Love's Still Changing Hearts

Love's Still Changing Hearts
Studio album by The Imperials
Released	1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	River North Studios, Chicago, Illinois Home Boy Studios, Evanston, Illinois Reflections Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	CCM Christian pop R&B
Length	55:31
Label	Star Song Records
Producer	Morris "Butch" Stewart
The Imperials chronology
Free the Fire (1988) Love's Still Changing Hearts (1990) Big God (1991)

Love's Still Changing Hearts is the 34th studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials released in 1990. ^{[1] [2]} This is the first album recorded on the Star Song label. ^{[3] [4]} This album's personnel line-up consists of Armond Morales, David Will, Ron Hemby and David Robertson. Robertson replaced Jimmie Lee Sloas in 1989 but only for this album as he would leave the group for a solo career. This is also Ron Hemby's final album with the group as both Hemby and Robertson were replaced by new tenor leads Jonathan Pierce and Jason Beddoe. Beddoe replaced Hemby but he left the group but Pierce would stay on to record their next album. Former member Sloas co-wrote the track "Goin' Away." The album's final track is a near-9 minute medley of six of the Imperials' best beloved songs and a cover of "Gospel Ship" called "Platinum Medley." Love's Still Changing Hearts peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Big Ball Turning"	Morris "Butch" Stewart, Brenda Blonski	5:21
2.	"Love Can Make It Happen"	M. Stewart, B. Blonski, Brenda Mitchell Stewart	4:42
3.	"Come Into My Life"	Paul Chiten, Pamela Phillips-Oland	4:38
4.	"Original Love"	Keith Brown	4:40
5.	"I Will Follow You"	David Robertson, John Wierick	4:51
6.	"It's Raining Again"	D. Robertson	4:45
7.	"It's Gonna Be Alright"	Ron Hemby	4:51
8.	"Love's Still Changing Hearts"	Tom Hemby, Justin Peters	4:31
9.	"Come Let Us Worship"	D. Robertson, J. Wierick	4:44
10.	"Goin' Away"	Jimmie Lee Sloas, Tim Norris	3:44
11.	"Platinum Medley: Higher Power/Lord of the Harvest/One More Song for You/Let the Wind Blow/Gospel Ship/Sail On/Trumpet of Jesus"	D. Correll, P. Smith, J. Newton Howard, M. Omartian, S. Omartian, D. Martin, P. Naish, M. LeFevre, C. Christian	8:54

Personnel

The Imperials

• David Robertson - tenor, co-lead vocals
• Ron Hemby – tenor, co-lead vocals
• David Will – baritone, vocals
• Armond Morales – bass, vocals

Musicians

• Neil Artwick – synthesizers
• Chris Cameron – synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
• Morris "Butch" Stewart – synthesizers, sequencing, backing vocals, all arrangements
• Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell – sequencing
• David Barrett – acoustic guitar
• Billy Panda – acoustic guitar
• Richie Davis – electric guitar
• Peter Lerner – electric guitar
• Ronald Hall – bass
• Wayne Stewart – drums
• Steve Eisen – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
• James Perkins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Michael Halpin – trombone
• Grant Cramer – trumpet
• Mark Ohlsen – trumpet
• Diane Louie – original arrangements (5, 6, 9)
• Kim Fleming – backing vocals, guest vocals (6)
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
• Jason Morales – backing vocals
• Tanya Goodman-Sykes – backing vocals

Production

• Jeff Moseley – executive producer
• Armond Morales – executive producer
• Morris "Butch" Stewart – producer
• Paul Klingberg – recording
• Larry Millas – recording
• Nick Froome – mixing at Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Scott Ahaus – second engineer
• John David Parker – second engineer
• Tom Russo – second engineer
• Graham Lewis – third engineer
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
• Jackson Design – art direction, design
• Russ Harrington – photography

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
US Top Christian Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Christian Albums ( Billboard ) [6]	12

Radio singles

Year	Singles	Peak positions
		CCM AC [7]	CCM CHR [8]
1990	"Big Ball Turning"	—	2
1990	"It's Raining Again"	1	—
1990	"I Will Follow You"	3	—
1990	"It's Gonna Be Alright"	—	4
1990	"Come Into My Life"	1	12
1990–91	"Come Let Us Worship"	5	—
1991	"Original Love"	9	13

References

1. Cusic, Don (November 12, 2009). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-0-313-34426-8.
2. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN   978-1-56563-679-8.
3. The Imperials: Love's Still Changing Hearts. Star Song Records. 1990.
4. "The Imperials - Love's Still Changing Hearts". AllMusic.
5. "Top Christian LPs" (PDF). Billboard . May 5, 1990. p. 64.
6. "Top Christian LPs Year-end issue" (PDF). Billboard . December 22, 1990. p. YE-44.
7. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 121. ISBN   1-4107-3294-0.
8. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 97. ISBN   0-8230-7718-7.