Vital Signs (White Heart album)

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Vital Signs
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Studio album by
Released1984
Studio
  • Gold Mine Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Christian rock
Length39:53
Label Home Sweet Home / Myrrh
Producer White Heart
White Heart chronology
White Heart
(1982)
Vital Signs
(1984)
Hotline
(1985)

Vital Signs is the second album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with vocalist Scott Douglas, who replaced Steve Green, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records. [1] [2] [3] By this time, Green had already started his solo recording career with the release of his self-titled debut album released the same year as White Heart's Vital Signs. The album features their first Christian radio number-one hit "We Are His Hands" featuring Green singing background vocals and part of the choir at the end of the song. Vital Signs peaked at number nine on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sing Unto the Lamb" (Billy Smiley, Dann Huff, Mark Gersmehl) – 3:15
  2. "Draw the Line" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Dwight Liles) – 4:38
  3. "Walking in the Light" (Smiley, Gersmehl)– 3:56
  4. "Carried Away (Safe on the Wings of the Lord)" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Steve Chapman) – 4:19
  5. "Quiet Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:52
  6. "Following the King" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:05
  7. "Let Your First Thought Be Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Huff)– 3:51
  8. "Undercover" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:54
  9. "Vital Signs" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Huff, Gary Lunn) – 3:50
  10. "We Are His Hands" (Gersmehl) – 4:13

Personnel

White Heart

Additional musicians

Choir on "We Are His Hands"

Production

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Top Inspirational Albums ( Billboard ) [4] 9

Radio singles

YearSinglesPeak positions
CCM AC [5]
1984"Following the King"29
1984"We Are His Hands"1

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References

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