Celebrate This Heartbeat

Celebrate This Heartbeat is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1984, on Myrrh Records.

Celebrate This Heartbeat
Studio album by
Released1984
StudioFingerprint Recorders
GenreChristian rock
LabelMyrrh
ProducerBarry Miller Kaye
Randy Stonehill chronology
Equator
(1983)
Celebrate This Heartbeat
(1984)
Love Beyond Reason
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Randy Stonehill except where otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Overture: Celebrate This Heartbeat" (Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard) – 3:25
  2. "Still, Small Voice" – 4:04
  3. "Celebrate This Heartbeat" – 4:08
  4. "Modern Myth" – 3:51
  5. "Who Will Save the Children" – 5:27

Side two

  1. "When I Look to the Mountains" – 3:41
  2. "Allison" – 3:18
  3. "Watcha Gonna Do About That" – 3:19
  4. "Stop the World" – 4:34
  5. "I'll Remember You" – 4:26

This album has not been released on CD.

Personnel

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  • Randy Stonehill – acoustic guitars, all vocals (1, 3, 6-10), lead vocals (2, 4, 5), backing vocals (2, 4, 5), "Ventures" guitar (9), rhythm section and vocal arrangements
  • Tom Howard – acoustic piano, electric grand piano, synthesizers, timpani, orchestral arrangements and conductor, backing vocals (2, 5)
  • Danny Jacob – electric guitars
  • Mark Heard – electric 12-string guitar, harmonica (3), slide guitar solos (7, 8), bass (8, 9)
  • Tim Chandler – bass (1-7, 10)
  • John Mehler – drums (1-8, 10)
  • Rick Geragi – congas, bongos, percussion, DMX programming (9)
  • Jay "Shotgun" Leslie – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • John Clarke – flute, English horn
  • Barbara Northcutt – oboe
  • Darrel Gardner – French horn
  • Michael Amorosi – harp
  • Barry Miller Kaye – rhythm section and vocal arrangements
  • Dori Howard – backing vocals (2, 5)
  • David Edwards – backing vocals (4)
  • Tonio K. – backing vocals (4)
  • Phil Keaggy – lead vocals (5)
  • Rachel Anderson, Amy Eason, Audrey Floyd and Moses Toth – children's voices (5)

Production

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  • Produced by Barry Miller Kaye
  • Engineered by Mark Heard
  • Second Engineer – Dan Reed
  • Recorded and Mixed at Fingerprint Recorders (Montrose, California).
  • Cross-Fades and Editing at Wildor Brothers Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California).
  • Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Inc. (North Hollywood, California).
  • Art Direction – Tim Aldersen
  • Photography – Aaron Rapoport

References

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