History (Matthew West album)

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ReleasedJune 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)
RecordedEarly 2005
Genre Contemporary Christian music, pop/rock
Label Universal South
Producer Kenny Greenberg, Jason Houser
Matthew West chronology
Happy
(2003)
History
(2005)
Sellout
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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".

Contents

Background

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]

Release and promotion

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]

Chart performance

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]

Track listing

#TitleLengthComposer
1."History"4:03 Matthew West
2."Next Thing You Know (Thirteen)"3:20Matthew West, Sam Mizell
3."Only Grace"3:56 Kenny Greenberg, Matthew West
4."Get Away"3:38Matthew West
5."The Day Before You"4:23Matthew West
6."I Know You're There"4:30Matthew West
7."Nothing Else"3:50Matthew West
8."The Last Ones"4:10Jason 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"4:04Matthew West

Personnel

Production

Studios

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