''Hey You, I Love Your Soul'' is the second studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on April 21, 1998 as an enhanced CD on

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and

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. Hey You, I Love Soul introduces the industrial rock sound that carries onto

Alien Youth ''Alien Youth'' is the fourth studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. Developing their sound into hard-hitting industrial rock, it was released August 28, 2001 through Ardent Records. This was the first Skillet album to include gu ...

, with songs like "Take" and the title track "Hey You, I Love Your Soul".

Track listing

Personnel

Skillet * John L. Cooper – vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming *

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– guitars,

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, backing vocals * Trey McClurkin – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *

Skidd Mills Skidd Mills is a songwriter/producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Skidd began his career at Ardent Studios in 1991. There he learned from the likes of John Hampton, Joe Hardy, Jim Dickinson, and Paul Ebersold. In 2001, Skidd left Ardent and sta ...

– drum programming * Christopher Reyes – additional loops *

Korey Cooper Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John Cooper (lead vocals, bass) and Korey Cooper (rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) along with Jen Ledger ...

– additional backing vocals (5) Production * Dana Key – executive producer, additional producer (10) * Patrick Scholes – executive producer * Skidd Mills – producer, engineer, mixing * John Cooper – additional producer, additional arrangements * Paul Ebersold – additional producer (10) * Jason Latshaw – engineer * Matt Martone – additional engineer * Christopher Reyes – art direction, design, animation * Daniel Ball – photography

Music video

A music video was made for the song "More Faithful". It features the band playing in a room with lights all around, with various shots of the sky cut in to show the theme of the song. An example is the line, "You have been more faithful than the morning sun." This is the only video that shows John playing piano, and the last video before his wife Korey joined on keyboards.

Charts

References

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