''Hymned, No. 1'' (sometimes simply called ''Hymned'') is the first solo album from
MercyMe singer
Bart Millard. The album features modern takes on popular
Christian hymns. The album was released on August 16, 2005.
Millard has said that the album is inspired by
hymns his grandmother, Ruby Lindsey, used to sing when he was a boy.
MercyMe guitarist Barry Graul plays acoustic and electric guitars on most of the songs on the album.
Track listing
# "
Just a Closer Walk with Thee" - 4:57
# "Mawmaw's Song (In the Sweet By and By)"
(Graul, Millard) - 4:10
# "
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
"Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" is a 19th-century American hymn written by Fanny Crosby in 1868, set to music by William H. Doane in 1870.
M.C. Hammer recording
In 1991 hip hop artist MC Hammer released a version of the hymn entitled "Do Not ...
" (featuring
Vince Gill)
( Francis J. Crosby, William H. Doane) - 3:53
# "Have a Little Talk with Jesus"
( Cleavant Derricks) - 4:10
# "
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (a.k.a. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song. The lyrics were written by Thomas A. Dorsey, who also adapted the melody.
Origin
The melody is credited to Dorsey, drawn extensively from the 1844 hymn tune, "M ...
" (featuring
Russ Taff)
( Thomas A. Dorsey) - 4:19
# "Softly and Tenderly"
(Will Lamartine Thompson
William Lamartine Thompson (November 7, 1847 – September 20, 1909) was a noted American composer. He founded the W. L. Thompson Music Company and tried his hand with some success at secular compositions before finding his ''forte'' in hymns ...
) - 4:04
# "Sweetest Name I Know"
(Luther B. Bridgers) - 4:03
# "Power in the Blood"
(Lewis E. Jones) - 3:42
# "
My Jesus I Love Thee
My Jesus I Love Thee is a poem written by William Ralph Featherston in 1864 when he was 16 years old, although one source says he could have been just 12 years old. The first two lines of this poem are nearly the same as a hymn wri ...
"/"'Tis So Sweet" (featuring
Derek Webb)
(William Ralph Featherston
William Ralph Featherston (1848–1875) was a Christianity, Christian hymnwriter who wrote the poem My Jesus I Love Thee. He is believed to have written the poem at the age of either 12 or 16 years.
In 1876 Adoniram Judson Gordon, Adoniram Gordon ...
, Gordon, Kirkpatrick, Stead) - 4:28
# "
The Old Rugged Cross"
( George Bennard) - 4:23
Personnel
* Bart Millard – vocals
*
Shane Keister – acoustic piano (1, 7),
Hammond B3 organ
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(3, 8),
Rhodes electric piano (9)
* Tim Lauer –
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
(1, 7),
pump organ (9)
* Blair Masters –
clavinet
The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...
(2), Hammond B3 organ (2, 5, 6), acoustic piano (4, 5), Rhodes electric piano (6)
*
Barry Graul
MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian music band founded in Edmond, Oklahoma. The band consists of lead vocalist Bart Millard, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul.
The b ...
– electric guitar (1, 5-7, 9), acoustic guitar (2-4, 8, 10)
* George Cocchini – electric guitar (2, 3, 9), acoustic guitar (3, 6, 8),
baritone guitar
The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Schec ...
(5)
*
Steve Wariner – electric guitar (8)
*
Gordon Kennedy –
banjo
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(2), guitar solo (2)
*
Paul Franklin –
lap steel guitar
The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...
(4),
dobro
Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar.
The Dobro was originally ...
(8, 10),
steel guitar
A steel guitar ( haw, kīkākila) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conve ...
(9)
* Chris Donohue – bass (1, 2, 5-8, 10),
upright bass (4)
* Joey Canaday – bass (3, 9)
* Dan Needham – drums (1-9), percussion (9)
*
Eric Darken
Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer.
Biography
Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...
– percussion (1-3, 6, 7),
Jew's harp
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
(3)
* Sam Levine –
tin whistle (2),
clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
(4), horns (5), horn arrangements (5)
* Barry Green – horns (5)
* Mike Haynes – horns (5)
* Steve Patrick – horns (5)
*
Andrea Zonn –
fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...
(10), backing vocals (10)
* Michael Mellett – arrangements (8)
*
Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7)
* Perry Coleman – backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
*
Nirva Dorsaint – backing vocals (1, 6-8)
* Anthony Evans – backing vocals (1, 6-8)
*
Vince Gill – backing vocals (3)
*
Russ Taff – vocals (5)
*
Derek Webb – vocals (9)
Choir on "Precious Lord"
* Michael Mellett – choir arrangements
*
Lisa Bevill, Nirva Dorsaint, Anthony Evans,
Mandisa Hundley, Abel Orta and
Seth Ready – singers
Production
* Brown Bannister – producer
* Bart Millard – producer
* Steve Bishir – recording, mixing
* Aaron Sternke – assistant engineer
* Michael Mellett – vocal editing (6)
*
Stephen Marcussen – mastering at
Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)
* Traci Sterling Bishir – production coordinator
* Shatrine Krake – art direction, design
* David Edmonson – photography
* Luke Edmonson – photography
* Mark Nicholas – photography
Chart performance
The album peaked at #12 on ''
Billboard
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s Christian Albums and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums.
Awards
In 2006, the album won a
Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Awards ...
for Inspirational Album of the Year at the
37th GMA Dove Awards
The 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards, also called the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards, were held on April 5, 2006 recognizing accomplishments of Christian musicians for the year 2005. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, ...
in a tie with
Amy Grant's ''
Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith''.
37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners
on About.com; Jones, Kim
Charts
References
External links
Hymned, No. 1
at Amazon.com
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