Prodigal (album)

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Prodigal
ProdigalDebutLP.jpg
Studio album by
Released1982
Genre Contemporary Christian music; Christian rock
Label Heartland Records
Producer Jon Phelps
Prodigal chronology
Prodigal
(1982)
Electric Eye
(1984)

Prodigal is the self-titled debut album by the Contemporary Christian/Christian rock band Prodigal, released in 1982. [1]

Contents

The album cover is notable for mimicking M. C. Escher's Relativity , but featuring imagery inspired by each of the song titles.

In 2014, Loyd Boldman and Rick Fields (founding members of Prodigal and sole owners of all rights to the sound recordings, videos, artwork, images, and music publishing of the complete Prodigal library) released a 3 CD boxed set of all 3 Prodigal albums remastered for digital on Fields' Silver Orb Media label. Shortly after the re-issue was announced, Loyd Boldman died after a long illness.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalLength
1."Invisible Man"Lloyd Boldman, Rick FieldsBoldman4:10
2."Easy Street"Dave Workman, Boldman, FieldsWorkman, Boldman, Fields4:06
3."Fire with Fire"BoldmanFields, Boldman4:15
4."Sleepwalker"BoldmanBoldman2:53
5."Want You Back Again"BoldmanFields3:50
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalLength
1."Prodigal"FieldsFields1:10
2."I Don't Know Who You Are"BoldmanBoldman2:35
3."Need Somebody to Love"BoldmanBoldman4:02
4."Busy Man"Workman, BoldmanWorkman3:40
5."Hard Bargain"Boldman, FieldsFields4:00
6."Prodigal (Part two)"FieldsFields0:46
7."Sidewinder"BoldmanBoldman6:34

Band members

Other personnel

Production

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References

  1. "CMA entry for Prodigal". Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2008-06-03.