''Hotline'' is the third album by the

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band

White Heart White Heart, also listed as Whiteheart, was an American contemporary Christian music and pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes thirteen albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Bill ...

and the band's first with Gordon Kennedy on guitars and the last with both lead vocalist Scott Douglas and on the Home Sweet Home label. The first radio single "Jerusalem" features lead vocals from both Douglas and lead guitarist Kennedy and became a top five hit on Christian radio and was co-written with the Christian rock duo

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. ''Hotline'' peaked at number 13 on the ''

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'' Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

# "Hotline" (Billy Smiley, Scott Douglas) – 4:14 # "Gotta Be A Believer" (Smiley, Mark Gersmehl) – 4:21 # "Jerusalem" (Smiley, Gersmehl,

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, Dana Key) – 3:50 # "Turn The Page" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:55 # "She's A Runaway" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:40 # "Heroes" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:36 # "In His Name" (Gersmehl) – 4:14 # "The Victory" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy, Larry Stewart) – 4:22 # "Walls" (Gersmehl) – 2:35 # "Keep Fighting The Fight" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:08

Personnel

White Heart * Scott Douglas – lead vocals (1-3, 5-9) *

Mark Gersmehl Mark "Gersh" Gersmehl (born July 29, 1954) is a contemporary Christian musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the Christian rock group White Heart. He and guitarist Billy Smiley were the only two original members of the band t ...

– keyboards, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), synthesizers (2, 3, 8), lead vocals (2, 4-6, 10) *

Billy Smiley Billy Smiley (born October 19, 1957) is a music producer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for being one of the core members of the Christian rock band White Heart. He was the bands' guitarist, vocalist, and one of the main songwriters ...

– keyboards, guitars, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10) * Gordon Kennedy – lead guitars, guitar solo (1, 5, 8, 9), backing vocals (1), lead vocals (3, 8),

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(4) * Gary Lunn – bass * David Huff – drums, percussion (3, 5) Additional Musicians * Steve Green – backing vocals (2, 4) * David Pierce – backing vocals (6) * Stan Armor – backing vocals (6, 9)

Production

* Producers – Mark Gersmehl and Billy Smiley * Executive Producer –

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* Tracks 1-8 & 10 recorded by Brent King * Track 9 recorded by Bob Graves * Second Engineers – Sam Bailey (Tracks 1-8 & 10), David Pierce (Tracks 1-8 & 10) and Clark Schleicher (Track 9). * Recorded at

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(Franklin, TN). * Mixed by Brent King * Mixed and Overdubbed at Gold Mine Studio (Nashville, TN). * Mastered by Hank Williams at MasterMix (Nashville, TN). * Art Direction and Design – Bill Brunt * Photography – Mark Tucker, Ron Keith and Scott Bonner.

Charts

Radio singles

References

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