''For the Sake of the Call'' is the fourth album released by

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singer Steven Curtis Chapman. The album was released in 1990 by Sparrow Records. It won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and the Gospel Music Association award as Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year and was RIAA-certified as Gold on December 6, 1994.

Track listing

All songs written by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted. # "For the Sake of the Call" – 5:29 # "What Kind of Joy" – 4:36 # "Busy Man" – 4:28 # "Lost In the Shadow"(Chapman, James Isaac Elliot) – 5:00 # "Higher Ways"(Chapman, Phil Naish) – 4:20 # "Blind Lead the Blind"(Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:46 # "You Know Better"(Chapman, Bob Sauer) – 3:43 # "When You Are a Soldier" – 3:34 # "No Better Place"(Chapman, Naish) – 3:50 # "Show Yourselves to Be" – 4:26 # "For the Sake of the Call" (reprise) – 1:15

Personnel

* Steven Curtis Chapman – lead vocals, acoustic guitar,

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, backing vocals (2–7, 9, 10), electric guitar (3),

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(5) * Phil Naish – keyboards (1–6, 8, 9) * Dann Huff – electric guitars (1–6, 9) * Jackie Street – bass (1–6, 9) * Craig Nelson – acoustic bass (7) * Paul Leim – drums (1–7, 9) * Chris McDonald – trombone (2, 6), horn arrangements (2, 6) * Barry Green – trombone (2, 6) * Mike Haynes – trumpet (2, 6) * George Tidwell – trumpet (2, 6) * Don Wyrtzen – string arrangements and conductor (5, 8, 10, 11) * Carl Gorodetzsky – string leader (5, 8, 10, 11) *

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– strings (5, 8, 10, 11) * Christ Church Choir – choir (1) * Herb Chapman – backing vocals (2–7, 9, 10) * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (2–7, 9, 10) * Bob Sauer – backing vocals (7), whistle (7) * Brent Lamb – backing vocals (9)

Production

* Phil Naish – producer * Peter York – executive producer * Ronnie Brookshire – recording * Jim DeMain – assistant engineer * Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer * Patrick Hutchinson – assistant engineer *

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– assistant engineer * Ed Simonton – assistant engineer * Carry Summers – assistant engineer * Nightingale – studio * OmniSound – studio * Digital Recorders – studio * Hummingbird – studio * Treasure Isle, Nashville, Tennessee – studio * Jeff Balding – mixing * John Hurley – mix assistant * Digital Recorders – mixing location * Doug Sax – mastering * The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California – mastering location * Cindy Wilt – production manager * Barbara Hearn – art direction * Nick Newton – design * Alan Dockery – photography

References

{{Authority control Steven Curtis Chapman albums 1990 albums Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album