''Our Hymns'' is a compilation album released in 1989 on

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. It features well-known church

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each done by CCM artists' interpretation and styles of music from pop ("

Holy, Holy, Holy "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!" is a Christian hymn written by the Anglican bishop Reginald Heber (1783–1826). It is sung to the tune "Nicaea", by John Bacchus Dykes. Written during the author's time as vicar in Hodnet, Shropshire, En ...

" by

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 '' ...

) to rock ("

Onward, Christian Soldiers "Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Erne ...

" by Petra) to country ("More Love To Thee" by Bruce Carroll). It is also a trilogy of albums from Word Records using the word "Our" in the series starting with this album, along with '' Our Christmas'' (1990) and ''Our Family'' (1992). The R&B vocal group

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won the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group for their interpretation of "The Savior Is Waiting" at the

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. In 1990, the album won Praise and Worship Album of the Year and

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 ...

won Country Recorded Song of the Year for "'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" at the

21st GMA Dove Awards The 21st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 5, 1990, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1989. The show was held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Clifton Davis and Sandi ...

. ''Our Hymns'' debuted and peaked at number 3 on the '' Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

Note: The medley by Russ Taff features the following hymns and its writers: "Near the Cross" by

Fanny Crosby Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns ...

and William Howard Doane; "My Jesus I Love Thee" by

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 ...

and

Adoniram Judson Gordon Adoniram Judson "A. J." Gordon (1836–1895) was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College and Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary. Life Gordon was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, on April 19, 1836. His ...

; "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" by Helen Howarth Lemmel. The medley is arranged by James Hollihan, Jr. and Loren Balman.

Personnel

Lead Vocalists *

(1) *

(also backing vocals) (2) * Bruce Carroll (also backing vocals) (3) *

Kim Boyce Kim Boyce Koreiba (born March 14, 1961, in Winter Haven, Florida) is an American Christian music singer. She is best known for her 1990s hit ''By Faith''. She was Miss Manatee and Miss Florida 1983 and competed at Miss America 1984. Boyce's hit ...

(4) *

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, contempor ...

(also backing vocals) (5) * Phil Keaggy (also backing vocals) (6) * First Call (7) *

Wayne Watson Wayne may refer to: People with the given name and surname * Wayne (given name) * Wayne (surname) Geographical Places with name ''Wayne'' may take their name from a person with that surname; the most famous such person was Gen. "Mad" Antho ...

(8) * David Thomas (9) *

John Schlitt John William Schlitt (born February 3, 1950) is an American singer, who was the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra (band), Petra from 1986 until the band's retirement in early 2006. Prior to joining Petra in 1986, Schlitt was the lead voc ...

(10) Musicians * Michael W. Smith – keyboards (1, 7), drum programming (7) *

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

– accordion (2) * Evie McPherson – accordion (2) * Chris Christian – keyboards (3), percussion overdubs (3) *

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's TCB band. He performed on 20 of Presley's recordings and accompanied him on 45 live shows until Presleys' deat ...

– keyboards (3) * John Andrew Schreiner – keyboards (4), bass (4) *

Phil Madeira Philip Kamm Madeira (born 1952) is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island, and attended Taylor University, graduating in 1975. His songs have been recorded by The Civil Wars, Buddy Mill ...

– keyboards (5) * George "Smitty" Price – keyboards (6) * Paul Mills – keyboards (8), programming (8) * Wayne Watson – additional keyboards (8), guitars (8) *

John Lawry John Lawry (born June 15, 1950) is a Christian rock musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He was the keyboardist of Petra from 1984 to 1994. After his departure, Lawry dedicated himself to producing and record engineering. From 2010 to 2 ...

– keyboards (10) * Jerry McPherson – guitars (1),

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(2),

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(2) * Steve Gibson – guitars (3) * Michael Hodge – guitars (4) * James Hollihan – guitars (5) * Phil Keaggy – guitars (6) *

Bob Hartman Robert "Bob" Hartman (born December 26, 1949) is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took ...

– guitars (10) * Gary Lunn – bass (1), drum programming (1) * Gary Chapman – bass (2) * Sonny Garrish – bass (3) * Jackie Street – bass (5) * Dave Coy – bass (6) *

Tommy Sims Tommy Sims is an American bassist, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. Music career From 1987 to 1989 Sims was the bassist for the Christian rock band White Heart, which he left to become a studio musician and producer. During 1992 ...

– bass (7), drum programming (7) *

Ronny Cates Petra is an American music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres and was, for many years, regarded as the "world's most popular Christian rock band". Formed in 1972, the band took its name from ...

– bass (10) * Bryan Lenox – drum programming (1, 7), percussion (1, 7) *

Paul Leim Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chr ...

– drums (3) * Brian Tankersley – drums (4), percussion (4) * Lynn Williams – drums (5) * Doug Matthews – drums (6) * Dennis Holt – percussion (6) *

Louie Weaver Louie Adrian Weaver III (born July 13, 1951) is a drummer most famous for being the long-time drummer of Christian rock band Petra. Weaver was dismissed from the band in 2003. He is currently working on several projects. In 2010, Weaver reunited ...

– drums (10) *

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– saxophone (4) * Chris Harris – backing vocals (1) * Mark Heimmerman – backing vocals (1) *

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 screenwrit ...

– backing vocals (1) * Donna McElroy – guest vocals (1) * Christ Church Choir – choir (1) * Jean McRath – backing vocals (4) * Alfie Silas – backing vocals (4) *

Ashley Cleveland Ashley Cleveland (born February 2, 1957) is an American singer/songwriter best known as a background vocalist and gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has been married to Kenny Greenberg since April 27, 1991, a ...

– backing vocals (5) * Jonell Mosser – backing vocals (5) *

Julie Miller Julie Anne Miller (born Julie Griffin, July 12, 1956) is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981. They sing and play on each other's solo projects and have recorded three duet ...

– guest vocals (5) *

Alvin Chea Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group integrates jazz with spiritual and inspirational lyrics. Take 6 has received several Grammy Awards as well as Do ...

– backing vocals (9) * Cedric Dent – backing vocals (9) * Mark Kibble – backing vocals (9) * Christian V. McKnight III – backing vocals (9) *

Mervyn Warren Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, conductor, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee. Warren ...

– backing vocals (9) * Dave Amado – backing vocals (10) * John Elefante – backing vocals (10)

Production

Album Artwork * Elizabeth Jones – production assistant (1, 7) * Mary Gross – album coordinator * Buddy Jackson – art direction, design * Mark Tucker – photography Technical * Billy Whittington – engineer (1, 7), mixing (1, 7) * Jeff Balding – engineer (2) * John Cary – engineer (3) * Chris Christian – engineer (3) * Brian Tankersley – engineer (4) * Lynn Fuston – engineer (5) * Eddie Keaggy – engineer (6) * James "JB" Baird – engineer (7) * Gene Eichelberger – engineer (7) * Paul Mills – engineer (8), mixing (8) * Wayne Watson – engineer (8) * Don Cobb – engineer (9), mixing (9) * Mark Kibble – mixing (9) * Mervyn Warren – mixing (9) * Gary Hedden – engineer (10) * Mike Mireau – mixing (10) * Steve Bishir – assistant engineer (2)

Charts

Radio singles

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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References

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