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Released | September 9, 1996 | |||
Genre | Christian pop | |||
Label | Word Records Epic Records | |||
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Life, Love & Other Mysteries (stylized as life love & other mysteries) is the third album by contemporary Christian music group Point of Grace. It was released in 1996 by Word and Epic Records.
Two tie-ins to the album were released: a video, subtitled The Video Story, and an autobiography by the group, written with Davin Seay.
The group characterized the album as their hardest to record. They called it a "growing pain" because John Mays, who had signed them to Word Records, had left the label. [3] Shortly afterward, Word was sold, leaving the group to make all major decisions independently.
Music videos were filmed for "Keep the Candle Burning" and "That's the Way It's Meant to Be," and a live video was released for "Circle of Friends." The "Keep the Candle Burning" video featured footage from the group's four-city tour on the album's release day, including shots from the Dallas Mavericks' jet showing Terry Jones' husband Chris, Denise Jones' husband Stu, and Shelley Breen's then-fiancé David, whom she married later that year.
"Circle of Friends" has been regarded as the group's signature song; a book by the group and their fan club both share this title. The current trio served as background vocalists on Kenny Rogers' cover of the song on his 2011 album The Love of God. Breen originally did not want to record the song, as she thought it was "kitschy, like a campfire song [or] 'Kumbaya' or something." [1]
Since Heather Payne departed from the group in 2008, they have performed the song "Keep the Candle Burning" as a medley with "The Great Divide," and "You Are the Answer" as a medley with "I'll Be Believing."
In addition to the album, an autobiographical book by the same title, subtitled "Advice and Inspiration from America's #1 Christian Pop Group," was released in October 1996. [4] A video titled Life, Love & Other Mysteries: The Video Story was released in 1997. [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
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1. | "Life, Love & Other Mysteries" | Joel Lindsay, Regie Hamm | Scott Williamson | 4:03 |
2. | "Keep the Candle Burning" | Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders, Lowell Alexander | Phil Naish | 4:26 |
3. | "That's the Way It's Meant to Be" | Bruce Sudano, Michael Omartian | Omartian | 3:31 |
4. | "Jesus Doesn't Care" | Scott Krippayne, Tony Wood | Williamson, Blair Masters | 4:43 |
5. | "Gone Are the Dark Days" | Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders, Phil Madeira | Williamson | 4:11 |
6. | "Sing a Song" | Al McKay, Maurice White | Omartian | 3:39 |
7. | "Any Road, Any Cost" | Krippayne, Wood | Omartian | 4:17 |
8. | "You Are the Answer" | Hamm, Matt Huesmann | Naish | 3:50 |
9. | "God Forbid" | Huesmann, Kyle Matthews | Omartian | 3:34 |
10. | "Circle of Friends" | Douglas McKelvey, Steve Siler | Naish | 4:15 |
Life, Love & Other Mysteries: The Video Story | ||||
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Released | 1997 | |||
Genre | Christian pop | |||
Length | 60 minutes | |||
Label | Word Records | |||
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A tie-in video, Life, Love & Other Mysteries: The Video Story, was released in 1997. The video includes the music videos for "Keep the Candle Burning" and "That's the Way It's Meant to Be," as well as four live performances, and interviews with the group as well as their husbands and songwriter/producer Michael Omartian. In addition to the two studio videos, the live performance of "Circle of Friends" was released as a promo video, and was included on the WOW 1998 video and DVD.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'll Be Believing" (Live) | |
2. | "Life, Love & Other Mysteries" (Live) | |
3. | "That's the Way It's Meant to Be" | |
4. | "Jesus Doesn't Care" (Live) | |
5. | "Keep the Candle Burning" | |
6. | "Circle of Friends" (Live) |
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Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars. [2] Dial-the-Truth Ministries, however, criticized Point of Grace for covering "Sing a Song" by Earth, Wind & Fire because of that group's new age influence. [6] [7]
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