7 (David Meece album)

7
Studio album by David Meece
Released	1985
Studio	Bill Schnee Studios, Mama Jo's Recording Studio and Weddington Studio (North Hollywood, California) Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California) Front Page Recording (Glendale, California) Bullet Recording, Ocean Way Nashville, Emerald Sound Studios, Hummingbird Studio, Gold Mine Studio and Treasure Isle Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Contemporary Christian Music, Christian rock
Length	36:50
Label	Myrrh
Producer	Brown Bannister Jonathan David Brown Skip Konte David Meece Greg Nelson Keith Thomas
David Meece chronology
Count the Cost (1983) 7 (1985) Chronology (1986)

7, sometimes called Seven, is the seventh album by artist David Meece. ^[1] Five of the nine tracks charted on Christian radio in 1985 and 1986.

Track listing

All songs written by David Meece, except where noted. ^[2]

1. "You Can Go" (Meece, Michael Card, Mike Hudson) – 3:13
2. "Tumblin' Down" – 3:33
3. "Forgiven" – 4:08
4. "The Ladder" (Meece, Hudson) – 3:44
5. "The Alien" (Keith Thomas, Meece) – 4:33
6. "We Can Overcome It All" – 3:32
7. "The Unknown Soldier" with Twila Paris (Meece, Morgan Cryar, Jonathan David Brown) – 4:43
8. "Lean On Each Other" – 3:49
9. "I Can See" (Meece, Gloria Gaither) – 5:34

Personnel

• David Meece – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 7), acoustic piano (9)
• Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers (1, 2), acoustic piano (3)
• Shane Keister – acoustic piano (1), Fairlight piano (1), acoustic guitar (1), Yamaha GS1 (2), sound effects (2), vocoder (2, 3), keyboards (8)
• Rhett Lawrence – synthesizers (3), sound effects (3), additional programming (7)
• Keith Thomas – keyboards (4, 5), arrangements (4, 5), backing vocals (5)
• John Andrew Schreiner – keyboards (6), LinnDrum programming (6), arrangements (6)
• Carl Marsh – Fairlight programming (7)
• Dann Huff – rhythm guitar (2), guitar solo (2), electric guitar (3), guitars (4, 5)
• Michael Thompson – guitars (6)
• Marty Walsh – electric guitar (7)
• Jon Goin – guitars (8)
• Mike Brignardello – bass (1–3, 8)
• Nathan East – bass (4, 5)
• Paul Leim – drums (1–3), drum programming (1)
• Carlos Vega – drums (4, 5)
• Lee Kix – drums (6)
• Mark Hammond – drums (8)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2)
• Farrell Morris – percussion (8)
• Mark Douthit – saxophone (5)
• Alan Moore – orchestration (9)
• Greg Nelson – conductor (9)
• Eberhard Ramm – musical score preparation (9)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (9)
• Chris Harris – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Gary Pigg – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Allen Green – backing vocals (4, 5)
• Greg Guidry – backing vocals (4, 5)
• Denny Henson – backing vocals (4, 5)
• Dana Hiett – backing vocals (6)
• Biff Vincent – backing vocals (6)
• Twila Paris – lead and backing vocals (7)
• Jonathan David Brown – backing vocals (7), arrangements (7)
• First Call – backing vocals (8)
  • Bonnie Keen
  • Marty McCall
  • Melodie Tunney

Production

• Michael Blanton – executive producer (1–3)
• Dan Harrell – executive producer (1–3)
• Lynn Nichols – executive producer (4–9)
• Brown Bannister – producer (1–3)
• Keith Thomas – producer (4, 5)
• Skip Konte – producer (6), engineer (6)
• Jonathan David Brown – producer (7), engineer (7)
• David Meece – producer (8, 9)
• Greg Nelson – producer (8, 9)
• Jack Joseph Puig – engineer (1–3)
• Jeff Balding – engineer (4, 5), production assistant (4, 5), mixing at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Ed Seay – engineer (8, 9)
• Steve Ford – assistant engineer (1–3)
• Dan Garcia – assistant engineer (1–3)
• Allan Henry – assistant engineer (1–3)
• Bob Lockhart – assistant engineer (7)
• Terry Lang – assistant engineer (7)
• Tom Van Etten – assistant engineer (7)
• Tom Harding – assistant engineer (8, 9)
• Joe Bogan – additional engineer (4, 5)
• Gene Eichelberger – additional engineer (4, 5)
• Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
• Bubba Smith – production coordinator and consultant (1–3, 6, 7)
• Lori Loving – production assistant (4, 5)
• Gloria Cox – production manager (8, 9)
• Buddy Jackson – art direction, design, at Jackson Design
• Mark Tucker – photography

Charts

Album

Chart performance for 7

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [3]	9

Singles

1. "You Can Go" – No. 1 for five weeks in 1985 ^[1]
2. "Forgiven" – No. 8 in 1985
3. "We Can Overcome It All" – No. 10 in 1986
4. "The Unknown Soldier" with Twila Paris – No. 8 in 1986
5. "The Alien" – No. 15 in 1986

References

1. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 584–5. ISBN   1-56563-679-1.
2. "7 - David Meece | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
3. "David Meece Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2021.