''Hey You, I Love Your Soul'' is the second studio album by American

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band

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. It was released in 1998 as an enhanced CD from

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and

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Track listing

Personnel

Skillet * John L. Cooper – vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming *

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– guitars,

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, backing vocals * Trey McClurkin – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *

Skidd Mills Skidd Mills is a songwriter/producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Skidd began his career at Ardent Studios in 1991. There he learned from the likes of John Hampton, Joe Hardy, Jim Dickinson, and Paul Ebersold. In 2001, Skidd left Ardent and start ...

– drum programming * Christopher Reyes – additional loops *

Korey Cooper Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband John Cooper (lead vocals, bass) and wife Korey Cooper (rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) along with Jen Ledger (dr ...

– additional backing vocals (5) Production * Dana Key – executive producer, additional producer (10) * Patrick Scholes – executive producer * Skidd Mills – producer, engineer, mixing * John Cooper – additional producer, additional arrangements * Paul Ebersold – additional producer (10) * Jason Latshaw – engineer * Matt Martone – additional engineer * Christopher Reyes – art direction, design, animation * Daniel Ball – photography

Music video

A music video was made for the song "More Faithful". It features the band playing in a room with lights all around, with various shots of the sky cut in to show the theme of the song. An example is the line, "You have been more faithful than the morning sun." This is the only video that shows John playing piano, and the last video before his wife Korey joined on keyboards.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 25 on the ''

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chart.

References

{{Authority control Skillet (band) albums ForeFront Records albums 1998 albums