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Matthew West
Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More", "You Are Everything", and " The Motions". He was nomin ...
's debut studio album for a major label, released on December 26, 2003. It was followed by ''
History
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'', ''Sellout'' (re-release), and ''
Something to Say''.
Track listing
Personnel
* Matthew West – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
* Greg Bieck – programming (1)
*
Solomon Olds
FF5 (formerly known as Family Force 5, The Phamily, Ground Noise and The Brothers) is an American Christian rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band formed in 2005 by brothers Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds, Joshua "Fatty" Olds, and Jacob " ...
– programming (2)
* Sam Mizell – keyboards, programming (3, 6, 7), backing vocals
* Jimmy Collins – keyboards, programming (4, 8, 9, 10), electric guitars, backing vocals
*
Kenny Greenberg
Kenneth S. "Kenny" Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions.
Biography
Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attend ...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals
* B. James Lowery – acoustic guitar
* Mark Hill – bass
*
Jimmie Lee Sloas
Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass guitar.
History
Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the p ...
– bass
*
Chris McHugh
Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1986 to 1989. He also worked in the recording of several of their later albums.
Chris McHugh is on the Nashville "A" li ...
– drums
*
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
*
Jonathan Yudkin
Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a Nashville-based session musician, record producer, arranger, and band leader.
Biography
Growin ...
– strings, string arrangements
* Jason Houser – backing vocals
Production
* Kenny Greenberg – producer
* Jason Houser – producer
*
David Leonard – recording, mixing (1)
* Miles Logan – additional recording, mixing (3, 4, 5, 7-11)
* James Warner – recording assistant
* J. R. McNeely – mixing (2)
* Joe Baldridge – mixing (6)
* Joe Costa – mix assistant (6)
* Ken Love – mastering
* Jan Cook – art direction
* Tim Frank – art direction
* Clark Hook – art direction, design
* Susan Levy – art direction
* Emily West – art direction
* Michael Levine – photography
* Sasha Harford – hair stylist, make-up
* Miles Siggins – wardrobe
Studios
* Recorded at
Ken's Gold Club and
Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
* Mixed at Ken's Gold Club and East Iris Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); The Sound Kitchen and FM2 Studios (Franklin, Tennessee).
* Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).
Radio singles
"
More
More or Mores may refer to:
Computing
* MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS
* more (command), a shell command
* MORE protocol, a routing protocol
* Missouri Research and Education Network
Music Albums
* ''More!'' (album), by Booka S ...
" was released to Christian radio in late 2003 and peaked at No. 1 on the ''
Billboard
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Christian Songs
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chart starting March 27, 2004 for 6 weeks in 2004, and spent a total of 60 weeks on the chart.
Awards
In 2005, the album won a
Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Awards ...
for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the
36th GMA Dove Awards
The 36th Annual GMA Dove Awards, also called the 36th Annual GMA Music Awards, were held on April 13, 2005 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2004. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee and was ho ...
. It was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.
2005 Dove Awards - 36th Annual Dove Awards
on About.com; Jones, Kim
References
2003 debut albums
Sparrow Records albums
Matthew West albums
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