''Vital Signs'' is the second album by the

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and the band's first with vocalist Scott Douglas, who replaced Steve Green, released in 1984 on

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. By this time, Green had already started his solo recording career with the release of his self-titled debut album released the same year as White Heart's ''Vital Signs''. The album features their first Christian radio number-one hit "We Are His Hands" featuring Green singing background vocals and part of the choir at the end of the song. ''Vital Signs'' peaked at number nine on the ''

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'' Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

# "Sing Unto the Lamb" (Billy Smiley, Dann Huff, Mark Gersmehl) – 3:15 # "Draw the Line" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Dwight Liles) – 4:38 # "Walking in the Light" (Smiley, Gersmehl)– 3:56 # "Carried Away (Safe on the Wings of the Lord)" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Steve Chapman) – 4:19 # "Quiet Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:52 # "Following the King" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:05 # "Let Your First Thought Be Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Huff)– 3:51 # "Undercover" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:54 # "Vital Signs" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Huff, Gary Lunn) – 3:50 # "We Are His Hands" (Gersmehl) – 4:13

Personnel

White Heart * Scott Douglas – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6) *

Mark Gersmehl Mark "Gersh" Gersmehl (born July 29, 1954) is a contemporary Christian musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the Christian rock group White Heart. He and guitarist Billy Smiley were the only two original members of the band t ...

– synthesizers, pianos, backing vocals (1–7, 9), lead vocals (2, 8), synth solo (6), arrangements *

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– pianos, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (9), arrangements *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– rhythm and lead guitars, acoustic guitar, guitar solo (2, 4, 8, 9), lead vocals (3–7), arrangements * Gary Lunn – bass * David Huff – drums, percussion Additional musicians * Phil Naish – keyboards (10) * Dennis Holt – Simmons drums (2, 6, 8), percussion (6) * Ronn Huff – string arrangements (5) *

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– strings (5) * Steve Green – backing vocals (7, 10) Choir on "We Are His Hands" * Bob Bailey *

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* Gary Chapman *

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* Jovonne Douglas * Scott Douglas * Bob Farrell *

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* Steve Green *

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* Billy Smiley * Debi Smiley *

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* Tricia Walker

Production

* White Heart – producers *

– executive producer * Jeff Balding –

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* Doug Sarrett – assistant engineer * Bill Deaton – additional engineer * Brent King – additional engineer * Mike Psanos – additional engineer *

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– mixing * Gold Mine Studio, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location, mixing location *

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– mastering at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California * Bill Brunt – art direction, design, cover concept * Mark Tucker – photography, cover concept * Kent Hunter – cover concept * Ellen Hodnett – Vital Signs logo * Ken Wolgemuth – Vital Signs logo

Charts

Radio singles

References

1984 albums White Heart albums {{Christian-rock-album-stub