A Reason To Live is the second album from Contemporary Christian music singer Cindy Morgan. It was released in 1993 by Word Records and earned Morgan a Dove award nomination as Female Vocalist of the Year.[1] The song "I Will Be Free" also received a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 25th GMA Dove Awards in 1994.
| A Reason To Live | ||||
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| Released | August 10, 1993 | |||
| Studio | The Bennett House and North Beach Studio (Franklin, Tennessee). | |||
| Genre | CCM | |||
| Length | 46:59 | |||
| Label | Word | |||
| Producer | Mark Hammond | |||
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Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Cindy Morgan, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Picture Me In Paradise" | Grant Cunningham | Mark Hammond | 5:35 |
| 2. | "The Days of Innocence" | Cindy Morgan | Mark Hammond | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Storybook" | Cindy Morgan; Grant Cunningham | Mark Hammond | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Reaching In" | 4:27 | ||
| 5. | "We Can Live Together" | Cindy Morgan | Mark Hammond | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Love's Still Love" | Grant Cunningham | Mark Hammond | 4:07 |
| 7. | "A Reason To Live" | 5:31 | ||
| 8. | "Let Somebody Love You" | Cindy Morgan; Mark Hammond | Mark Hammond | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Someone Believes In You" | 4:47 | ||
| 10. | "I Will Be Free" | 4:54 | ||
| Total length: | 46:59 | |||
Personnel
edit- Cindy Morgan – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–9)
- Mark Hammond – keyboard programming (1–9), bass and drum programming (1–9), arrangements (1–10), backing vocals (2–5, 8), programming (10)
- Brian Green – keyboards (9), acoustic piano (9, 10), programming (10), strings (10), arrangements (10)
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (5), guitars (7)
- Billy Crockett – gut-string guitar (5)
- Jackie Street – bass guitar (2)
- Craig Nelson – bass guitar (9)
- John Hammond – drums (9)
- Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (1)
- Michael Mellett – backing vocals (3, 5)
- Geoffrey Thurman – backing vocals (6)
- Chris Willis – backing vocals (6)
- Tina Hutchison – backing vocals (7)
- Tabitha Fair – backing vocals (8)
- Vicky Vaughn – backing vocals (8)
- Choir on "We Can Live Together"
- Grant Cunningham, Tina Hutchinson, Michael Mellett, Cindy Morgan and Kip Raines
Production
- John Mays – executive producer
- Mark Hammond – producer
- Ronnie Brookshire – recording, mixing
- Dave Dillbeck – additional engineer, assistant engineer
- Todd Robbins – additional engineer
- Shawn McLean – assistant engineer
- Paul Skaife – assistant engineer
- Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Brent Lenthall – production assistance
- Kim Sagmiller – production coordination, art direction
- Loren Balman – art direction
- Randall Lockwood – design
- Patrick Pollei – design
- Mark Tucker – photography
- Claudia McConnell-Fowler – stylist
- Alvaro Alarcon – hair, make-up
- Mike Atkins – management