''Wherever You Are'' is the eighth

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, and the band's ninth album overall. The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 8, performing comparably to major chart debuts such as

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's '' All that I Am'' and

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's ''Greatest Hits''. It was nominated for a

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for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel album in 2006.

Track listing

LifeWay-exclusive bonus disc

# "Falling to Pieces" – 3:36 # "That's How the Story Goes" – 3:45 # "Cry Out to Jesus (Remix)" – 5:07

Singles

Cry Out to Jesus "Cry Out to Jesus" is a song written and recorded by Christian rock band Third Day. It was released as a single from the band's 2005 album '' Wherever You Are''. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA The Recording Industry Association of Am ...

" (No. 1 ''Billboard''

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) *" Mountain of God" (No. 1 ''Billboard''

) *"Tunnel" (No. 7 ''Billboard''

)

Personnel

Third Day *

Mac Powell Mac Powell (born Johnny Mac Powell; December 25, 1972), originally from Clanton, Alabama, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and musician who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee, with both of them being ...

– lead and backing vocals * Brad Avery – guitars * Mark Lee – guitars * Tai Anderson – bass * David Carr – drums Additional musicians * Geof Barkley – keyboards, backing vocals * Blair Masters – keyboards * Scotty Wilbanks – acoustic piano,

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* Don McCollister – keyboards, percussion, string arrangements *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion * Conni Ellisor – string arrangements * Carl Marsh – string arrangements, conductor *

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis, ...

– concertmaster *

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– strings * Ellie Bannister – backing vocals * Drew Cline – backing vocals *

Travis Cottrell Travis Cottrell is an American contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist, songwriter, author, and worship leader. Biography Cottrell was raised in Boone, North Carolina. In 1990, he moved to Nashville to study at Belmont University. After gr ...

– backing vocals * Michael Mellett – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals (9) Production * Third Day – producers (1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12) *

Brown Bannister Elliott Brown Bannister III (born August 15, 1951) is an contemporary Christian music (CCM) producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, ''Talk to One Another'', in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Recor ...

– producer (2, 3, 6–9) * Terry Hemmings – executive producer * Traci Sterling Bishir – production coordination (2, 3, 6–9) * Blaine Barcus – A&R * Michelle Pearson – A&R production * Steve Bishir –

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* Karl Egsieker – engineer * Matt Goldman – engineer * Don McCollister – engineer, digital editing * Aaron Sternke – engineer, digital editing * Tom Tapley – engineer * F. Reid Shippen – mixing (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9-12) * Joe Baldridge – mixing (4, 8) * Lee Bridges – mix assistant, digital editing * Nathan Watkins – mix assistant * Leon Zervos – mastering * Tim Parker – art direction, design * David Dobson – photography * Traci Sgrignoli – stylist

Awards

In 2006, the album was nominated for a

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for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year at the

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.37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners
on About.com; Jones, Kim

References

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