Love Is You to Me

Love Is You to Me
Studio album by Kim Boyce
Released	1989
Studio	GBT Studio and Bill Schnee Studios (Hollywood, California); Oakshire Recorders (Los Angeles, California); Knightlight Studios (Dallas, Texas).
Genre	CCM, dance pop, adult contemporary
Length	40:26
Label	Myrrh, Word
Producer	Brian Tankersley, Rhett Lawrence, Tim Miner
Kim Boyce chronology
Time and Again (1988) Love Is You to Me (1989) This I Know (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Love Is You to Me is the third studio album by American Christian singer and songwriter Kim Boyce, released in 1989 on Myrrh Records. ^[2] Highlights include a duet with the Imperials on the title song, which Boyce co-wrote with member Jimmie Lee Sloas and a cover of Keith Green's "O Lord You're Beautiful". Brian Tankersley, who produced Boyce's first two albums, produced six songs, Rhett Lawrence produced three songs and Christian singer-songwriter Tim Miner produced and co-wrote the track "Tender Heart". The album debuted and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Holding My Hand"	Kim Boyce, Brian Tankersley, Stacey O'Brien	3:46
2.	"For Every Lonely Heart"	Claire Cloninger, Phil Sillas	4:01
3.	"Love Is You to Me" (duet with The Imperials)	K. Boyce, Jimmie Lee Sloas	3:37
4.	"Dancin' My Heart Away"	BeBe Winans	4:06
5.	"Faith"	Denny Correll, Rhett Lawrence	3:48
6.	"Tender Heart"	K. Boyce, Tim Miner	5:03
7.	"Best Friend"	K. Boyce, R. Lawrence, S. O'Brien, Denny Bouchard	3:32
8.	"O Lord You're Beautiful"	Keith Green	4:50
9.	"I'm Asking You" (featuring Bryan Duncan)	K. Boyce, John Andrew Schreiner	3:37
10.	"It Always Comes Back to You"	Blue Weaver	4:06

Note: The tracks "Dancin' My Heart Away," "Faith" and "Best Friend" were produced by Rhett Lawrence. "Tender Heart" was produced by Tim Miner. All other tracks were produced by Brian Tankersley.

Personnel

• Kim Boyce – vocals, backing vocals (2, 4–7, 10)
• Brian Tankersley – keyboards (1–3), synth bass (1, 2), drums (1–3, 8, 9), backing vocals (1, 8, 9), arrangements (2, 8, 10), percussion (3), bass (8)
• Phil Silas – keyboards (2), synth bass (2), arrangements (2)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – keyboards (3), arrangements (3)
• Rhett Lawrence – keyboards (4, 5, 7), Fairlight CMI (4, 5, 7), bass (4, 5, 7), drums (4, 5, 7), backing vocals (4), arrangements (4, 5, 7)
• Tim Miner – keyboards (6), backing vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6)
• John Andrew Schreiner – keyboards (8–10), arrangements (8, 10)
• Michael Hodge – guitars (1–5, 7, 10)
• Tommy Sims – guitars (6), bass (6), backing vocals (6)
• Spencer Campbell – electric bass (1, 2), bass (3)
• Kirk Whalum – saxophone (2, 8, 9)
• David Boruff – saxophone (4)
• Kristina Clark – backing vocals (1, 8)
• Carrie McDowell Hodge – backing vocals (1, 8)
• The Imperials – vocals (3)
• Cindy Cruse – backing vocals (6)
• Don Wallace – backing vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6)
• Bryan Duncan – guest vocals (9)

Production and Technical

• Mark Maxwell – executive producer
• Brian Tankersley – executive producer, recording (1–3, 8–10), mixing (1–3, 8–10)
• Dan Garcia – recording (4, 5, 7), mixing (4, 5, 7)
• Rhett Lawrence – recording (4, 5, 7)
• David Ebensberger – recording (6)
• Tim Miner – recording (6)
• Win Kutz – mixing (6)
• Ken Allardyce – assistant engineer (1–3, 5, 9, 10)
• Luis Chi-Sing – assistant engineer (1–4, 7, 9, 10)
• Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Joan Tankersley – art direction
• Janice Watson – design
• Laurie Fink – cover coordinator
• Bonnie Lewis – photography

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Inspirational Albums (Billboard) [3]	13

Radio singles

Year	Singles	Peak positions
		CCM AC [4]	CCM CHR [5]
1989	"For Every Lonely Heart"	10	16
1989	"Faith"	6	13
1990	"Tender Heart"	22	6
1990	"Love Is You to Me" (with The Imperials)	15	8

References

1. Kim Boyce – Love Is You to Me at AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
2. Kim Boyce: Love Is You to Me. Myrrh Records. 1989.
3. "Inspirational LPs" (PDF). Billboard . August 26, 1988. p. 64.
4. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001. AuthorHouse. pp. 40, 41. ISBN   1-4107-3294-0.
5. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 33. ISBN   0-8230-7718-7.