''To Know That You're Alive'' is the fifth full-length studio album by the
Christian rock band
Kutless. It was released on June 24, 2008. It is their first album to feature guitarist Nick DePartee, who took over the position after long-time member Ryan Shrout left the band in May 2007. The album debuted at No. 64 on the
''Billboard'' 200 album chart and stayed on the chart for six weeks. The album reached The ''Billboard'' Christian Albums chart peaking at No. 1, where it stayed for 27 weeks. The album's first rock single, "The Feeling", hit No. 11 on ChristianRock.net in its first week. The song was released as downloadable content for the ''
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Track listing
Personnel
Kutless
*
Jon Micah Sumrall – vocals
* Nick De Partee – lead guitars, backing vocals
* James Mead – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
* Dave Luetkenhoelter – bass guitar
* Jeffrey Gilbert – drums
Additional musicians
*
Pete Kipley – string arrangements and conductor
*
Nick Ingman – string arrangements (5)
*
The London Session Orchestra – strings
* Pete Steward – backing vocals
Production
* Tyson Paoletti – executive producer, A&R
* Kevin Sheppard – A&R
* Pete Kipley – producer, engineer
* Steve Churchyard – engineer
* Buckley Miller – engineer, mix assistant
* Mike "X" O'Connor – engineer
*
F. Reid Shippen – engineer, mixing at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Simon Rhodes – orchestra recording at
Abbey Road Studios
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(London, UK)
* Troy Glessner – mastering at Spectre Studios (Tacoma, Washington)
* Geoff Barrios – drum technician
*
Invisible Creature – art direction
*
Don Clark – design
* Dave Hill – band photography
* Chance Hoag and Darren Tyler – management
Music video
A music video was released for "To Know That You're Alive". It shows the band playing in a street where a car accident has taken a place. An ambulance comes and rushes a woman in the wreck to the hospital. Once there, it is shown that the woman is pregnant and clearly going into labor. The doctors rush to deliver the woman's baby. The video ends with the woman and the baby alive and together in the hospital room.
Awards
The album was nominated for a
Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the
40th GMA Dove Awards.
Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards
at CBN.com
References
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Kutless albums
2008 albums
BEC Recordings albums
Tooth & Nail Records albums