Supernatural | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 22, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Christian rock, pop rock | |||
Length | 56:52 | |||
Label | ForeFront, Virgin | |||
Producer | Toby McKeehan, Mark Heimermann | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Cross Rhythms | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B−) [3] |
Jesus Freak Hideout | [4] |
Robert Christgau | (C) [5] |
Rolling Stone | [6] |
Supernatural is the fifth studio album from DC Talk. It is the final studio album released by DC Talk that features all-new material and it debuted on the US Billboard Chart at No. 4, selling 106,213 copies. [7] It was certified platinum three years after its release on February 21, 2002. [8] A remastered edition was released in 2013. It released on vinyl in 2015. [9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | 0:24 | |
2. | "It's Killing Me" | Kevin Max, Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, Greg Wells | 3:56 |
3. | "Dive" | Mark Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:21 |
4. | "Consume Me" | Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:51 |
5. | "My Friend (So Long)" | Mark Hudson, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:11 |
6. | "Fearless" | George Cocchini, Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 5:07 |
7. | "Godsend" | Chad Chapin, Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:14 |
8. | "Wanna Be Loved" | Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:15 |
9. | "The Truth" | Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:25 |
10. | "Since I Met You" | Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 5:00 |
11. | "Into Jesus" | Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:19 |
12. | "Supernatural" | Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 4:00 |
13. | "Red Letters" | Chris Harris, Heimermann, Max, McKeehan, Tait | 6:06 |
14. | "There Is A Treason at Sea" | Max | 1:40 |
Total length: | 56:52 |
No commercial singles were released but there were promotional singles released for "Consume Me", "Into Jesus", "Wanna Be Loved", "Dive", "Supernatural", "My Friend (So Long)" and "Godsend" with them gaining major airplay in their singles market.[ citation needed ]Billboard Top 40, Alternative Rock radio and AC/CHR.[ citation needed ] "Consume Me" and "My Friend, So Long" were released as videos as well.[ citation needed ]
The title track, "Supernatural", is featured on two of the Angel Wars trailers, as well as the main song on the first episode DVD main menu.[ citation needed ] "Wanna Be Loved" was covered by Chris Sligh on a Season 6 episode of American Idol .[ citation needed ] "The Truth" was originally recorded for The X-Files: The Album , the soundtrack for The X-Files film Fight the Future, but didn't make the cut.[ citation needed ]
"Into Jesus" appears on WOW 1999 , "Consume Me" appears on WOW 2000 and Commencemix, "Red Letters" appears on WOW Hits 2001 .[ citation needed ]
DC Talk
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DC Talk is a Christian rap and rock trio. The group was formed at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith. They released five major studio albums together: dc Talk (1989), Nu Thang (1990), Free at Last (1992), Jesus Freak (1995), and Supernatural (1998). In 2002, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music called dc Talk "the most popular overtly Christian act of all time."
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