I Turn to You (album)

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I Turn to You
I Turn to You (Richie McDonald album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2008 (2008-06-03)
Genre Christian, country
Label Stroudavarious
Producer Gary Baker
Tommy Lee James
Frank J. Myers
Richie McDonald chronology
If Every Day Could Be Christmas
(2007)
I Turn to You
(2008)
Slowdown
(2010)

I Turn to You is the first solo studio album by American country music artist Richie McDonald, following his departure from the band Lonestar in 2007. It was released on June 3, 2008 by Stroudavarious Records. The album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Carry the Cross" (Richie McDonald, Frank J. Myers, Greg Rausch) – 4:21
  2. "I Turn to You" (Jeff Kohen, Myers) – 3:35
  3. "Stay with Me Lord" (Myers, Rausch) – 3:41
  4. "He's Alive" (McDonald, Myers) – 3:41
  5. "Faith" (Jason Eustice, McDonald, Myers) – 3:59
  6. "Handle with Prayer" (Steve Diamond, McDonald) – 3:55
  7. "What Would He Do" (McDonald, Myers, Rausch) – 4:00
  8. "Walls" (Gary Baker, Matt Johnson, Karen Kingsbury, McDonald) – 3:56
  9. "Blessed Are the Hands That Give" (Baker, Johnson, McDonald) – 3:51
  10. "Hey God" (Tommy Lee James, McDonald) – 3:41
    • acoustic

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2008)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200126
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums6
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums19
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums18

Awards

The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. [2]

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References

  1. "I Turn to You Charts". Allmusic . Retrieved 6 March 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards at CBN.com