Unspoken (Jaci Velasquez album)

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Unspoken
Unspoken .jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 2003
Recorded2002–2003
StudioThe Lab (Santa Monica, California)
  • The Parlor and The Compound (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Crescent Moon Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre CCM
Label Word
Producer Matthew Gerrard
Jaci Velasquez chronology
Navidad
(2001)
Unspoken
(2003)
Milagro
(2003)
Singles from Unspoken
  1. "Unspoken"
  2. "Jesus Is"
  3. "Where I Belong"
  4. "You're My God"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Unspoken is the seventh studio album by Contemporary Christian music singer Jaci Velasquez. It was released on March 25, 2003, debuting at No. 55 in the Billboard 200. Seven weeks later, it was off the charts. Nevertheless, it did extremely well in the Top Gospel Albums chart. It was the first English album by Velasquez that did not have a whole or partial Spanish song.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "You're My God" - 3:26 (Jaci Velasquez, Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard)
  2. "Jesus Is" - 3:47 (Jaci Velasquez, Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard)
  3. "Lost Without You" - 4:11 (Bridget Benenate)
  4. "Where I Belong" - 4:18 (Jaci Velasquez, Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard)
  5. "The Real Me" - 3:40 (Jaci Velasquez, Bridget Benenate)
  6. "He" - 3:34 (Hunter Davis, Chris Faulk)
  7. "Glass House" - 3:41 (Jaci Velasquez, Bridget Benenate, Tom McWilliams)
  8. "Your Friend" - 3:45 (Jaci Velasquez, Abel Orta, Javier Solís)
  9. "Something" - 3:20 (Hunter Davis, Chris Faulk)
  10. "Unspoken" - 3:26 (Madeline Stone, Orrin Hatch, Toby Gad)
  11. "I'm Alive" - 4:15 (Jaci Velasquez, Cindy Morgan)
  12. "Shine" - 4:09 (Dillon O'Brien, Dillon O'Doherty)

Personnel

The Positive Group vocals on "Shine"

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Unspoken
Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 55
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 2

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  3. Jesus Freak Hideout review
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  5. "Jaci Velasquez Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2020.