''After God's Own Heart'' is a contemporary Christian music album by

Steve Camp Steven J. Camp (born April 13, 1955) is an American contemporary Christian music artist and pastor. In the tradition of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, Camp sent out his own 107 theses on Reformation Day (October 31), 1998, calling for a re ...

and was released by

Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by Thorn EMI in ...

in 1987.Christian Music Archive
After God's Own Heart
/ref> This album is best known for featuring his version of the song "Revive Us, O Lord", which he co-wrote with

Carman In Celtic mythology, Carman or Carmun was a warrior and sorceress from Athens who tried to invade Ireland in the days of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with her three sons, Dub ("black"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She used her magica ...

(who recorded the song on his 1985 album, ''The Champion'')

Track listing

# "Come to the Lord" (Steve Camp, John Rosasco) - 3:24 # "The Church is All of You" (Camp, Rosasco) - 5:30 # "Whatever You Ask" (Phil McHugh, Michele Wagner) - 4:08 # "Who Knows" (Camp, Rosasco) - 4:14 # "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" (

Isaac Watts Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the ...

; Additional lyrics: Camp, Rosasco) - 5:30 # "Nothing to Prove" (Camp, John Fischer) - 4:40 # "After God's Own Heart" (Camp, Rosasco,

Rob Frazier Rob Frazier (born October 31, 1953) is an American Christian artist, musician, songwriter, record producer, and speaker. Frazier is the son of a pastor, W. Burwell Frazier, founder of Warrington Fellowship Church. Like his three siblings, his ...

) - 5:18 # "If it Wasn't for the Grace of God" (Camp, Rosasco,

Margaret Becker Margaret Becker (born July 17, 1959) is an American Christian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She has had twenty-one No. 1 Christian radio hits, won four Dove Awards, and been nominated for four Grammy Awards. Biography Becker was born ...

) - 4:41 # "Hopeless Sinners, Helpless Saints (Camp, Rosasco) - 5:12 # "Revive Us, O Lord" (Camp,

Carman Licciardello Carmelo Domenic Licciardello (January 19, 1956 – February 16, 2021), known by his stage name Carman, was an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, television host and evangelist. He was nominated for four Grammys, and sol ...

) - 5:15 # "Till These Earthly Days Shall End" (Camp) - 4:03

Personnel

* Steve Camp – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer programming, E-mu SP-12 programming *

Alan Pasqua Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...

– keyboards, synthesizer programming, acoustic piano solo (4) * Smitty Price – keyboards, synthesizer programming * John Rosasco – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, B3 organ solo (3), acoustic piano solo (5), orchestration, brass section conductor *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– guitars, guitar solo (3) *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

– bass (1-9, 11) *

Joe Chemay Joe Chemay is an American bassist and background singer, known for his recording session work. Biography Chemay started out working as a session and touring support musician in Los Angeles, but moved to Nashville in 1989. Chemay has worked wi ...

– bass (10) * John Robinson – drums, percussion, drum programming * Alan Palmer – alto saxophone, tenor sax solo (2) *

Mark Watters Mark Watters (born May 25, 1955) is an American composer of music for film and television. Biography Watters is a six-time Emmy award-winning composer, conductor and arranger. He was born in Irving, Texas and majored in Saxophone at the Univers ...

– baritone saxophone, string conductor, chamber group conductor * Jon Clarke – tenor saxophone,

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, English horn *

Brandon Fields Brandon David Fields (born May 21, 1984) is a former American football punter who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. He ...

– tenor sax solo (3) * Charles Morillas – trombone * Daniel Fernero – trumpet * John Fumo – trumpet * Calvin Smith –

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

* Amy Shulman – harp *

– backing vocals * Bob Bennett – backing vocals *

Bob Carlisle Robert Mason "Bob" Carlisle (born September 29, 1956) is an American Contemporary Christian singer and songwriter. He performed with several bands, most notably Allies and Billy Thermal, before launching a solo career where he received a Grammy ...

– backing vocals * Pete Carlson – backing vocals *

Tamara Champlin Tamara Champlin (née Matoesian) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career as a session singer in Houston, Texas, later moving to Los Angeles. She has performed with and written for singers such as Elton John, Leon Russell, Nicky H ...

– backing vocals * Bridgett Evans – backing vocals *

Tommy Funderburk Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 fil ...

– backing vocals * Steve Lively – backing vocals * Kim Maxfield – backing vocals *

Michele Pillar Michele Diane Pillar (born July 26, 1955) is a contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and occasional actress. Despite recording only a handful of studio albums, her music has made a lasting influence in the genre having earned three Gr ...

– backing vocals * Mark Williamson – backing vocals Production * Steve Camp – producer, arrangements * John Rosasco – producer, arrangements * Tammy Allcock – production coordinator * Terry Christian – engineer * David Schober – engineer * Gabe Veltri – engineer * Koji Egawa – assistant engineer * Wade Jaynes – assistant engineer * Larry Mah – assistant engineer * Joe Schiff – assistant engineer * Bart Stevens – assistant engineer *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated an ...

– mixing * Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California *

Ocean Way Recording Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates record ...

, Los Angeles, California – recording location * Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California – recording location * Bill Schnee Studios, Los Angeles, California – recording location, mixing location * Bill Francis – music preparation * Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn – art direction * 5 Penguins Design – design * Steven Heller – photography

References

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