Rockin' Revival

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Rockin' Revival
Servant RockinRevival.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1981 (1981-04)
Recorded1981
Studio Little Mountain Sound Studios (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Genre Christian rock
Length37:22
Label Tunesmith
Producer Bob Brooks
Servant chronology
Shallow Water
(1979)
Rockin' Revival
(1981)
World of Sand
(1982)
Alternate Cover
RockinRevival Reissue.jpg

Rockin' Revival is the second album by Servant, released by Tunesmith Records [1] in 1982, and was also the first album with Matt Spransy in the lineup. The original cover featured a picture of a revival meeting using a fisheye lens, but was later replaced by a number of concert photographs. [2] The songs "Ad Man" and the high-energy "I'm Gonna Live" both quickly became concert staples. In 2011, Rockin' Revival was added to the "CCM's 500 Best Albums of All Time" blog at No. 176. [3]

Contents

Reissue

On July 11, 2006, Rockin' Revival was reissued on CD by Retroactive Records. [4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look Out Babylon"Owen Brock / Bruce Wright4:04
2."Rockin' Revival"Sandie Brock / O. Brock / Wright4:30
3."Isolated"Wright4:27
4."Heidelberg Blues"S. Brock / David Holmes / O. Brock / Wright4:12
5."Listen"Wright3:05
Total length:20:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jealousies" Eddie Money / Jimmy Lyon 3:48
2."Suburban Josephine"O. Brock3:58
3."Ad Man"Wright / S. Brock3:32
4."I'm Gonna Live"Servant / Doug Pinnick 5:46
Total length:17:04

Credits

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. Rockin' Revival (Media notes). Burnaby, B.C.: Tunesmith Records . 1981. TS 6003.{{cite AV media notes}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. Rockin' Revival at Discogs (list of releases)
  3. Sherwood, Adam (February 9, 2011). "176. Rockin' Revival – Servant". CCM's Best Albums of All Time. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  4. Rockin' Revival at AllMusic . Retrieved July 3, 2015.