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Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek (sometimes abbreviated to Music Through Heartsongs) is the third studio album by the American country music singer Billy Gilman, released on April 15, 2003, on Epic Records Nashville. It is his final album for that label. The songs on this album are based on poems written by the child poet Mattie Stepanek, who died of muscular dystrophy one year after the album's release.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 15, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Angela Bacari, Charles Calello, Sandy Linzer, David Malloy, Bruce Roberts | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "For Our World" | Mattie Stepanek, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols | 3:24 |
| 2. | "About Things That Matter" | Stepanek, Angela Lauer | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Morning Gift" | Stepanek, James T. Slater | 2:13 |
| 4. | "I Am/Shades of Life" | Stepanek, Malloy, Bruce Roberts | 4:40 |
| 5. | "It Happened Anyway" | Stepanek, Tom Douglas | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Possession" | Stepanek, Randle Chowning, Mark Morton | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Songs of the Wind" | Stepanek, Richard Leigh | 2:24 |
| 8. | "Making Real Sense of the Senses" | Stepanek, Roberts | 3:39 |
| 9. | "The Gift of Color" | Stepanek, Slater | 3:19 |
| 10. | "I Could… If They Would" | Stepanek, Jon Stone | 2:50 |
| 11. | "About Memories" | Stepanek, Angela Bacari, Billy Gilman, Sandy Linzer | 4:34 |
| 12. | "About Watches" | Stepanek, Bacari, Gilman, Linzer | 3:13 |
Personnel
edit- Angela Bacari – background vocals
- Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
- Joe Chemay – bass guitar
- Mickey Jack Cones – electric guitar, background vocals
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Billy Gilman – lead vocals, string arrangements
- Tommy Harden – drums
- John Jorgenson – electric guitar
- Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
- Sam Levine – alto flute, recorder
- Alé Lorenzo – ukulele
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- David Malloy – background vocals
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Wendy Moten – background vocals
- Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, piano, string arrangements, background vocals
- Britt Savage – background vocals
- Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
Chart performance
edit| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[2] | 109 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 15 |
References
edit- ^ Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek at AllMusic
- ^ "Billy Gilman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ^ "Billy Gilman Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2016.