''Passion For Your Name'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by worship artist

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 ...

. This was his second album, following his debut Wake Up My Soul. The album was recorded at West Park Studios in Littlehampton, England with audio engineer

Martin Smith Martin Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), British poet, literary critic, biographer and astrologer *Martin Cruz Smith (born 1942), American writer * Martin Smith (drummer) (1946–1997), British drummer ...

. The song "Better Is One Day" may concern a mystical experience—the Most Holy Trinity Inhabitation,

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experience of many

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s which perceive the physical, real and alive Presence of God in their heart. "For here my heart is satisfied within your presence"—''the author'' wishes himself to die in order to see and experience God again in Paradise, his house and court, or "come once again to me", because "I've tasted and I've seen"., at minute 0:14, and from 2:40 to 2:43

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Redman, except where noted. * Disc - Total Time: 54:12 #"It's Rising Up" (Redman,

) – 7:12 #"The Cross Has Said It All" (Redman, Smith) – 3:41 #"I Will Offer Up My Life" – 5:02 #"Surely The Time Has Come" – 6:06 #"Jesus, Is This Song of Love" – 3:35 #"The Happy Song" (Smith) – 4:13 #"Turned Me Around" – 5:23 #"This Means I Love You" – 3:25 #"Friend of Sinners" – 3:08 #"Fill Us Up And Send Us Out" – 3:20 #"Rags To Riches" – 3:08 #"Better Is One Day" – 5:59

Personnel

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar * Richard Causon – keyboards,

Hammond 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 to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

* Stuart Townend – additional keyboards *

Tim Jupp Delirious? (formerly known as The Cutting Edge Band) were an English contemporary Christian band. For the majority of their career, the lineup featured Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stu G (full name Stuart Garrard) on guitar and backing v ...

– acoustic piano (5, 6) *

Stuart Garrard Stuart David Garrard (born 6 July 1963) better known by the stage name Stu G, is an English vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He is one third of US-based Christian contemporary music band One Sonic Society, and is writing and recording as ...

– electric guitars, group vocals (1) *

Bryn Haworth Bryn Haworth (born 29 July 1948) is a British Christian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pioneer of Jesus music in mainstream rock. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK, he has released some twenty-two albums and several singles since the 1970s a ...

– National acoustic guitar, additional electric guitars,

lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...

, acoustic guitars (5, 9) *

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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 ...

, backing vocals, group vocals * Andy Coughlan – bass (1-5, 7-12) * Les Driscoll – bass (6) * Martin Neil – drums (1-5, 7-12), percussion, drum programming * Stewart Smith – drums (6) *

Graham Ord Graham Ord (born 22 March 1961) is an English musician and songwriter. He has garnered respect internationally as a fine musician and engaging communicator. Ord performed with the Wesley Brothers in the UK before embarking on his solo career. ...

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harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

* Chris Haigh – violin * Helen Burgess – backing vocals * Jussy McLean – group vocals (1) * Vanessa Freeman – backing vocals (2, 5, 12) *

Paul Carrack 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 Chris ...

– backing vocals (3, 7, 10)

Production

* Martin Smith – producer, recording, mixing * Les Moir – executive producer * Mike Pilavachi – executive producer * David Pytches – executive producer * Tim Jupp – additional engineer * James Kessell – art direction, design * Paul Yates – photography

Release details

*1995, UK, Kingsway Records KMCD857, Release Date ? ? 1995, CD *2000, UK, Survivor Records SURCD040, Release Date 21 July 2000, CD (double CD with " Wake Up My Soul")

References

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