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 (2010-03-30)
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
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christian Music Review(8.8/10) [3]
Christianity Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Jesus Freak HideoutStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

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

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 (March 23, 2010). "Amy Grant [Somewhere Down The Road] (2010)". Christianmusicreview.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ Released March 2010Andrew Greer. "Somewhere Down the Road | Music". Christianity Today. Retrieved January 12, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Amy Grant, "Somewhere Down The Road" Review". Jesusfreakhideout.com. March 30, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  6. ↑ [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Amy Grant releases first new songs since 2003". Reuters. March 27, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Come Into the World". Songfacts.com. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
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