Taking Heaven by Storm

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Taking Heaven By Storm
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Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1993
Studio
  • Soundhouse Studios and Lighthouse Recorders (North Hollywood, California)
  • Tejas Recorders (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre Contemporary Christian music
Label Warner Alliance
Producer Michael Omartian
Steve Camp chronology
Doing My Best: Volume 2
(1992)
Taking Heaven By Storm
(1993)
Mercy in the Wilderness
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Taking Heaven By Storm is a contemporary Christian music album by Steve Camp and was released by Warner Alliance in 1993, serving as Camp's debut with that label. [2] This album is best known for the title track. This is the first non-compilation album to feature a recording of an earlier song, which Camp would do with some of his albums near the end of his recording career. Here, the song was "It's a Dying World"; from the 1984 Word release of the same name.

Contents

It was produced by Michael Omartian, who co-wrote some of the tracks and also produced the album Mercy in the Wilderness.

Track listing

  1. "Taking Heaven By Storm" (Camp, Rob Frazier, Michael Omartian) – 5:38
  2. "Give Me Some Time" (Camp, Gary Chapman) – 4:01
  3. "It's a Dying World" (Camp) – 4:44
  4. "The Love I Found In You" (Camp, Chapman, Omartian) – 3:48
  5. "He is Able" (Camp, Frazier) – 4:27
  6. "I'm Not Ashamed" (Camp, Frazier) – 3:48
  7. "I'm Committed to You" (Camp, Chapman, Frazier) – 4:00
  8. "All Things For Good" (Camp, Frazier, Omartian) – 4:04
  9. "The Lord's Prayer" (Camp, Omartian) – 4:33
  10. "In the Hands of God" (Camp, Claire Cloninger, John G. Elliott) – 3:18

Personnel

Production

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