Brother's Keeper is the eighth studio album by American singer and songwriter

Rich Mullins Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his worship songs " Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step". Some of his albums were listed by ''CC ...

, released in 1995. Mullins originally considered naming the album "Songs" to draw ironic contrast from the unusually long titles of his previous albums. In a 1995 radio special, Mullins commented, "It's a real in-house kind of record. We didn't hire background singers; we had the wives of the guys sing for backgrounds...It was more of a family kind of project, which for me was a real blast." The artwork on the album cover was produced by Jimmy Abegg, a member of Mullins' band.

Track listing

# "Brothers Keeper" (Rich Mullins, Beaker) – 3:16 #*Appeared on compilation '' Songs 2'' 1999 # "Let Mercy Lead" (Rich Mullins, Beaker) – 4:25 #*Appeared on compilation ''

Songs A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition ...

'' 1996 # "Hatching of the Heart" (Rich Mullins) – 4:41 # "Promenade" (Rich Mullins) – 2:45 # "Wounds of Love" (Rich Mullins, Beaker) – 4:38 # "Damascus Road" (Rich Mullins, Beaker) – 3:09 # "Eli's Song" (Rich Mullins, Lee Lundgren, Nicole Lundgren) – 3:03 # "Cry The Name" (Rich Mullins, Beaker) – 5:53 # "The Breaks" (Rich Mullins) – 4:05 # "Quoting Deuteronomy to the Devil" (Rich Mullins, Beaker) – 3:50

Charts

Radio singles

Personnel

– lead vocals, acoustic piano (3, 5), synthesizer (3),

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(7), door sounds (8) *

Phil Madeira Philip Kamm Madeira (born 1952) is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island, and attended Taylor University, graduating in 1975. His songs have been recorded by The Civil Wars, Buddy Mill ...

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(1, 5, 9), electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 6), backing vocals (2),

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(4), drums (4, 7), hi-strung electric guitar (6), tambourine (6), acoustic guitar (8), keyboard harmonica (8),

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(10), rhythm guitar (10), slide guitar (10), hambone (10) * Beaker – acoustic guitar (1), whistle (8) *

Rick Elias Richard Robert Elias (January 7, 1955 – April 2, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter based in Nashville. Elias is best known for being a founding member of Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band, which recorded and toured from 1993 thr ...

– acoustic guitar (1-4, 7, 8, 9), hi-strung acoustic guitar (1, 2, 9), electric guitar (2, 6, 8, 10) *

Jimmy Abegg Jimmy Abegg (born December 29, 1954), also known as Jimmy A, is an American musician who grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1985, Abegg was a founding member of the progressive rock band Vector fro ...

– bass guitar, acoustic guitar (2, 3, 9, 10), guitar solo (2, 3), gut-string guitar (3, 7), electric guitar (4, 8),

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(8), National guitar (10), rhythm guitar (10), hambone (10) * Aaron Smith – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10), backing vocals (2), percussion (3), shaker (8), thunder sounds (8), rain stick (8), hambone (10) * Lee Lundgren – shaker (1),

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(1), Hammond B3 organ (2, 8), accordion (3, 4, 7, 9),

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...

(4), harmonica (5), acoustic guitar (6, 8),

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(7), Lenophone (10) * Nicki Lundgren – backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 7), harmony vocals (7) * Linda Elias – backing vocals (2, 6, 7) * Julie Strasser – backing vocals (2, 6, 7) Production * Jimmy Abegg – producer, design, illustration * Rick Elias – producer * Lee Lundgren – producer * Phil Madeira – producer * Rich Mullins – producer, executive producer * Aaron Smith – producer * Don Donahue – A&R * JB – engineer, mixing at The Saltmine, Nashville, Tennessee * Todd Robins – assistant engineer, mix assistant * Wade Jaynes – assistant engineer, mix assistant * Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix, Nashville, Tennessee * The Battery,

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– recording location * Quad Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location * Rob Birkhead – art direction * Diana Lussenden – design * Ben Pearson – photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brother's Keeper (Album) Rich Mullins albums 1995 albums