Songs (Rich Mullins album)

Songs
Compilation album by Rich Mullins
Released	July 30, 1996
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Length	67:39
Label	Reunion
Producer	Reed Arvin Rich Mullins A Ragamuffin Band
Rich Mullins chronology
Brother's Keeper (1995) Songs (1996) The Jesus Record (1998)

Songs is a compilation of well-known songs by American singer-songwriter Rich Mullins, released on July 30, 1996. It was the last album to be released by Mullins before his death in a car accident on September 19, 1997. A follow-up hits compilation, Songs 2 , was released in 1999.

The album featured three new recordings: new versions of the previously recorded songs "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" and "Elijah", and a brand new track, "We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are". In addition, the album featured the full-length radio single version of "Screen Door", which had been commercially unavailable prior to this release.

In 2001, Songs was certified as a Gold record (500,000 units sold) by the RIAA. ^[1]

The album was nominated for "Recorded Music Packaging" of the year at the 1997 Dove Awards.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rich Mullins, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally released on	Length
1.	"Sing Your Praise to the Lord"		new recording of song	5:38
2.	"Awesome God"		Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988)	3:03
3.	"Sometimes By Step"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume Two (1992)	4:54
4.	"Creed"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band (1993)	5:22
5.	"We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are"		new song	4:48
6.	"If I Stand"	Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth	Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988)	3:44
7.	"Screen Door"		Pictures in the Sky (1987)	2:11
8.	"Let Mercy Lead"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	Brother's Keeper (1995)	4:26
9.	"Elijah"		new recording of song from Rich Mullins (1986)	5:17
10.	"Calling Out Your Name"		The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)	4:50
11.	"My One Thing"		Never Picture Perfect (1989)	3:50
12.	"Boy Like Me/Man Like You"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)	3:17
13.	"Alrightokuhuhamen"		Never Picture Perfect (1989)	4:12
14.	"While the Nations Rage"		Never Picture Perfect (1989)	4:51
15.	"Verge of a Miracle"		Pictures in the Sky (1987)	4;10
16.	"Hold Me Jesus"		A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band (1993)	3:06

Personnel (new songs)

• Rich Mullins – lead vocals
• Reed Arvin – acoustic piano, string arrangements (1)
• Blair Masters – keyboards
• Jerry McPherson – guitars
• David Cleveland – additional guitars (1, 9)
• Kenny Greenberg – additional guitars (5)
• Mark Hill – bass
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (1)
• Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
• Michael Mellett – backing vocals

Production

• Don Donahue – executive producer
• Reed Arvin – producer (1–7, 9–16), additional engineer (1, 5, 9)
• Rich Mullins – producer (8)
• The Ragamuffin Band – producers (8)
• Tom Laune – engineer (1, 5, 9), mixing (1, 5, 9)
• Doug Sarrett – string engineer (1), additional engineer (1, 5, 9)
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix, Nashville, Tennessee
• James Waddell – production assistant
• Diana Lussenden – art direction, design
• Ben Pearson – photography
• Recorded at OmniSound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
• Engineered and Mixed at Battery Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

References

1. Archived October 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine