2, 5, 6, 12), accordion (3)
Tim Lauer – accordion (5), melodica (5), pump organ (5), Wurlitzer keyboard (8)
John Magine – accordion (7)
Carl Marsh – Fairlight euphonium (8), keyboards (10)
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (12)
Dann Huff – electric guitars (1, 2, 11), guitars (3)
Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitars (2, 4, 6), electric guitar (4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (4), guitars (6)
Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (5, 7, 8), gut-string guitar (7), acoustic guitar (7), laud guitar (7), keyboard bassoon (8), EBow (10)
Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar (5, 7, 8, 10, 12), harmony vocals (5), backing vocals (5, 8), hi-strung guitar (8), hammered dulcimer (8, 10)
Jerry Douglas – dobro (7)
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (8, 10)
David Lindley – Weissenborn guitar (10)
Spencer Campbell – bass (2)
Byron House – bass (3, 6, 11)
Tommy Sims – bass (4, 9), acoustic guitar (9)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (5, 7, 8)
Larry Klein – bass (10), fretless bass (10)
Jackie Street – bass (12)
Mark Hammond – drums (1, 2, 6, 11), bass programming (1), drum programming (4), Hammond B3 organ (9)
Steve Brewster – drums (3)
Chad Cromwell – drums (4)
Chris McHugh – drums (5, 7, 12)
Dan Needham – drums (9)
John Hammond – drums (8, 10), shaker (10), tambourine (10)
Terry McMillan – percussion (3, 4, 6, 11), harmonica (4)
Sam Bacco – percussion (7, 8)
Sam Levine – flute (11)
Ronn Huff – string arrangements (11)
Carl Gorodetzsky – strings (11)
Bob Mason – strings (11)
Kris Wilkinson – strings (11)
William Owsley – backing vocals (6, 9), acoustic guitar (9), electric guitar (9, 12)
Lisa Cochran – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
Tabitha Fair – backing vocals (2, 4, 7)
Michelle Lewis – backing vocals (2)
Kim Keyes – backing vocals (3, 7)
Rick Polmbi – backing vocals (5, 7)
Christine Denté – backing vocals (10)
Billy Gaines – backing vocals (12)
Donna McElroy – backing vocals (12)
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (12)
Production
Tracks 1–4, 6, 9, 11
Keith Thomas – producer
Shaun Shankel – production coordinator
Bill Whittington – engineer , mixing
Shawn McLean – assistant engineer (1)
Greg Parker – assistant engineer (2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11)
Tracks 5, 7, 8, 10, 12
Wayne Kirkpatrick – producer
D'Ann McAlister – production assistant
Dan Marnien – engineer, mixing, overdub recording
Chuck Linder – assistant engineer
Patrick Murphy – assistant engineer
David Nottingham – mix assistant, overdub recording assistant
JB – overdub recording
Craig Hansen – overdub recording
Tom Laune – overdub recording
Eric Elwell – overdub recording assistant
Eric Greedy – overdub recording assistant
Andy Haller – overdub recording assistant
Thomas Johnson – overdub recording assistant
Frank Rinella – overdub recording assistant
F. Reid Shippen – overdub recording assistant
Glen Spinner – overdub recording assistant
Michael Zainer – overdub recording assistant
Other credits
David Anderle – executive producer
Michael Blanton – executive producer
Amy Grant – executive producer
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
Greg Ross – art direction, design
Kurt Markus – photography
Lilly Lee – hand lettering
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year
Chart
Position
1997
200
8
Top Contemporary Christian
2
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1997
"Takes A Little Time"
Hot 100 Airplay
21
Adult Top 40
15
Top 40 Mainstream
25
Adult Contemporary
4
1998
"I Will Be Your Friend"
27
"Like I Love You"
10
Singles - CCM Magazine (North America)
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1997
"Takes A Little Time"
Christian Radio–Adult Contemporary
9
"Somewhere Down the Road"
2
1998
"Turn This World Around"
13
"I Will Be Your Friend"
10
End of year charts
Year
Chart
Position
1997
Billboard 200
185
Billboard Top Contemporary Christian
6
1998
4
End-of-decade charts
Chart (1990–99)
Rank
US Billboard Top Contemporary Christian[6]
54
Certifications and sales
Awards
GMA Dove Awards
Year
Winner
Category
1998
Behind the Eyes
Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
References
Studio albums Christmas albums Compilation albums Live albums Singles/EPs Television Related articles