''Blind Faith'' is the second album of

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band,

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. It was released in 1993 under the

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label. The band charted several hits on Christian radio from this album ("Be Still", No. 1 for 2 weeks, 1994; "First Love", No. 10, 1994; "Call on Me", No. 15, 1994).Entry in Mark Allen Powell's ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music'' (Hendrickson Publishers, 2002), pp. 522–523.

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Denton and Michael Jacobs, except where noted. # "Refuge" – 5:52 # "Burning Desire" (Denton, Jacobs, Billy Williams) – 4:58 # "Blind Faith" – 4:56 # "Calm (After the Storm)" – 5:43 # "Call on Me" – 5:40 # "Shoot Straight Johnny" (Denton, Jacobs, Randy Ray) – 4:51 # "Hold Out" (Denton, Jacobs, Williams) – 4:10 # "First Love" ( Darrell Brown, Denton, Jacobs,

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) – 4:52 # "Soul Surrender" (Ray, Dann Huff) – 4:51 # "Be Still" (Denton, Jacobs, Tommy Greer) – 3:54

Musicians

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– lead vocals * Michael Jacobs – guitar, background vocals * Randy Ray – bass, background vocals * Billy Williams – drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

* Tommy Greer – keyboards, synthesizer and percussion programming * John Catchings – cello solo on "Call On Me" * Cheryl Rogers – acoustic piano on "First Love" * Al "Fish" Herring – trumpet and

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* Jim Spake –

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on "Blind Faith" * Mark "Queen Bee" Rider – sunglasses guy on "Blind Faith"

Production

* Produced by Bubba Smith

Recording

* Basic tracks engineered by Marc DeSisto at Quad Studios,

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* Andreas Krause – Assistant Engineer * Andreas Krause, Bubba Smith, Bert Stevens – Overdub Engineers * Overdubs recorded at Studio 3319 and Quad Studios at Nashville, Tennessee; Classic Recording at

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; Crosstown Records at

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. * Mixed by Marc DeSisto at Kiva Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee. * Terri Argot and Gari Harwood – Mix Assistants * Mastered by Ken Love at Master Mix, Nashville, Tennessee.

References

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