''Free to Fly'' is the seventh album and fifth studio album by

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. It was released in 2001 by

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Track listing

# "By Heart" (Dane DeViller, Sean Hosien, Pam Sheyne) - 3:38 # "You Will Never Walk Alone" (Lowell Alexander) - 4:24 # "He Sends His Love" (Jeremy Bose, Paul Evans) - 4:35 # "Praise Forevermore" (

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) - 4:33 # "Blue Skies" (Grant Cunningham, Matt Huesmann) - 4:20 # "Begin With Me" (Steve Siler,

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) - 3:15 # "Free Indeed" (Grant Cunningham, Matt Huesmann) - 3:55 # "All That I Need" (Glenn Garrett, Wayne Tester) - 4:08 # "Something So Good" (

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, Jane Vaughan) - 3:41 # "Yes, I Believe" (Joel Lindsay, Tony Wood) - 4:35 # "La La La" (Brent Wilson) - 4:49

Singles

* "Blue Skies" - #1 * "Praise Forevermore" - #1 * "He Sends His Love" - #1 * "You Will Never Walk Alone - #1 * "Yes, I Believe" - #5

Music videos

* "Begin With Me"

Personnel

Point of Grace * Shelley Breen – vocals * Heather Payne – vocals * Denise Jones – vocals * Terry Jones – vocals Musicians *

– keyboards, programming * Pat Coil – acoustic piano * Blair Masters – keyboards, acoustic piano,

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– programming *

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– keyboards, programming *

Nathan Nockels Nathaniel Edward "Nathan" Nockels (born June 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and worship leader, who is a producer, songwriter, and composer of sacred music. He has received seven GMA Dove Awards, for his production. Nockels and his wif ...

– keyboards *

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– Hammond B3 organ * Glenn Garrett – programming (8) * Wayne Tester – programming (8) *

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– guitars * David Cleveland – guitars * Alan Darby –

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, drums * Scott Denté – guitars, acoustic guitar * Jerry McPherson – guitars * Chris Rodriguez – guitars * Schuyler Deale – bass * Mark Hill – bass * Pat Malone – bass *

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– bass * Steve Brewster – drums, percussion * Dan Needham – drums * John Catchings – cello * Tom Howard – string arrangements and conductor * Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor *

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– strings * Carl Marsh – arrangements, string arrangements *

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– concertmaster *

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– strings * Michael Mellett – vocal arrangements * Chance Scoggins – vocal arrangements

Production

* David Tyson – producer (1, 7, 9, 11) * Brown Bannister – producer (2, 5, 6) * Tom Laune – producer (3, 4, 10), engineer (3, 4, 10), mixing (3, 4, 10) * Nathan Nockels – producer (3, 4, 10) * Glenn Garrett – producer (8), overdub recording (8) * Wayne Tester – producer (8), overdub recording (8) * Point of Grace – executive producers * Loren Balman – A&R direction * Linda Bourne Wornell – A&R coordinator * Jonathan Allen – engineer * Steve Bishir – engineer, mixing * Ronnie Brookshire – engineer, string engineer * Bill Cooper – engineer * Roger Sommers – engineer *

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– vocal recording * Aaron Swihart – engineer, tracking * Jeff Thomas – overdub recording * Drew Bollman – assistant engineer * Rob Burrell – assistant engineer * Andrew Dudman – assistant engineer * J.C. Monterrosa – assistant engineer * Hank Nirider – assistant engineer, mix assistant * Fred Paragano – assistant engineer * David Streit – assistant engineer * Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee). * Tony DeFranco – production assistant * Traci Sterling Bishir – production coordinator * Bridgett Evans O'Lannerghty – production assistant * Chuck Hargett – art direction, design * Michael Haber – photography * Bertrand – hair stylist * Pauline Leonard – wardrobe

Notes

* This was Terry's last full studio album with the group, as she would leave the group on February 29, 2004. * This was also the last album that involved songwriter Grant Cunningham, who died in July 2002 from injuries caused by a fall in a recreational soccer match in the Nashville region. A foundation named in Cunningham's memory was titled after the Point of Grace song "Blue Skies" from this album. * This was the group's last release with the Word Records management team, as they would be released in January 2002 by the label's new owners.

References

2001 albums Point of Grace albums Albums produced by Brown Bannister {{christian-album-stub