''Never Lose Sight'' is the eleventh studio album from

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artist

Chris Tomlin Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas, United States, who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences an ...

. It was released on October 21, 2016 through

sixstepsrecords Passion Conferences (also referred to as Passion and the 268 Generation, originally named Choice Ministries) is a Christian organization founded by Louie Giglio in 1997. The organization is known for its annual gatherings of young adults between ...

Commercial performance

''Never Lose Sight'' debuted at No. 6 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 32,000 units, 30,000 of which were pure album sales. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

* Chris Tomlin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (11) *

Ross Copperman Ross Copperman (born October 1, 1982) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter and producer with 29 number one radio hits. After his experience as an artist in the UK, Copperman discovered his talent for writing and producing country mus ...

– keyboards (1, 13), programming (1, 13), acoustic guitar (1), backing vocals (1) * Matt Gilder – keyboards (1, 13, 14), acoustic piano (2, 6, 8-12),

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(9) *

Ed Cash Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is a producer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. AllMusic/ref> He was named the "Producer of the Year" at the Gospel Music Awards for four consecutive years (2004–2007) and gains recogn ...

– acoustic piano (2), keyboards (2, 6, 7), programming (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14), acoustic guitars (2, 3, 4, 9, 14), electric guitars (2, 3, 4, 9, 14), backing vocals (2-7, 9-12, 14) *

Jeremy Edwardson Jeremy Edwardson (born March 25, 1979) is an American singer/songwriter, record producer, audio engineer, mixer, and former lead vocalist of the Seattle-based band, The Myriad. He owns and operates The Soundhouse recording studio in his hometown ...

– keyboards (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), programming (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), electric guitar (7, 10), acoustic guitar (12), additional keyboards (13), additional programming (13) * Andrew Jackson – keyboards (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), programming (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), additional keyboards (13), additional programming (13) *

Martin Cash Martin Cash (baptised 10 October 1808 – 26 August 1877) was a notorious Irish-Australian convict bushranger, known for escaping twice from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land. His 1870 autobiography, ''The Adventures of Martin Cash'', ghostwritten ...

– programming (3, 14), additional backing vocals (9) *

Matt Maher Matthew Guion Maher (born November 10, 1974) is a Canadian contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist, songwriter, and worship leader from Newfoundland, Canada, who lives in the United States. Three of his nine albums have reached the Top 25 ...

– acoustic piano (5), acoustic guitar (5), lead and harmony vocals (14) * Ian McIntosh – keyboards (5, 7), programming (5, 7), additional keyboards (10) *

Jason Ingram Jason David Ingram is an American Christian music producer and songwriter. He has been a songwriter for many Christian artists, including Bebo Norman and Point of Grace. Career Around the end of 2001, he was the first artist to be signed to ...

– keyboards (14), lead and harmony vocals (14) * Pat Barrett – acoustic guitar (1) * Daniel Carson – electric guitars (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10-14), acoustic guitar (2, 9, 11) * Danny Rader – electric guitar (1, 13), acoustic guitar (13),

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(13) * Tore Kulleseid – electric guitar (2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10-13), acoustic guitar (6, 7, 9, 10, 12) * Chris Lacorte – electric guitars (3, 14) * Jonathan Berlin – electric guitar (8, 12), additional backing vocals (8) * Andy Gullahorn – acoustic guitar (8), backing vocals (8) * Matthew Melton – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 8-14) * Daniel James Mackenzie – bass (5, 7) * Fred Eltringham – drums (1) * Travis Nunn – drums (2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13), percussion (2, 6, 8, 10),

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(8) * David Whitworth – drums (5, 7), percussion (5, 7) * Jacob Schrodt – drums (9) * Lewis Patzner – cello (2, 5, 6) * Claire Nunn – cello (8) * Anton Patzner – viola (2, 5, 6), violin (2, 5, 6) *

Danny Gokey Daniel Jay Gokey (born April 24, 1980) is an American singer and former church music director from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the third-place finalist on the eighth season of ''American Idol''.

– lead and harmony vocals (3) * Gabe Kossol – backing vocals (5, 6, 7, 12) *

Jill Phillips Jill Anne Gullahorn (''née'', Phillips; born February 15, 1976) is an American Christian musician based out of Nashville, Tennessee, who brings a folk rock and roots rock sound with contemporary Christian music themes. Early and personal life ...

– backing vocals (8) * Franni Cash – additional backing vocals (9) * Nickie Conley – additional backing vocals (9) * Jason Eskridge – additional backing vocals (9) * Chris McClarney – additional backing vocals (9) *

Kim Walker-Smith Kim Walker-Smith (born December 19, 1981 as Kimberlee Dawn Walker) is an American singer, songwriter, worship leader, and recording artist. She produced her first solo album, ''Here Is My Song'', which was released in February 2008 through the Jes ...

– lead and harmony vocals (11) * Micah Wilshire – backing vocals (13) * Scott Cash – backing vocals (14) *

Matt Redman Matthew James Redman (born 14 February 1974) is an English Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and author. Redman has released 16 albums, written 8 books, and helped start three church-plants. He is best known for his two-time Grammy Aw ...

– lead and harmony vocals (14)

Production

* Brad O'Donnell – A&R * Ross Copperman – producer (1, 13) * Ed Cash – producer (2, 3, 4, 9, 14), additional engineer (2), engineer (3, 4, 9, 14), mixing (3), vocal producer (5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12) * Jeremy Edwardson – producer (2, 5-13), additional engineer (2, 6, 8, 10-13), engineer (5, 7, 9), vocal recording (Kim Walker-Smith on 11) * Joe Baldridge – engineer (1, 2, 6, 8-13) * Josh Ditty – assistant engineer (1, 2, 6, 8-13) * Andrew Jackson – additional engineer (2, 6, 8, 10-13), engineer (5, 9), assistant engineer (7) * Maestro Lightford – vocal recording (Danny Gokey on 3) * Justin Niebank – mixing (1) * Mark Endert – mixing (2, 5) * Robert Orton – mixing (4) * Christopher Stevens – mixing (6) * Sam "Mix" Gibson – mixing (7, 8, 10, 11, 12) * Sean Moffitt – mixing (9, 13, 14) * Drew Bollman – mix assistant (1) * Doug Johnson – mix assistant (2, 5) * Brian David Willis – digital editing (1) *

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...

– mastering * Scott Johnson – production assistant (1) * Becca Wildsmith – art direction, design * Cameron Powell – photography * Marz – grooming * Kim Rosen Perrett – styling Studios * Recorded at

Ocean Way Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates record ...

, The Red Room and Blackbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Ed's, Franklin, Tennessee; The Soundhouse, Redding, California * Mixed at Blackbird Studios and Yods's Place, Nashville, Tennessee; Hounds Ear Studio, Leiper's Fork, Tennessee; Ed's and fabmusic, Franklin, Tennessee; Indian River Studios, Merritt Island, Florida; Cardiff Creative Lab, Cardiff, Wales, UK * Mastered at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, California

Charts

Certifications

Awards and nominations

GMA Dove Awards

References

{{Authority control Chris Tomlin albums 2016 albums Albums produced by Ed Cash Albums produced by Ross Copperman