Doing My Best: Volume 1

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Doing My Best: Volume 1
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Greatest hits album by
Released1990
Recorded1990 ("Forgive Me, Forgive You" and "Run to the Battle")
Genre Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock
Label Sparrow
Producer Steve Camp, John Rosasco, Phil Naish
Steve Camp chronology
Justice
(1989)
Doing My Best: Volume 1
(1990)
Consider the Cost
(1991)
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Doing My Best: Volume 1 is a contemporary Christian music compilation album by Steve Camp and was released by Sparrow Records in 1990. [2] This is the first of two compilation albums under this name. The album features songs from Camp's previous Sparrow releases, Fire and Ice , Shake Me to Wake Me , One on One , After God's Own Heart and Justice ; as well as one new song ("Forgive Me, Forgive You") and a remake of "Run to the Battle."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Run To The Battle" (Steve Camp) – 3:54
  2. "Forgive Me, Forgive You (guest vocals by Ashley Cleveland)" (Steve Camp, Kim Maxfield-Camp) – 4:28
  3. "He Covers Me" (Camp, Rob Frazier, John Rosasco) – 4:45
  4. "Do You Feel Their Pain?" (Camp, Frazier, Maxfield-Camp, McHugh) – 6:25
  5. "Whatever You Ask" (Camp) – 4:07
  6. "He's All You Need" (Camp, Frazier) – 5:04
  7. "Don't Tell Them Jesus Loves Them" (Camp, Frazier) – 5:20
  8. "Stranger To Holiness" (Camp, Frazier) – 4:20
  9. "Surrender Your Heart" (Camp, Frazier) – 4:44
  10. "Love That Will Not Let Me Go" (Camp, Frazier) – 5:11
  11. "Living In Laodicea" (Camp) – 4:06
  12. "Revive Us, Oh Lord" (Steve Camp, Carman Licciardello) – 5:12

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Christian Music Archives, Doing My Best: Volume 1 Archived May 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine