''In God We Trust'' is the fourth studio album by

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, released in 1988. The album achieved

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status, selling over half a million copies. Three singles were released including "Always There For You" and "I Believe in You" which both hit the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart peaking at No. 71 and No. 88 respectively - the second song, however, became a hit in Brazil, as part of soundtrack of the novela

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. The third single "Keep The Fire Burning" did not chart. The album received two GMA

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s for "Hard Music Album" and "Hard Rock Song" for the title track.

Track listing

All songs written by

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except where noted # "In God We Trust" (M. Sweet, Robert Sweet) – 3:56 # "Always There for You" – 4:09 # "Keep the Fire Burning" – 3:35 # "I Believe in You" – 3:17 # "The Writings on the Wall" – 4:19 # "It's Up 2 U" – 3:51 # "The World of You and I" – 3:45 # "Come to the Everlife" (

Oz Fox Richard Alfonso Martinez (born June 18, 1961), better known by the stage name Oz Fox, is the lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. Martinez' high school friends called him ''Oz'' in honor of Ozzy Osbourne due to his ability t ...

) – 4:09 # "Lonely" – 4:09 # "The Reign" (Fox) – 2:50

Personnel

Stryper *

– lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars *

– lead guitars, backing vocals * Robert Sweet – drums Additional musicians * Billy Meyers – keyboards *

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– keyboards * Stephen Croes – Synclavier programming * Brad Cobb – session bassist

Production

* Michael Lloyd – producer, mixing * Stryper – producers, mixing, album design concept * Dan Nebanzal – engineer, mixing * Carmine Rubino – engineer, mixing * Tom Bosley – assistant engineer * Charlie Brocco – assistant engineer * Dave Deavalon – assistant engineer * Jeff DeMorris – assistant engineer, mix assistant * Scott Gordon – assistant engineer * Robert Hart – assistant engineer, mix assistant * Mark McKenna – assistant engineer * Gary Myerberg – assistant engineer * Brian Scheuble – assistant engineer * Bob Vogt – assistant engineer *

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– mastering at

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(Hollywood, California) * Patrick Pending – art direction * Neil Zlozower – photography * Anne Revenge – additional photography * Kyle Rae Sweet – make-up * Ray Brown – wardrobe stylist

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

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