''Out of Body'' is the seventh studio album by American

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Needtobreathe Needtobreathe (stylized as NEEDTOBREATHE) is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina. The band is composed of Bear Rinehart (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Seth Bolt (backing vocals, bass), Josh Lovelace (backing vocals, keys), Randall H ...

, released on August 28, 2020, through

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Background

Four years after the release of their last full-length studio album, '' Hard Love'', and following some speculation by fans of the band,

announced the exit of band member Nathaniel "Bo" Rinehart on April 21, 2020. Soon after, the band released two singles, "Hang On" and "Seasons" on April 30, and announced the release of ''Out of Body'' later in the year. "Survival", featuring Drew &

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, was released on June 11, and "Who Am I" was released on June 25. The final single, "Banks", was released on July 30.

Promotion

The band hosted a ticketed livestream concert entitled "Celebrating Out of Body" on the day of the album's release, August 28, 2020. The band performed a series of two more ticketed interactive livestream concerts, entitled "All Dressed Up & Nowhere To Go" from their rehearsal space on January 21 and 22, 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the band was unable to tour ''Out of Body'', however they performed three socially-distanced concerts at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee on March 12, 13 and 14, 2021. They later released ''Live From the Woods Vol. 2'', composed of tracks recorded live at these shows.

Track listing

Personnel

Needtobreathe *

Bear Rinehart William Stanley "Bear" Rinehart III (born September 6, 1980; also known by the stage name Wilder Woods) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is a founding member and lead singer of the rock band, Needtobreathe. In 2019, he annou ...

– lead vocals, backing vocals (3), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 5, 9), electric guitar (4, 8),

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(6), synthesizers (8) * Josh Lovelace – backing vocals, acoustic piano (1, 3-11),

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(1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), mandola (1, 8), Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano (2, 3, 6, 10), synthesizers (3), acoustic guitar (6),

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(6),

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(8),

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(10) * Seth Bolt – backing vocals, bass (1-9, 11), electric guitar (10) Additional musicians * Cason Cooley – synthesizers (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11),

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(1, 10), backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 10), textures (2, 5, 8, 9), keyboards (3, 4), programming (3, 4, 5, 8-11), synth bass (3-7), acoustic piano (5, 7),

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(5), acoustic guitar (6, 10), mandola (6), organ (10), sampling (10),

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(10),

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(10) * Tyler Burkum – electric guitars (1-10), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5-8, 10), backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11), guitars (11) * Will Carter – banjo (1, 3, 4),

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(1, 3, 4),

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(3, 4) * Jeremy Lutito – drums (1-4, 6-11), synthesizers (2, 5, 7), programming (2, 3, 5-8), percussion (2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11),

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(5), dulcimer (8), acoustic piano (10), sampling (10) * Randall Harris – percussion (2, 4, 9, 11), backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11), banjo (3), acoustic guitar (8), drums (10) * Drew Holcomb – lead and backing vocals (4) *

– lead and backing vocals (4) * Trent Dabbs – backing vocals (9) * Jeremy Lister – backing vocals (8, 10, 11) * Heather Rigdon – backing vocals (8, 10, 11) * Ashley Wilcox – backing vocals (8, 10, 11) * Amber Woodhouse – backing vocals (8, 10, 11) ;Children's Choir on "Out of Body" * Everett Cooley, Knox Cooley, Rowan Cooley, Henry Lovelace, Amelia Lutito and Isla Lutito Technical and Design * Konrad Snyder – engineer * Cason Cooley – engineer (1-9, 11), vocal engineer (4) * Jeremy Lutito – engineer (1-9, 11) * Tyler Burkum – engineer (10) * Josh Lovelace – additional engineer (7) * Sean Moffitt – mixing (1, 5-8, 10) * Joe Visciano – mixing (2, 3, 4, 9, 11) * Joe LaPorta – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Will McDonald – A&R * Allison Murphy – A&R administration * Jeremy Cowart – cover photography * Mary Hooper – creative direction, design * Needtobreathe – creative direction * Steve Bursky, Ryan Norris Anderson and Mallory Mason – management

Charts

Awards and accolades

''Out of Body'' won Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and "Who Am I" won Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the

52nd GMA Dove Awards The 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards presentation ceremony was held on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at the Allen Arena located in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of musicians and other figures within the Christian music ...

References

{{Needtobreathe 2020 albums Needtobreathe albums