''Lead Me On'' is the eighth studio album by

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singer-songwriter

Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christia ...

, released in 1988 through A&M Recordings. ''Lead Me On'' was a departure from its predecessor, the high-energy pop album '' Unguarded''. Unlike ''Unguarded'' or 1991's ''

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'', ''Lead Me On'' was not as mainstream compatible. Only three of its songs earned mainstream airplay, all of them insignificantly (the title song charted for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 96, and "Saved by Love" and "1974 (We Were Young)" made the Adult Contemporary chart in minor positions). Christian music, however, praised the album. It would later be named the No. 1 Christian album in ''

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''s 2001 book ''The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music''. The title song was featured in '' WOW #1s: 31 of the Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever.''

Anniversary release

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released a double-disc 20th Anniversary Edition of the album on June 24, 2008. The first disc contains

's digitally remastered version of the complete original album. The second disc contains new acoustic recordings of songs from the original album, which Grant has described as "songwriter versions" that are stripped down to emphasize the lyrics. Several of these tracks feature special guests. Additionally, the 20th Anniversary Edition includes previously unreleased live recordings from the large-scale ''Lead Me On'' Tour and a short interview with Amy Grant about the original album. The discs are packaged with a previously unseen booklet of pictures and liner notes from Grant.June08_cover_Prf3
The iTunes release includes the music video for "Lead Me On". In support of the 20th Anniversary Edition, Grant recreated the original ''Lead Me On'' tour in 20 cities, starting in October 2008. Most of the original tour's band reunited for the anniversary tour. The reissue and anniversary tour were also supported by TV specials, radio specials, and promotional appearances.

Track listing

* Bonus Track on CD version
** This song is different from the one with the same name on Grant's 1980 '' Never Alone'' release. The release was promoted in the US by the record company (Myrrh/Word Incorporated, Waco Texas) by issue of a unique promotional CD. The gold picture CD was hand numbered and autographed by Amy herself and was limited to 4150 copies (catalogue number 9016656472).

Personnel

* Amy Grant – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 5) *

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– keyboards (1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11), acoustic piano (4) *

Alan Pasqua Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...

– keyboards (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12) *

Michael W. Smith Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when " Place in This World" hit No. 6 on the '' ...

– keyboards (2) *

Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...

–

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

(2, 4, 8, 12) *

Shane Keister Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight CMI, Fender Rhodes, and others. History Keister was born in Hunti ...

– keyboards (3, 8, 9, 10), Hammond B3 organ (5), acoustic piano (7) * Carl Marsh – keyboards (6),

arco bass The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar a ...

(7) * Brett Perry –

Synclavier The Synclavier is an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation manufactured by New England Digital Corporation of Norwich, Vermont. It was produced in various forms from the late 1970s into the early 1 ...

(12) * Keith Thomas – Synclavier (12), keyboards (12) * Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (1),

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(1), guitars (2, 3, 4, 6, 8–11) *

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– 12-string guitar (1, 11), guitars (2–6, 8, 9, 10, 12), guitar solo (3, 8, 10) * Gary Chapman – acoustic guitar (4, 6), backing vocals (8) *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

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mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

(4), viola (7), violin (9) *

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– bass (1–6, 8–11) *

Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass guitar. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the p ...

– bass (12) *

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– drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) * Keith Edwards – drums (3, 9) *

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– percussion (1, 3, 6, 10, 12), tambourine (11) * John Darnall – string arrangements (7) *

Bill Champlin William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, musician, arranger, producer, and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the band Chicago from 1981–2009. H ...

– backing vocals (2, 8) * Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (2) * Chris Harris – backing vocals (3, 8, 9, 10) *

Wayne Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter ...

– backing vocals (3, 8, 9, 10, 12) * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (3, 8, 9, 10), guitars (10) * Diana DeWitt – backing vocals (3, 10, 11) * Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals (5, 6) *

Pam Rose Pam Rose is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane and Kennedy Rose, both times pairing with fellow songwriter Mary Ann Kennedy. Rose's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award- ...

– backing vocals (5, 6) * Chris Eaton – backing vocals (8, 10) * Donna McElroy – backing vocals (8) * Dave Perkins – backing vocals (8) *

Randy Stonehill Randall Evan Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer and songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but ...

– backing vocals (8) *

Russ Taff Russell Taff (born November 11, 1953) is an American gospel singer and songwriter who grew up in Farmersville, California. He has sung a variety of musical styles throughout his career including: pop rock, traditional Southern gospel, contempora ...

– backing vocals (8) * Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (8)

Production

* Brown Bannister – producer * David Anderle – executive producer * Michael Blanton – executive producer * Gary Chapman – executive producer * Fran Kirkpatrick – production coordination * Kimberly Smith – production coordination * Jeff Balding – engineer, mixing (5, 7) * Claude Achille – assistant engineer * Jeff Coppage – assistant engineer * Ron Jacobs – assistant engineer * Laura Livingston – assistant engineer * Mark McKenna – assistant engineer * Paula Montondo – assistant engineer * Mark Nevers – assistant engineer * Keith Odell – assistant engineer * Brian Scheuble – assistant engineer * Bob Vogt – assistant engineer * Bill Whittington – assistant engineer * Randall J. Wine – assistant engineer * Marc DeSisto – mixing (1, 3, 4, 6, 8–11) *

Shelly Yakus Sheldon Gershon "Shelly" Yakus (born November 1945) is an American music engineer and mixer. Formerly chief engineer and vice president of A&M Records, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Yakus is referenced ...

– mixing (1–4, 6, 8, 10) * Johnny Potoker – mixing (5) * Steve McMillan – mixing (12) *

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering at

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(New York City, New York) * Richard Frankel – art direction * Melanie Nissen – design * Eika Aoshima – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

End of year charts

End-of-decade charts

Certifications and sales

Accolades

Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

GMA Dove Awards 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 ...

References

{{Authority control Amy Grant albums Albums produced by Brown Bannister 1988 albums A&M Records albums Albums recorded at Henson Recording Studios Myrrh Records albums