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My Father's Eyes is the second studio album by then-teenage Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant , released in 1979 on Myrrh Records . My Father's Eyes was a turning point in Grant's career. It gave her first Christian number-one hit in the title track, as well as the Top Ten Christian hit "Faith Walkin' People." The album would be certified gold in 1987 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary .
In 2007, like many other albums by Grant, My Father's Eyes was reissued by Sparrow Records , her current label.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Father's Eyes" Gary Chapman 4:03 2. "Faith Walkin' People" Amy Grant , Brown Bannister 3:26 3. "Always The Winner" Grant 3:28 4. "Never Give You Up" Grant, Bannister, Marie Tomlinson 3:20 5. "Bridegroom" Martin McCall, Megan Moorhead 2:48 6. "Lay Down (The Burden Of Your Heart)" Jesse Winchester 2:44 7. "You Were There" Stephanie Boosahda, David Stearman 2:29 8. "O Sacred Head " Bernard of Clairvaux , Hans Leo Hassler 2:04 9. "All That I Need Is You" Grant 3:30 10. "Fairytale" Grant, Bannister 3:11 11. "Giggle" Grant 2:59 12. "There Will Never Be Another" Grant, Bannister 3:37 13. "Keep It On Going" Grant 1:04
Personnel
Amy Grant: vocals, liner notes
Larry Byrom : acoustic and electric guitars, banjo
Jon Goin: acoustic and electric guitars
Ron Elder: acoustic guitar
Jack Williams: bass guitar
Bob Wray: bass guitar
Steve Schaffer: bass guitar
Bob Sinkovic: bass guitar
Lanny Avery: drums, percussion, spoons, snaps, snare drum, jaw pops
Roger Clark: drums, percussion
Farrell Morris : percussion, xylophone
Shane Keister : organ, Polymoog synthesizer, Moog synthesizer
Marty McCall: keyboards, harmony vocals, background vocals
Randy Goodrum : keyboards
Bobby Ogdin: acoustic piano, keyboards, ARP synthesizer , Fender Rhodes
Dennis Solee: flute, piccolo
Ann Fuller Wilder: oboe
Kurt Storey: fiddle
Ava Aldridge: background vocals
Brown Bannister: background vocals, harmony vocals
Steve Chapman: background vocals
Lenny LeBlanc : background vocals
Marie Tomlinson: background vocals
Mimi Verner: background vocals
Carol Grant: background vocals
Kathy Harrell: background vocals
Tim Fletcher: background vocals
Randy Elder: background vocals
Production
Producer: Brown Bannister
Executive Producers: Michael Blanton & Chris Christian
Mastered by Glenn Meadows
Horn arrangements: Buddy Skipper
String arrangements: Bergen White
Photography: John Miller
Album cover design: Hot Graphics
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year
Chart
Position
1995
Top Contemporary Christian
19
Singles - CCM Magazine (North America)
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1979
"Father's Eyes"
Christian Radio–Adult Contemporary
3
"Faith Walkin' People"
10
End of year charts
Year
Chart
Position
1980
U.S. Billboard Inspirational Albums
3
1981
3
1982
7
References
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