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Released | June 21, 2005 | |||
Recorded | Early 2005 | |||
Genre | Contemporary Christian music, pop/rock | |||
Label | Universal South | |||
Producer | Kenny Greenberg, Jason Houser | |||
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History is the second studio album released by American CCM musician Matthew West. The album was released on Universal South Records on June 21, 2005. [4] While the entire album was produced by Kenny Greenberg and Jason Houser, six of the tracks were written solely by West and the other five he co-wrote with the album's producers and others. Three radio singles were released off the album: "Next Thing You Know", "Only Grace", and "History".
Matthew West began recording in studio for History in early 2005. [5] He co-produced the album along with Kenny Greenberg and Jason Houser. [6] West wrote six of the album's tracks himself, and co-wrote the other five songs with the album's producers and others. [4]
West's theme for the album and its title track "History" was inspired by seeing an R&R music news headline that stated "Matthew West Makes History", in reference to his first album, Happy . [7] He noted, "It's not every day you read a headline like that with your name in it that calls you a history maker. I remember thinking this was one of those moments in my career that I needed to soak up." [7]
The album was released through Universal South Records in the United States on June 21, 2005. [4] On June 20, one day before the album, the first single "Next Thing You Know" was released to radios. [8]
Starting on September 14, 2005, West began his own 30-city headliner History 101 tour, which was named after the album. History 101 was the first tour that he had headlined, also featuring Christian artists Shawn McDonald and Paul Wright. [9]
The next singles released off of the album were "Only Grace" and later the title track "History". [10] [11]
History charted at No. 17 on Billboard 's Top Christian Albums and reached No. 26 on the Top Heatseekers chart. [12] The album's first single "Next Thing You Know (Thirteen)" reached No. 3 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart [13] and also No. 3 on the Hot Christian AC chart. [14] The second and third singles, "History" and "Only Grace", reached No. 13 and No. 6 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, respectively. [15]
# | Title | Length | Composer |
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1. | "History" | 4:03 | Matthew West |
2. | "Next Thing You Know (Thirteen)" | 3:20 | Matthew West, Sam Mizell |
3. | "Only Grace" | 3:56 | Kenny Greenberg, Matthew West |
4. | "Get Away" | 3:38 | Matthew West |
5. | "The Day Before You" | 4:23 | Matthew West |
6. | "I Know You're There" | 4:30 | Matthew West |
7. | "Nothing Else" | 3:50 | Matthew West |
8. | "The Last Ones" | 4:10 | Jason Houser, Matthew West |
9. | "The Light of Eternity" | 4:33 | Jason Ingram, Matthew West |
10. | "Out of Time" | 4:12 | Helen Darling, Matthew West |
11. | "A Few More Days" | 4:04 | Matthew West |
Studios
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