Pictures in the Sky

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Pictures in the Sky
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1987
RecordedApril 6–8, 1986
StudioCenter Stage, Nashville, Tennessee; Hummingbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; The Gold Mine, Brentwood, Tennessee
Genre Contemporary Christian Music
Length35:30
Label Reunion
Producer Reed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology
Rich Mullins
(1986)
Pictures in the Sky
(1987)
Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth
(1988)

Pictures in the Sky is the second solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins and was released in 1987 on Reunion Records.

Contents

The single "Screen Door" became a concert favorite. Mullins wrote the song in Chattanooga on a trip to Knoxville, originally intending it to write a limerick. [1] When performing "Screen Door" in concert, Mullins and his band would sing the lyrics and create the song's unique rhythm by hitting plastic cups on a table in a synchronized pattern. [2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "When You Love" (Rich Mullins) – 3:25
  2. "It Don't Do" (Rich Mullins, Steve Cudworth) – 3:37
  3. "Verge of a Miracle" (Rich Mullins) – 4:02
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
  4. "Pictures In The Sky" (Rich Mullins) – 3:53
  5. "Be With You" (Rich Mullins, Justin Peters) – 2:50
    • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999

Side two

  1. "Screen Door" (Rich Mullins) – 1:23
    • Full-length radio version appeared on compilation Songs 1996
  2. "What Trouble are Giants" (Rich Mullins) – 3:54
  3. "Steal at Any Price" (Rich Mullins, Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:15
  4. "Could be a Celebration" (Rich Mullins, Gary Jones, Renee Garcia, Reed Arvin, Lang Bliss) – 3:25
  5. "Love That Knows No Bounds" (Rich Mullins, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Cathy Snyder) – 3:35

Charts

Radio singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1987"Verge of a Miracle" U.S. Christian 5
1987"Screen Door"U.S. Christian2
1987"Pictures in the Sky"U.S. Christian4

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "Pictures in the Sky" . Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. "Rich Mullins - Screen Door — Solid Rock Videos, 1987". YouTube. February 4, 2010. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2013.