''White Heart'' is the first album by the

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band

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and the band's only album with Steve Green on lead vocals, released in 1982 on

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. A year after its release, the album peaked at number 10 on the Top Inspirational Albums chart in ''

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'' magazine. White Heart was nominated for a Grammy for their debut album (their first of two nominations) for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group at the

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Track listing

# "Hold On" (Mark Gersmehl) – 3:37 # "You're the One" (Billy Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:56 # "Listen to the Lonely" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:47 # "He's Returning" (Gersmehl) – 4:23 # "Carry On" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:56 # "Guiding Light" (Smiley) – 3:40 # "Everyday" (co-lead vocals with

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) (Smiley, Dann Huff,

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) – 4:08 # "Nothing Can Take This Love" (Smiley) – 3:40 # "Black Is White" (Smiley, McSpadden,

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) – 3:14 # "Go Down Ninevah" (Smiley) – 4:30

Personnel

White Heart * Steve Green – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10), backing vocals *

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– keyboards, synthesizer (4), organ (8), backing vocals *

Billy Smiley Billy Smiley (born October 19, 1957) is a music producer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for being one of the core members of the Christian rock band White Heart. He was the bands' guitarist, vocalist, and one of the main songwriters ...

– keyboards, rhythm guitar (2, 10), backing vocals (6), lead vocals (6, 10), producer *

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– lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10), producer * Gary Lunn – bass * David Huff – drums, percussion (9, 10) Additional Musicians * Phil Naish – acoustic piano (7),

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(7) *

– acoustic piano (9) * Mark Morris – percussion (1, 3-5, 7, 8) * Dennis Holt – percussion (8) * Mello Mel – percussion (9) * Sam Levine – saxophone (7) *

– co-lead vocals (7) * Greg Guidry – backing vocals (9) Additional production * Chris Christian – executive producer, mixing (1, 3-6, 8, 9, 10) * Jeff Balding – recording (1-8), mixing (1, 3-6, 8, 9, 10) * Scott Hendricks – recording (9) * Mike Psanos – recording (10) *

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– mixing (2, 7), mastering at MCA Whitney Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) * Michael Borum – photography * Kent Hunter – art direction, design

Charts

Radio singles

References

1982 debut albums White Heart albums {{christian-album-stub