Rise and Shine (Randy Travis album)

Rise and Shine
Studio album by Randy Travis
Released	October 15, 2002
Recorded	2001–2
Studio	Seventeen Grand Recording, Sound Emporium, East Iris Studios and The Compound (Nashville, TN) Stepbridge Studios (Santa Fe, NM)
Genre	Country
Length	45:09
Label	Word Records
Producer	Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Inspirational Journey (2000) Rise and Shine (2002) Worship & Faith (2003)
Singles from Rise and Shine
"Three Wooden Crosses" Released: November 11, 2002 "Pray for the Fish" Released: July 21, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
People	(favorable) [2]
Robert Christgau	[3]

Rise and Shine is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on October 15, 2002 by Word Records. It was produced the single "Three Wooden Crosses", which in 2003 became his first Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart since 1994's "Whisper My Name". The only other single release from this album was "Pray for the Fish", which peaked at #48.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Raise Him Up"	Robb Royer, Rivers Rutherford	4:03
2.	"Rise and Shine"	Randy Travis, Mike Curtis	3:02
3.	"When Mama Prayed"	Paul Overstreet, Rory Feek	4:42
4.	"I'm Ready"	Travis, Ron Avis	2:56
5.	"Three Wooden Crosses"	Kim Williams, Doug Johnson	3:21
6.	"That's Jesus"	Travis, Curtis	2:57
7.	"Pray for the Fish"	Phillip Moore, Dan Murph, Ray Scott	3:01
8.	"Jerusalem's Cry"	Travis, Lance Dary, Pastor Matthew Hagee	3:56
9.	"Keep Your Lure in the Water"	Travis, Curtis, Pastor Jeff Perry	3:02
10.	"If You Only Knew"	Rob Mathes, Phil Naish	4:13
11.	"Everywhere We Go"	Travis, Curtis	2:32
12.	"The Gift"	Scott, Moore	3:11
13.	"Valley of Pain"	Mathes, Allen Shamblin	4:04

Personnel

• Randy Travis – lead vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
• Gordon Mote – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13)
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar (1–4, 6–13)
• John Jorgenson – electric guitars (1)
• Brent Mason – electric guitars (2–4, 6–13)
• Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar (5)
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars (5, 7), mandolin (5)
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar (7–10)
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (1)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2–4, 6–13)
• Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (5)
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Paul Leim – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion (2–8, 10–13)
• Nina Rodriguez – percussion (2, 3)
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (2, 3, 6–12)
• Pastor Matthew Hagee – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
• Sandra Hagee – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 10, 13)
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1, 3, 5–12)
• Christina Ketterling – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals (1, 10, 13)
• Cindy Walker – backing vocals (1, 10, 13)

String section on "If You Only Knew"

• Bergen White – arrangements
• Tom McAnich – copyist
• Bob Mason – cello
• Gary Vanosdale and Kris Wilkinson – viola
• David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison and Pamela Sixfin – violin

Production

• Barry Landis – executive producer
• Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing, string recording (10)
• Jason Lehning – engineer, vocal recording
• Steve Tillisch – engineer
• Casey Wood – overdub recording, assistant engineer, mix assistant, string recording assistant (10)
• Walker Barnard – vocal recording assistant
• Sang Park – string recording assistant (10)
• Robert Hadley – mastering
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Mark Lusk – artist development
• Tammie Harris Cleek – creative administrator
• Karrine Caulkins – art direction, design
• Buddy Jackson – art direction, design
• John Dolan – photography
• Elizabeth Travis – management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002–03) Peak position US Billboard 200 [4] 73 US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 1 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 8

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 25 Chart (2004) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 75

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [9]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. People review
3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
4. "Randy Travis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
5. "Randy Travis Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
6. "Randy Travis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
8. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
9. "American album certifications – Randy Travis – Rise and Shine". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 30, 2024.

External links

• Randy Travis discusses each track at randytravis.com