''Consider the Cost'' is a

contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and s ...

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 1991.Christian Music Archive
Consider the Cost
/ref> This was Camp's first album of new material since 1989's ''

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

'' and also featured a less-rock oriented sound than most of his previous releases on Sparrow.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Camp, except where noted. # "The Cross Is a Radical Thing" – 4:23 # "For Every Time" (S. Camp, Kim Maxfield-Camp,

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 ...

Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist. Chapman began his career in the late 1980s as a songwriter and performer of conte ...

) – 4:19 # "Carry Me" (S. Camp, Maxfield-Camp, Frazier) – 4:07 # "Shade for the Children" – 5:28 # "Consider the Cost" – 5:51 # "Follow Me" – 3:26 # "Could I Be Called a Christian" – 5:33 # "The Agony of Deceit" – 5:27 # "Guard the Trust" – 4:19 # "All That I Need" (S. Camp, Maxfield-Camp, Frazier, Kemper Crabb) – 4:30

Personnel

* Steve Camp – lead and backing vocals, pianos, track arrangements * Phil Naish – pianos, synthesizers, track arrangements * Dan Lee – guitars *

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 *

Paul Leim Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

– drums *

Terry McMillan Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist. Her work centers around the experiences of Black women in the United States. Early life McMillan was born in Port Huron, Michigan. She received a B.A. in journalism in 1977 from ...

– percussion * Chris McDonald – trombone, horn arrangements * Barry Green – trombone * Mike Haynes – trumpet * George Tidwell – trumpet *

Paul Buckmaster Paul John Buckmaster (13 June 1946 – 7 November 2017) was a Grammy Award-winning British cellist, arranger, conductor and composer, with a career spanning five decades. He is best known for his orchestral collaborations with David Bowie, Sha ...

– string arrangements and conductor * Carl Gorodetzky and

The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

– strings * Mark Heimermann – backing vocals * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals *

Lisa Bevill Lisa Bevill (born June 24, 1961) is an American contemporary Christian musician. Bevill has released five albums: ''My Freedom'' (1992), ''All Because of You'' (1994), ''Love of Heaven'' (1996), ''Lisa Bevill'' (2000) and ''When the Healing Come ...

– backing vocals (9) *

Ashley Cleveland Ashley Cleveland (born February 2, 1957) is an American singer/songwriter best known as a background vocalist and gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has been married to Kenny Greenberg since April 27, 1991, and ...

– backing vocals (9) * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (9) Production * Phil Naish – producer * Wendy Holt – production coordination * Ronnie Brookshire – 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 *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charles ...

– mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) * Heather Horne – art direction, design * Mark Tucker – photography * Nancy Nimoy – illustrations

References

1991 albums Steve Camp albums Sparrow Records albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub