Never Picture Perfect is the fourth solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins and was released in 1989 on Reunion Records. The album features a new recording of “Hope To Carry On.”

Never Picture Perfect
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1, 1989
Recorded1989
Studio
GenreContemporary Christian music
Length37:27
LabelReunion
ProducerReed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology
Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth
(1988)
Never Picture Perfect
(1989)
The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One
(1991)

Track listing

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All songs by Rich Mullins.

Side one

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  1. "I Will Sing" – 1:27
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
  2. "Hope To Carry On" – 2:33
  3. "While The Nations Rage" – 4:50
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
  4. "First Family" – 3:06
  5. "Alrightokuhhuhamen" – 4:12
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996

Side two

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  1. "Higher Education and The Book of Love" – 5:47
  2. "Bound to Come Some Trouble" – 3:41
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
  3. "The Love of God" – 2:48
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
  4. "My One Thing" – 3:42
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
  5. "Somewhere" – 4:32
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
  6. "The Love of God (reprise)" – 0:49

Charts

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Radio singles

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Year Single Chart Position
1990 "My One Thing" U.S. Christian 1
1990 "While the Nations Rage" U.S. Christian 2
1990 "Alrightokuhuhamen" U.S. Christian 4
1991 "Somewhere" U.S. Christian 8

Personnel

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Production

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  • Reed Arvin – producer
  • Michael Blanton – executive producer
  • Terry Hemmings – executive producer
  • Bill Deaton – engineer, mixing
  • Brent King – additional engineer
  • Digital Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee) – mixing location
  • OmniSound Recording Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording studio
  • Big Dog Studio (Wichita, Kansas) – recording studio
  • The Pond (Franklin, Tennessee) – recording studio
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • D.L. Rhodes – cover coordinator
  • Jackson Design – art direction, design
  • Mark Tucker – photography

References

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