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1995 Michael W Smith – I’ll Lead You Home

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I’ll Lead You Home is a 1995 album by Michael W Smith released by Reunion Records.

The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 16, making it the highest-debuting Christian album in the history of the chart. It also topped the ‘Top Contemporary Christian’ chart. Released in August 1995, by December of that year it had sold over 51,500 copies in the Christian Bookstore market alone.

Tracks

1  Cry For Love (Brent Bourgeois; Michael W Smith) 04:46
2  Breakdown (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 05:27
3  As It Is In Heaven (Michael W Smith; Traditional) 05:09
4  Straight To The Heart (Brent Bourgeois; Michael W Smith) 02:48
5  Someday (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 03:52
6  I’ll Be Around (Bob Farrell; Michael W Smith) 04:44
7  I’ll Lead You Home (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 05:22
8  Trilogy:, The Other Side Of Me (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 04:23
9  Trilogy:, Breathe In Me (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 03:55
10  Trilogy:, Angels Unaware (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 04:56
11  Calling Heaven (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 04:53
12  A Little Stronger Everyday (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 04:42
13  Crown Him With Many Crowns  04:33
14 I’m Waiting For You (David Mullen; Michael W Smith; Sam Mullins) 03:18

Biography

Musicians

1 Cry For Love

BassTommy Sims
DrumsSteve Brewster
Drums (programming)Patrick Leonard
GuitarDann Huff
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
KeyboardsPatrick Leonard
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsBrent Bourgeois
Background VocalsChris Rodriguez
Background VocalsMolly Felder
Background VocalsTim Erwin
VocalsMichael W Smith


2 Breakdown

DrumsChris McHugh
Drums (programming)Patrick Leonard
GuitarDann Huff
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
KeyboardsPatrick Leonard
ProgrammingDennis Patton
VocalsMichael W Smith


3 As It Is In Heaven

BassTommy Sims
DrumsSteve Brewster
GuitarDann Huff
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
ProgrammingDennis Patton
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsAngelo Petrucci
Background VocalsBob Bailey
Background VocalsChris Harris
Background VocalsChris Rodriguez
Background VocalsDonna McElroy
Background VocalsKim Fleming
Background VocalsMicah Wilshire
Background VocalsMichael Mellett
Background VocalsNicol C Mullen
Background VocalsVeronica Petrucci
Background VocalsVicki Hampton
VocalsMichael W Smith


4 Straight To The Heart

KeyboardsMichael W Smith
ProgrammingDennis Patton
ProgrammingMichael W Smith
Background VocalsBrent Bourgeois
VocalsMichael W Smith


5 Someday

BassTommy Sims
DrumsSteve Brewster
GuitarDann Huff
Acoustic GuitarBruce Gaitsch
Steel GuitarPaul Franklin
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
OrganPatrick Leonard
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsLisa Cochran
Background VocalsMicah Wilshire
Background VocalsRenee Garcia Bliss
VocalsMichael W Smith


6 I’ll Be Around

BassTommy Sims
DrumsSteve Brewster
Drums (programming)Marc Moreau
GuitarDann Huff
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsBrent Bourgeois
Background VocalsLouis Johnson
Background VocalsNatalie Jackson
Background VocalsRichard Page
VocalsMichael W Smith


7 I’ll Lead You Home

BassTommy Sims
DrumsVinnie Colaiuta
GuitarDann Huff
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsAngelo Petrucci
Background VocalsBob Bailey
Background VocalsChris Harris
Background VocalsChris Rodriguez
Background VocalsDonna McElroy
Background VocalsKim Fleming
Background VocalsMicah Wilshire
Background VocalsMichael Mellett
Background VocalsNicol C Mullen
Background VocalsVeronica Petrucci
Background VocalsVicki Hampton
VocalsMichael W Smith


8 Trilogy:, The Other Side Of Me

BassLeland Sklar
GuitarBrian MacLeod
OrganPatrick Leonard
PianoMichael W Smith
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsLouis Johnson
Background VocalsNatalie Jackson
Background VocalsRichard Page
VocalsWhitney Smith
VocalsMichael W Smith


9 Trilogy:, Breathe In Me

BassLeland Sklar
GuitarBrian MacLeod
OrganPatrick Leonard
PianoMichael W Smith
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsLouis Johnson
Background VocalsNatalie Jackson
Background VocalsRichard Page
VocalsWhitney Smith
VocalsMichael W Smith


10 Trilogy:, Angels Unaware

BassLeland Sklar
GuitarBrian MacLeod
OrganPatrick Leonard
PianoMichael W Smith
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsLouis Johnson
Background VocalsNatalie Jackson
Background VocalsRichard Page
VocalsWhitney Smith
VocalsMichael W Smith


11 Calling Heaven

BassTommy Sims
DrumsBrian MacLeod
Drums (programming)Brian MacLeod
GuitarDann Huff
Steel GuitarPaul Franklin
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsGardner Cole
Background VocalsLisa Cochran
VocalsMichael W Smith


12 A Little Stronger Everyday

BassTommy Sims
DrumsSteve Brewster
GuitarDann Huff
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
OrganPatrick Leonard
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsAngelo Petrucci
Background VocalsBob Bailey
Background VocalsChris Harris
Background VocalsChris Rodriguez
Background VocalsDonna McElroy
Background VocalsKim Fleming
Background VocalsMicah Wilshire
Background VocalsMichael Mellett
Background VocalsNicol C Mullen
Background VocalsVeronica Petrucci
Background VocalsVicki Hampton
VocalsMichael W Smith


13 Crown Him With Many Crowns

BassTommy Sims
DrumsSteve Brewster
GuitarDann Huff
OrganPatrick Leonard
PercussionLuis Conte
Background VocalsAngelo Petrucci
Background VocalsBob Bailey
Background VocalsChris Harris
Background VocalsChris Rodriguez
Background VocalsDonna McElroy
Background VocalsKim Fleming
Background VocalsMicah Wilshire
Background VocalsMichael Mellett
Background VocalsNicol C Mullen
Background VocalsVeronica Petrucci
Background VocalsVicki Hampton
VocalsMichael W Smith


14 I’m Waiting For You

BassLeland Sklar
Steel GuitarPaul Franklin
KeyboardsMichael W Smith
ProgrammingPatrick Leonard
VocalsMichael W Smith

Other Musicians

Vocals – Anointed (Track 13)

Liner Notes

Producer – Patrick Leonard (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Producer – Michael W Smith (Track 4)
Producer (Executive) – Michael Blanton, Michael W Smith
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Jeremy Lubbock (Tracks 8, 9, 10)
Conductor – Jeremy Lubbock (Tracks 8, 9, 10)
Coordinator – Derek Jones, Pat Dorn, Sandra Tomes
Coordinator (Vocal) – Donna McElroy (Tracks 3, 7, 12, 13)
Engineer (Second) – Al Lay, Darren Smith, David Dillbeck, David Faulkner, Dennis Patton, Greg Parker, Jason Wilder, Jeff Wright, John Thomas, Krish Sharma, Mike Janas, Patrick Kelly, Paula Montondo, Rob Burrell, Scott Lenox
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Craig Hansen (Tracks 1, 4)
Mixed By – David Thoener (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Mixed By – Jerry Jordan (Tracks 11, 14)
Mixed By – Bill Deaton (Tracks 12, 13)
Recorded By – Bryan Lenox, Craig Hansen, Jerry Jordan, Keith Compton, Marc Moreau

Art Direction – Rob Birkhead
Design – Buddy Jackson, Karinne Caulkins
Photography – Timothy White, Ben Pearson, Russ Harrington

Designed At Jackson Design
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Recorded At Johnny Yuma Recording
Recorded At Caribou Ranch
Recorded At Sound Kitchen
Recorded At A&M Studios
Recorded At Deer Valley Studio, Franklin, TN
Recorded At The Castle Recording Studios
Recorded At Masterfonics
Recorded At Gambit Studio
Recorded At Studio At Mole End
Recorded At Sixteenth Avenue Sound
Phonographic Copyright Reunion Records
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