My Utmost for His Highest (album)

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My Utmost for His Highest
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995
Genre CCM
Label Word
Producer Brown Bannister
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My Utmost for His Highest is the first of three albums of songs inspired by Oswald Chambers' devotional of the same name. The album, produced by Brown Bannister, features performances by popular Christian musicians of songs relating to a day from Chamber's book. It was the first album to receive the GMA Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, [1] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. [2]

Contents

The two additional albums produced in the series were My Utmost for His Highest: The Covenant and My Utmost for His Highest: Quiet Prayers.

My Utmost for His Highest

Track listing

  1. "You Are Holy" (Carolyn Arends, Mark Harris, Michael W. Smith) – 4:56; performed by 4Him
  2. "Lover of My Soul" (Amy Grant, Michael Omartian) – 5:14; performed by Amy Grant
  3. "A Man After Your Own Heart" (Wayne Kirkpatrick, Billy Sprague) – 4:31; performed by Gary Chapman
  4. "You'll Be There" (Cindy Morgan) – 3:21; performed by Cindy Morgan
  5. "Sometimes He Comes In The Clouds" (Steven Curtis Chapman) – 4:01; performed by Steven Curtis Chapman
  6. "God of All of Me" (Bob Farrell, MWS) – 4:45; performed by Sandi Patty
  7. "Move In Me" (Wayne Kirkpatrick, MWS) – 6:10; performed by Michael W. Smith
  8. "Hold On to Me" (Robert Sterling, MWS) – 4:00; performed by Point of Grace
  9. "A Heart Like Mine" (Loren Balman, Robbie Buchanan, Bryan Duncan, Bob Farrell, Greg Nelson)- 4:23; performed by Bryan Duncan
  10. "Where He Leads Me" (Twila Paris) – 5:33; performed by Twila Paris
  11. "Shine On Us" (MWS, Debbie Smith) – 4:00; performed by Phillips, Craig and Dean

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My Utmost for His Highest: The Covenant

Track listing

  1. "All of Me" (Cindy Morgan, Michael W. Smith) – 4:32; performed by BeBe Winans
  2. "Reprise (All of Me)"- 5:02; performed by The London Session Orchestra
  3. "The Covenant" (David Mullen, Tommy Sims) – 5:00; performed by Anointed
  4. "Someday (Set the Children Free)" (David Mullen, MWS) – 5:35; performed by Michael W. Smith
  5. "Through All the Years" (David Mullen, Loren Balman, John Mandeville) – 4:09; performed by Greg Long and Joanna Carlson
  6. "Psalm 121" (Tommy Greer) – 4:24; performed by Susan Ashton
  7. "Make It a Promise" (Bob Farrell, Robbie Buchanan) – 4:23; performed by Clay Crosse
  8. "I Will Follow You" (Dino Elefante, John Elefante) – 4:46; performed by John Elefante and Lisa Bevill
  9. "Reprise (My Utmost For His Highest)" – 6:14; performed by The London Session Orchestra
  10. "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" – 4:37; performed by Michael W. Smith and Anointed

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My Utmost for His Highest: Quiet Prayers

Track listing

Note: All songs performed by Bryan Duncan.

  1. "Bryan's Hymn (When I Turn To You)" (Bryan Duncan, James Felix) – 5:16
  2. "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" – 5:48
  3. "I Surrender All" – 2:16
  4. "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" (instrumental) – 2:03
  5. "Come, Holy Spirit" (Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither) – 3:27
  6. "Take My Life and Let It Be" – 1:57
  7. "A Heart Like Mine" (instrumental) (Duncan, Loren Balman, Robbie Buchanan, Bob Farrell, Greg Nelson) – 3:15
  8. "I Need Thee Every Hour" – 3:19
  9. "El Shaddai" (Michael Card, John Thompson) / "You Are My Hiding Place (Instrumental)" (Michael Ledner) – 4:49
  10. "As The Deer" (Martyn Nydstrom) – 1:43
  11. "Bryan's Prayer (I Love You with My Life)" (Duncan) – 4:50

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References

  1. ↑ "GMA Dove Awards – History". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
  2. ↑ The Envelope – LA Times


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