''My Father's Eyes'' is the second studio album by then-teenage

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singer-songwriter

Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "Honorific ...

, released in 1979 on

Myrrh Records __NOTOC__ Myrrh Records (also known as Myrrh Worship) was an American Christian music record label. According to ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music'', the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for contemporary Christian m ...

. ''My Father's Eyes'' was a turning point in Grant's career. It gave her first Christian number-one hit in the title track, as well as the Top Ten Christian hit "Faith Walkin' People." The album was nominated for the

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. It was certified gold in 1987. In 2007, like many other albums by Grant, ''My Father's Eyes'' was reissued by

Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Barry McGuire was the fi ...

, her current label.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals *

Bobby Ogdin Robert Ford Ogdin (born September, 1945) is a Nashville-based recording session pianist. He is best known as a member of Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley's TCB Band, TCB band. He performed on 20 of Presley's recordings and accompanied him on 45 live s ...

– keyboards, (1–3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (6),

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

(10),

ARP synthesizer ARP Instruments, Inc. was a Lexington, Massachusetts manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by Alan R. Pearlman, Alan Robert Pearlman in 1969. It created a popular and commercially successful range of synthesizers throughout the ...

(11) *

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 Huntin ...

–

Polymoog The Polymoog is a hybrid polyphonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1975 to 1980. The Polymoog was based on divide-down oscillator technology similar to electronic organs and string synthesizers of the time. Histor ...

(2),

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

(6),

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(10) *

Randy Goodrum Charles Randolph Goodrum (born July 7, 1947) is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. Goodrum wrote number one songs in each of the four decades after his first number one hit, 1978's " You Needed Me". Goodrum's songs have appeared on ...

– keyboards (4), ARP synthesizer (10) * Marty McCall – keyboards (5), harmony vocals (5), backing vocals (7, 9) * Jon Goin – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 12), electric guitar (1, 7, 9, 10), guitars (5) *

Larry Byrom Larry Clifton Byrom (born December 27, 1948 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American guitarist. Byrom performed in a band called the Precious Few in the 1960s, then joined T.I.M.E.; in 1970, he joined Steppenwolf. He left Steppenwolf in 1972 and ...

– electric guitar (2, 4), guitars (3), acoustic guitar (6, 10),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

(11) * Ron Elder – acoustic guitar (3) * Steve Schaffer – bass (1) * Bob Wray – bass (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11) * Jack Williams – bass (4, 10) * Bob Sinkovic – bass (5) * Roger Clark – drums (1–4, 6, 7, 9–11), percussion (1) * Lanny Avery –

Syndrum The Pollard Syndrum is the first commercially available electronic drum, invented by Joe Pollard and Mark Barton in 1976. There were 3 major types: The Syndrum 1, the Syndrum TwinDrum, and the Syndrum Quad, the last being the most famous. At the ...

(3), drums (5); cords, spoons, snaps,

snare drum The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often u ...

and jaw pops (13) * Farrell Morris – percussion (2, 9),

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(11) * Denis Solee –

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

(1, 5, 11),

piccolo The piccolo ( ; ) is a smaller version of the western concert flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute, the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the ...

(5) * Ann Fuller Wilder –

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...

(4) * Kurt Storey –

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(5) * Ava Aldridge – backing vocals (4, 7, 9, 13) *

Lenny LeBlanc Lenny LeBlanc (born June 17, 1951) is an American musician and songwriter. He started his career with Pete Carr in 1975 and later separated ways when both had different plans for their profession. A resident of Alabama, he is known for the song ...

– backing vocals (4, 13), harmony vocals (6) * Marie Tomlinson – backing vocals (4, 7, 9, 13) *

Brown Bannister Elliott Brown Bannister III (born August 15, 1951) is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) producer and songwriter. Biography Bannister released one album of his own, ''Talk to One Another'', in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reuni ...

– backing vocals (8), harmony vocals (12) * Steve Chapman – backing vocals (8) * Mimi Verner – backing vocals (8) * Carol Grant – backing vocals (8) * Kathy Harrell – backing vocals (8) * Tim Fletcher – backing vocals (8) * Randy Elder – backing vocals (8)

Production

* Michael Blanton – executive producer *

Chris Christian Chris Christian (born Lon Christian Smith on February 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, record producer, and a record label executive. His songs have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Olivia Newton-John, Hall and Oates, Natalie Cole, Sheena Ea ...

– executive producer * Brown Bannister – producer * Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) * Buddy Skipper – horn arrangements * Bergen White – string arrangements * John Miller – photography * Hot Graphics – album cover design * Amy Grant – liner notes

Charts

Weekly charts

End of year charts

References

{{Authority control Amy Grant albums 1979 albums Albums produced by Brown Bannister Myrrh Records albums