''The Loving Kind'' is the fifth album from

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singer

Cindy Morgan Cindy Morgan (born Cynthia Ann Cichorski; September 29, 1954) is an American actress known for her appearances as Lora/Yori in ''Tron'' and Lacey Underall in ''Caddyshack''. Life and career Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Polish and ...

. This

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chronicles the eight days surrounding the

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, as would a Passion play.

Track listing

All songs written by Cindy Morgan, except where noted. # "In the Garden" - 2:42 # "The March" - 3:59 # "The Loving Kind" - 5:16 # "The Last Supper" - 3:15 # "Devil Man" - 3:23 # "Can You Hear Me" - 4:43 # "The Only Way" - 3:00 # "Hard Heart" (Morgan,

Brent Bourgeois Brent Thomas Bourgeois (born June 16, 1958) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, and has released several solo albums. His later work has been classified in the gen ...

) - 3:27 # "The Whipping" - 1:34 # "Higher" (Morgan, Brent Lenthall) - 4:31 # "Take My Life" - 4:38 # "Alive and Well" (Morgan, Andrew Ramsey,

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 '' ...

) - 4:25 # "Praise the King" - 3:52

Personnel

* Cindy Morgan – lead vocals, backing vocals, choir vocals, acoustic piano *

– keyboards, acoustic piano,

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, programming, vibraphone, backing vocals, choir vocals * Dennis Patton – keyboards, programming, loops, track arrangements *

– acoustic piano (12) * Jerry McPherson – guitar *

Wes King Wes King (born January 20, 1966) is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, photographer, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his 1993 album ''The Robe.'' His demo material, a cassette tape named "Lonely Poet", is sung by ot ...

– guitar, backing vocals *

Matt Slocum Matt Slocum (born 27 December 1972) is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer. Biography Born in Rhode Island to Joseph and Hildegard Slocum, ...

– guitar *

Brent Milligan Brent Milligan is an American record producer and session bass guitar player currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Background Brent Milligan was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and moved to Nashville after graduating from Louisiana State U ...

– bass *

Larry Tagg Larry Tagg is an American rock musician, songwriter and producer; a retired high school English and drama teacher; and also an American Civil War historian. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg in the 1980s with Brent Bourgeois and has re ...

– bass * Aaron Smith – drums * Raymond Boyd – percussion * Mark Douthit – saxophones, clarinet, horn arrangements * David Davidson – violin * Tom Howard – string arrangements and conductor *

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– strings * Lyle Burbridge – backing vocals * Craig Hansen – backing vocals *

Heather Payne Heather Margaret Payne (born 26 January 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for the Republic of Ireland women's national team and Everton in the Women's Super League. Club career After playing three seasons with Irish side P ...

– backing vocals * Andrew Ramsey – backing vocals *

Nicol Sponberg Nicol Sponberg (1970) is an American Christian music singer. Sponberg was formerly a member of her brother's band Selah (; hbo, סֶלָה, selā) is a word used 74 times in the Hebrew Bible. Its etymology and precise meaning are unknown, ...

– backing vocals, choir vocals *

Avalon Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in the ...

– guest vocals *

John Elefante John Elefante (born March 18, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer. From 1981-1984, he was lead vocalist of the rock group Kansas and is currently touring with several groups that have featured members fro ...

– guest vocals * Brandon Conger – choir vocals * Megan Dockery – choir vocals * Katy Dunham – choir vocals * Brandon Hargest – choir vocals *

Jody McBrayer Jody McBrayer (born June 25, 1970) is an American singer/songwriter and a member of Christian pop groups Cana's Voice and Avalon. Career McBrayer attended college at Liberty University. He got his start in contemporary Christian music right ou ...

– choir vocals * Ashley Melling – choir vocals * Allison Pierce – choir vocals * Catherine Pierce – choir vocals *

Chris Rice Chris Rice is an American singer and songwriter who works in the contemporary Christian music, contemporary folk, adult contemporary and adult album alternative genres. He became a recording artist in 1996 after signing a contract with Rocketo ...

– choir vocals * Emily Webb – choir vocals * Matthew White – choir vocals * Derek Jones – voices * Angie Magill – voices

Production

* Producer and A&R Direction – Brent Bourgeois * Co-producer, Engineer and Mixing – Craig Hansen * Production Assistant – Linda Bourne Wornell * Assistant Engineers – Tim Coyle, Todd Gunnerson, Fred Paragano and Matt Weeks. * Mastered by Ken Love at MasterMix (Nashville, TN). * Art Direction – Beth Lee * Design – Chuck Hargett * Photography – Chuck Hargett and Mark Smalling * Hair Stylist and Makeup – Michelle Vanderpool

References

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