''Prodigal'' is the
self-titled debut
album
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by the
Contemporary Christian/
Christian rock
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band
Prodigal, released in
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
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.
The album cover is notable for mimicking
M. C. Escher
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Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for most of his life neglected in t ...
's ''
Relativity'', but featuring imagery inspired by each of the song titles.
In 2014, Loyd Boldman and Rick Fields (founding members of Prodigal and sole owners of all rights to the sound recordings, videos, artwork, images, and music publishing of the complete Prodigal library) released a 3 CD boxed set of all 3 Prodigal albums remastered for digital on Fields' Silver Orb Media label. Shortly after the re-issue was announced, Loyd Boldman died after a long illness.
Track listing
Band members
*Loyd Boldman: Keyboards, vocals
*Dave Workman: Drums, percussion, vocals
*Rick Fields: Guitars, vocals
*Mike Wilson: Bass guitar
Other personnel
*John Blake: Acoustic Guitar (3)
*Jon Goin: Rhythm guitar (5, 7, 10)
*Shane Keister: Keyboards (5, 7, 10)
*David Kemper: Drums (5, 7, 10)
*Farrell Morris: Percussion (5, 7, 10)
*David Philbrick: Soprano saxophone (5)
*
Turley Richards
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Richards was born in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. He was blinded in the left eye at the age of four in an archery accident and lost sight in t ...
: Background vocals (5, 10)
*Jack Williams: Bass guitar (5, 7, 10)
Production
*Producer: Jon Phelps
*Engineers: Gary Platt, Greg McNeily
*Jim Hettinger: Synthesizer programming
References
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1982 albums
Prodigal (band) albums