Somewhere Down the Road (album)

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Somewhere Down the Road
Amy Grant - Somewhere Down the Road album.jpg
Studio album by
Amy Grant
ReleasedMarch 30, 2010
Studio
  • Glomo Studio (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • The Fertle Turtle, The House, Vibe 56 and Casa De Ted (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
  • The Village (Santa Monica, California)
Genre Gospel, contemporary Christian music
Length46:46
Label EMI CMG/Sparrow
Producer
Amy Grant chronology
The Christmas Collection
(2008)		Somewhere Down the Road
(2010)		 How Mercy Looks from Here
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christian Music Review(8.8/10) [3]
Christianity Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
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Somewhere Down the Road is the seventeenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 2010. It is a unique album featuring eight new songs, a new recording of the song "Arms of Love", from her 1982 album Age to Age , and rounded out with three of Grant's previously released story-songs.

Contents

The album title is taken from the title track, "Somewhere Down the Road" also a promotional single from Grant's 1997 album Behind the Eyes . The song was originally also featured on the first and only commercial single from Behind the Eyes, "Takes a Little Time". The painting featured on the cover of the album includes a painting by Grant, with the inscription Somewhere Down the Road. Grant gave the original painting as a gift to her friend and publicist Jennifer Cooke. [6]

Most of the new songs on the album were recorded in the new studio that Grant and her husband Vince Gill recently had built into their home. [7] One of the songs on the album, "Overnight", is a duet recorded with Sarah Chapman, Grant's daughter. Grant wrote "Unafraid" about her mother. [8]

Roughly one year after the original release of the album a digital-only expanded edition of the album was released with additional material. The expanded edition includes the video for "Better Than a Hallelujah", the first single from the album, as well as an Ambient Mix of the song. Also included on the expanded edition is a cover of the Pete Seeger song "Turn, Turn, Turn" and two remixes of the song "Overnight" (the Aircandy Mix and the Dyna Mix).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Better Than a Hallelujah"Sarah Hart, Chapin Hartford3:42
2."Overnight" (featuring Sarah Chapman) Amy Grant, Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird, Audrey Spillman4:24
3."Every Road" (previously released on Behind the Eyes , 1997)Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick 4:29
4."Unafraid"Grant, Kirkpatrick3:26
5."Hard Times"Grant, Ian Fitchuk, Justin Loucks3:01
6."What Is the Chance of That"Grant, Kirkpatrick3:27
7."Somewhere Down the Road" (previously released on Behind the Eyes)Grant, Kirkpatrick5:08
8."Third World Woman"Grant, Chris Eaton 3:01
9."Find What You're Looking For"Grant, Mindy Smith 4:25
10."Come Into My World"Grant3:25
11."Arms of Love" (2010 Version) (original version on Age to Age , 1982)Grant, Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith 2:59
12."Medley: Imagine / Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus" (previously released on Legacy... Hymns and Faith , 2002) Bart Millard / Grant5:18
iTunes Store pre-order bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Better Than a Hallelujah (Ambient Mix)"Hart, Hartford3:34
Expanded edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Overnight (Dyna Mix)" (featuring Sarah Chapman)Grant, Hemby, Laird, Spillman4:24
14."Overnight (Aircandy Mix)" (featuring Sarah Chapman)Grant, Hemby, Laird, Spillman4:28
15."Turn, Turn, Turn" Book of Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger 3:09
16."Better Than a Hallelujah (Ambient Mix)"Hart, Hartford3:31
17."Better Than a Hallelujah" (Video)Hart, Hartford3:57

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

YearChartPosition
2010The Billboard 20041
Top Christian Albums2
Top Digital Albums19

Year-end charts

YearChartPosition
2010Billboard Top Christian Albums19

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References

  1. ↑ Jones, Kim. "Amy Grant – Somewhere Down The Road – CD Review of Amy Grant's Somewhere Down The Road". About.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Somewhere Down the Road". Allmusic . Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Christian Music Review (2010-03-23). "Amy Grant [Somewhere Down The Road] (2010)". Christianmusicreview.org. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  4. ↑ Released March 2010Andrew Greer. "Somewhere Down the Road | Music". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2012-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Amy Grant, "Somewhere Down The Road" Review". Jesusfreakhideout.com. 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  6. ↑ [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Amy Grant releases first new songs since 2003". Reuters. March 27, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Come Into the World". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
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