Somewhere Down the Road (album)

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Somewhere Down the Road
Studio album by
Amy Grant
ReleasedMarch 30, 2010
GenreGospel, contemporary Christian music
LabelEMI CMG/Sparrow
ProducerBrown Bannister, Mike Brignardello, Ian Fitchuk, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Justin Loucks, Greg Morrow, Dan Muckala
Amy Grant chronology
The Christmas Collection
(2008) 		Somewhere Down the Road
(2010) 		How Mercy Looks from Here
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com [1]
Allmusic [2]
Christian Music Review(8.8/10) [3]
Christianity Today [4]
Jesus Freak Hideout [5]

Somewhere Down the Road is the seventeenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 2010. It is a unique album featuring eight new songs, a new recording of the song "Arms of Love", from her 1982 album Age to Age, and rounded out with three of Grant's previously released story-songs.

The album title is taken from the title track, "Somewhere Down the Road" also a promotional single from Grant's 1997 album Behind the Eyes. The song was originally also featured on the first and only commercial single from Behind the Eyes, "Takes a Little Time". The painting featured on the cover of the album includes a painting by Grant, with the inscription Somewhere Down the Road. Grant gave the original painting as a gift to her friend and publicist Jennifer Cooke.[6]

Most of the new songs on the album were recorded in the new studio that Grant and her husband Vince Gill recently had built into their home.[7] One of the songs on the album, "Overnight", is a duet recorded with Sarah Chapman, Grant's daughter. Grant wrote "Unafraid" about her mother.[8]

Roughly one year after the original release of the album a digital-only expanded edition of the album was released with additional material. The expanded edition includes the video for "Better Than a Hallelujah", the first single from the album, as well as an Ambient Mix of the song. Also included on the expanded edition is a cover of the Pete Seeger song "Turn, Turn, Turn" and two remixes of the song "Overnight" (the Aircandy Mix and the Dyna Mix).

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Better Than a Hallelujah"Sarah Hart, Chapin Hartford3:42
2."Overnight" (featuring Sarah Chapman)Amy Grant, Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird, Audrey Spillman4:24
3."Every Road" (previously released on Behind the Eyes, 1997)Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick4:29
4."Unafraid"Grant, Kirkpatrick3:26
5."Hard Times"Grant, Ian Fitchuk, Justin Loucks3:01
6."What Is the Chance of That"Grant, Kirkpatrick3:27
7."Somewhere Down the Road" (previously released on Behind the Eyes)Grant, Kirkpatrick5:08
8."Third World Woman"Grant, Chris Eaton3:01
9."Find What You're Looking For"Grant, Mindy Smith4:25
10."Come Into My World"Grant3:25
11."Arms of Love" (2010 Version) (original version on Age to Age, 1982)Grant, Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith2:59
12."Medley: Imagine / Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus" (previously released on Legacy... Hymns and Faith, 2002)Bart Millard / Grant5:18
iTunes Store pre-order bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Better Than a Hallelujah (Ambient Mix)"Hart, Hartford3:34
Expanded edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Overnight (Dyna Mix)" (featuring Sarah Chapman)Grant, Hemby, Laird, Spillman4:24
14."Overnight (Aircandy Mix)" (featuring Sarah Chapman)Grant, Hemby, Laird, Spillman4:28
15."Turn, Turn, Turn"Book of Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger3:09
16."Better Than a Hallelujah (Ambient Mix)"Hart, Hartford3:31
17."Better Than a Hallelujah" (Video)Hart, Hartford3:57

Personnel[edit]

Production[edit]

  • Amy Grant – executive producer, cover painting, liner notes, producer (4, 9)
  • Jennifer Cooke – executive producer
  • Bryan Ward – executive producer
  • Dan Muckala – producer (1, 2), engineer (1, 2), mixing (1, 2)
  • Wayne Kirkpatrick – producer (3, 6, 7, 10)
  • Mike Brignardello – producer (4, 9)
  • Greg Morrow – producer (4, 9)
  • Ian Fitchuk – producer (5, 8)
  • Justin Loucks – producer (5, 8), engineer (5, 8), mixing (5, 8)
  • Vince Gill – producer (11)
  • Brown Bannister – producer (12)
  • Drew Bollman – engineer (1, 11)
  • Dan Marnien – engineer (3, 6, 7), mixing (3, 6, 7)
  • Ben Strano – engineer (4, 9)
  • Dan Deurloo – assistant engineer (1, 2)
  • Jed Hackett – additional engineer (4), digital editing (4)
  • Scott Velazco – assistant engineer (9)
  • Steve Blackman – second engineer (11)
  • Russ Long – mixing (4)
  • John Hardy – mixing (9)
  • David Schober – mixing (11)
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
  • Jamie Lynne Neeck – A&R administration
  • Jan Cook – art direction
  • Beth Mathews – art direction
  • Alexis Goodman – package design
  • Kristin Barlowe – back cover photography

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Year Chart Position
2010 The Billboard 200 41
Top Christian Albums 2
Top Digital Albums 19

Year-end charts[edit]

Year Chart Position
2010 Billboard Top Christian Albums 19

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jones, Kim. "Amy Grant – Somewhere Down The Road – CD Review of Amy Grant's Somewhere Down The Road". About.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Somewhere Down the Road". Allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Christian Music Review (2010-03-23). "Amy Grant [Somewhere Down The Road] (2010)". Christianmusicreview.org. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  4. ^ Released March 2010Andrew Greer. "Somewhere Down the Road | Music". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2012-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Amy Grant, "Somewhere Down The Road" Review". Jesusfreakhideout.com. 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ "Amy Grant releases first new songs since 2003". Reuters. March 27, 2010.
  8. ^ "Come Into the World". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2010-04-06.

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