1983 Imperials – Side By Side
Side By Side is the 29th studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials, released in 1983 on DaySpring Records. It is the Imperials’ first double album to feature each member taking a solo side. On lead singer Paul Smith’s side, it features a duet between Smith and a new female CCM singer-songwriter named Leslie Phillips on the track “Make My Heart Your Home.” Phillips had just released her debut album Beyond Saturday Night that same year. In 1984, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group at the 26th Grammy Awards and at the 15th GMA Dove Awards, the group won their final Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. Side by Side peaked at number 10 on Billboard’s Top Inspirational Albums chart.
Tracks
1 Sound His Praise (Melodie Tunney) 03:02
2 Even The Praise Comes From You (Claire Cloninger; Lynn Keesecker) 03:27
3 Behold The Man (David Baroni; Niles Borop) 04:00
4 Built To Last (Steven Curtis Chapman) 03:46
5 I Need To Feel Your Touch Again (Tricia Walker) 04:13
6 All I Need (John Rosasco; Paul Smith) 04:20
7 You’re The Only Jesus (Gordon Jensen) 04:08
8 Best Of My Life (Keith Thomas; Paul Smith) 03:36
9 Jesus Never Fails (Gary Driskell) 04:15
10 Through Your Eyes (Billy Smiley; Bob Farrell) 03:55
11 Good Shepherd (Dick Tunney; Paul Smith) 02:47
12 Keeping My Eyes On You (Twila Paris) 02:59
13 Once And For All (Claire Cloninger; Lynn Keesecker) 02:57
14 They See God There (Dan Keen; Jim Weber) 02:40
15 Great Is Your Faithfulness (Dawn Rodgers; Tricia Walker) 04:36
16 Wait Upon The Lord (Paul Smith; Ragan Courtney) 04:24
17 Here On The Rock (Paul Smith) 04:22
18 Make My Heart Your Home (Paul Smith) 03:50
19 Promise To Promise (Paul Smith) 04:04
20 All Because You Love Me (Paul Smith; Phil Naish; Scott Wesley Brown) 04:57
Biography
Musicians
1 Sound His Praise
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Drums | Mark Hammond |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Electric Piano | Mitch Humphries |
Fender Rhodes | Dick Tunney |
Piano | Mitch Humphries |
Background Vocals | Beverly Darnall |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Background Vocals | Neal Joseph |
Vocals | Jim Murray |
2 Even The Praise Comes From You
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Fender Rhodes | Dick Tunney |
Piano | Mitch Humphries |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Background Vocals | Beverly Darnall |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Background Vocals | Neal Joseph |
Vocals | Jim Murray |
3 Behold The Man
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Drums | Mark Hammond |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Fender Rhodes | Dick Tunney |
Piano | Mitch Humphries |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Vocals | Jim Murray |
4 Built To Last
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Piano | Mitch Humphries |
Wurlitzer | Dick Tunney |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Background Vocals | Beverly Darnall |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Background Vocals | Neal Joseph |
Vocals | Jim Murray |
5 I Need To Feel Your Touch Again
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Drums | Mark Hammond |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Fender Rhodes | Dick Tunney |
Piano | Mitch Humphries |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Vocals | Jim Murray |
6 All I Need
Bass | Bob Wray |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Guitar | Brent Rowan |
Guitar | Bruce Dees |
Piano | Keith Thomas |
Percussion | Terry McMillan |
Background Vocals | Gary Pigg |
Background Vocals | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Steve Green |
Vocals | David Will |
7 You’re The Only Jesus
Bass | Bob Wray |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Bruce Dees |
Acoustic Guitar | Brent Rowan |
Fender Rhodes | Keith Thomas |
Piano | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Background Vocals | Neal Joseph |
Background Vocals | Steve Green |
Vocals | David Will |
8 Best Of My Life
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Drums | Mark Hammond |
Guitar (solo) | Jon Goin |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Fender Rhodes | Keith Thomas |
Synthesizer | Keith Thomas |
Percussion | Terry McMillan |
Background Vocals | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Neal Joseph |
Background Vocals | Steve Green |
Vocals | David Will |
9 Jesus Never Fails
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Piano | Keith Thomas |
Percussion | Terry McMillan |
Background Vocals | Beverly Darnall |
Background Vocals | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Vocals | David Will |
10 Through Your Eyes
Bass | Bob Wray |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Brent Rowan |
Guitar | Bruce Dees |
Fender Rhodes | Keith Thomas |
Piano | Keith Thomas |
Synthesizer | Keith Thomas |
Sax | Sam Levine |
Vocals | David Will |
11 Good Shepherd
Bass | Gary Lunn |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Fender Rhodes | David Huntsinger |
Piano | David Huntsinger |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Vocals | Armond Morales |
12 Keeping My Eyes On You
Bass | Gary Lunn |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Fender Rhodes | David Huntsinger |
Synthesizer | Alan Steinberger |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Background Vocals | Beverly Baxter |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Background Vocals | Neal Joseph |
Vocals | Armond Morales |
13 Once And For All
Bass | Gary Lunn |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Brent Rowan |
Fender Rhodes | David Huntsinger |
Piano | David Huntsinger |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Vocals | Armond Morales |
14 They See God There
Bass | Gary Lunn |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Brent Rowan |
Fender Rhodes | David Huntsinger |
Piano | David Huntsinger |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Background Vocals | Donna McElroy |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Background Vocals | Steven V Taylor |
Vocals | Armond Morales |
15 Great Is Your Faithfulness
Bass | Gary Lunn |
Guitar | Brent Rowan |
Piano | Tricia Walker |
Oboe | Bobby Taylor |
Harp | Cindy Reynolds |
Percussion | Farrell Morris |
Vocals | Armond Morales |
16 Wait Upon The Lord
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Mark Hammond |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Keyboards | Keith Thomas |
Vocoder | Keith Thomas |
Flugelhorn | Terry Mead |
Percussion | Terry McMillan |
Vocals | Paul Smith |
17 Here On The Rock
Bass | Jimmie Lee Sloas |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar (solo) | Dann Huff |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Synthesizer | Keith Thomas |
Vocoder | Keith Thomas |
Percussion | Terry McMillan |
Background Vocals | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Marty McCall |
Vocals | Paul Smith |
18 Make My Heart Your Home
Bass | Jimmie Lee Sloas |
Drums | David Huff |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Keyboards | Keith Thomas |
Percussion | Terry McMillan |
Vocals | Leslie Phillips |
Vocals | Paul Smith |
19 Promise To Promise
Bass | Jimmie Lee Sloas |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Keyboards | Keith Thomas |
Sax | Mark Douthit |
Background Vocals | Donna McElroy |
Background Vocals | Marty McCall |
Background Vocals | Patti Leatherwood |
Vocals | Paul Smith |
20 All Because You Love Me
Bass | Mike Brignardello |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Guitar | Jon Goin |
Keyboards | Keith Thomas |
Background Vocals | Denny Henson |
Background Vocals | Melodie Tunney |
Vocals | Paul Smith |
Other Musicians
Strings – The Kris Wilkinson Strings (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20)
Liner Notes
Producer – Neal Joseph (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Producer – Keith Thomas (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Arranged By (Strings) – Ronn Huff (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Arranged By (Strings) – Don Hart (Tracks 12, 13, 15)
Arranged By (Strings) – John Darnall (Tracks 18, 20)
Engineer – Scott Hendricks
Engineer – James Baird (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Engineer – Travis Turk (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Engineer – Steve Fralick (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Engineer – BDanny Mundhenk (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer – Kyle Lehning (Tracks 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Engineer (Assistant) – Lee Groitzsch (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer (Assistant) – Danny Mundhenk, Phil Diehl (Tracks 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Mastered By – Hank Williams
Design – Bill Brunt
Photography – Mark Tucker
Mastered At MasterMix
Overdubbed At Bullet Recording
Overdubbed At The Gold Mine, Brentwood, TN
Recorded At Soundshop Recording Studios
Recorded At Sound Stage Studios
Recorded At Bullet Recording
Recorded At The Gold Mine, Brentwood, TN
Recorded At Creative Workshop
Remixed At Soundshop Recording Studios
Remixed At Sound Stage Studios
Remixed At Bullet Recording
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