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2010 studio album by Amy Grant
Somewhere Down the Road Released March 30, 2010 Genre Gospel , contemporary Christian music Label EMI CMG /Sparrow Producer Brown Bannister , Mike Brignardello , Ian Fitchuk , Vince Gill , Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick , Justin Loucks, Greg Morrow , Dan Muckala
Somewhere Down the Road is the seventeenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer-songwriter Amy Grant , released in 2010. It is a unique album featuring eight new songs, a new recording of the song "Arms of Love", from her 1982 album Age to Age , and rounded out with three of Grant's previously released story-songs.
The album title is taken from the title track, "Somewhere Down the Road" also a promotional single from Grant's 1997 album Behind the Eyes . The song was originally also featured on the first and only commercial single from Behind the Eyes , "Takes a Little Time ". The painting featured on the cover of the album includes a painting by Grant, with the inscription Somewhere Down the Road. Grant gave the original painting as a gift to her friend and publicist Jennifer Cooke.[ 6]
Most of the new songs on the album were recorded in the new studio that Grant and her husband Vince Gill recently had built into their home.[ 7] One of the songs on the album, "Overnight", is a duet recorded with Sarah Chapman, Grant's daughter. Grant wrote "Unafraid" about her mother.[ 8]
Roughly one year after the original release of the album a digital-only expanded edition of the album was released with additional material. The expanded edition includes the video for "Better Than a Hallelujah ", the first single from the album, as well as an Ambient Mix of the song. Also included on the expanded edition is a cover of the Pete Seeger song "Turn, Turn, Turn " and two remixes of the song "Overnight" (the Aircandy Mix and the Dyna Mix).
Title Writer(s) 1. "Better Than a Hallelujah " Sarah Hart, Chapin Hartford 3:42 2. "Overnight" (featuring Sarah Chapman) Amy Grant , Natalie Hemby , Luke Laird , Audrey Spillman4:24 3. "Every Road" (previously released on Behind the Eyes , 1997) Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick 4:29 4. "Unafraid" Grant, Kirkpatrick 3:26 5. "Hard Times" Grant, Ian Fitchuk , Justin Loucks 3:01 6. "What Is the Chance of That" Grant, Kirkpatrick 3:27 7. "Somewhere Down the Road" (previously released on Behind the Eyes ) Grant, Kirkpatrick 5:08 8. "Third World Woman" Grant, Chris Eaton 3:01 9. "Find What You're Looking For" Grant, Mindy Smith 4:25 10. "Come Into My World" Grant 3:25 11. "Arms of Love" (2010 Version) (original version on Age to Age , 1982) Grant, Gary Chapman , Michael W. Smith 2:59 12. "Medley: Imagine / Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus" (previously released on Legacy... Hymns and Faith , 2002) Bart Millard / Grant5:18
iTunes Store pre-order bonus trackTitle Writer(s) 13. "Better Than a Hallelujah (Ambient Mix)" Hart, Hartford 3:34
Expanded edition Title Writer(s) 13. "Overnight (Dyna Mix)" (featuring Sarah Chapman) Grant, Hemby, Laird, Spillman 4:24 14. "Overnight (Aircandy Mix)" (featuring Sarah Chapman) Grant, Hemby, Laird, Spillman 4:28 15. "Turn, Turn, Turn " Book of Ecclesiastes , Pete Seeger 3:09 16. "Better Than a Hallelujah (Ambient Mix)" Hart, Hartford 3:31 17. "Better Than a Hallelujah" (Video) Hart, Hartford 3:57
Amy Grant – lead vocals, backing vocals (1), acoustic guitar (9, 10)
Dan Muckala – track programming (1, 2), arrangements (1, 2)
Tim Lauer – Wurlitzer keyboard (3), keyboards (6)
Carl Marsh – Fairlight euphonium (3), string arrangements (12)
Ian Fitchuk – keyboards (5), acoustic piano (5), acoustic guitar (5), bass (5, 8), drums (5, 8), Rhodes piano (8), percussion (8)
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (7)
Phil Madeira – Hammond B3 organ (7)
Greg Morrow – acoustic piano (9), drums (9), percussion (9)
Ben Strano – Hammond B3 organ (9)
John Hobbs – acoustic piano (11), organ (11)
Pete Wasner – keyboards (11)
Bernie Herms – acoustic piano (12)
Tim Akers – Hammond B3 organ (12)
Adam Lester – acoustic guitar (1, 2), electric guitar (1, 2)
Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar (3, 6, 7)
Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar (3, 6, 7), hi-string guitar (3), hammered dulcimer (3), backing vocals (3), harmonica (6)
Jerry McPherson – electric guitars (3), keyboard bassoon (3)
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (3)
Brent Mason – guitars (4)
Justin Loucks – electric guitars (5), drums (5, 8), percussion (8)
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (6)
Calvin Turner – guitar (8)
John Jorgenson – guitars (9)
Billy Panda – acoustic guitar (9), octave mandolin (9)
Tom Hemby – guitar (11)
Rivers Rutherford – acoustic guitar (12)
Chuck Butler – bass (2)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (3, 6)
Jackie Street – bass (7)
Mike Brignardello – bass (9)
David Hungate – bass (11)
Michael Rhodes – bass (12)
John Hammond – drums (3)
Chris McHugh – drums (6, 7)
Chad Cromwell – drums (11)
Dan Needham – drums (12)
Sam Bacco – percussion (3, 6)
Chris Carmichael – string arrangements and performance (4)
The London Session Orchestra – strings (12)
Sarah Chapman – lead vocals (2)
Gail Mayes – backing vocals (4)
Angela Primm – backing vocals (4)
Jenny Gill – backing vocals (5, 11)
Peter Groenwalk – backing vocals (5)
Jeremy Lister – backing vocals (5)
Leigh Nash – backing vocals (5)
Mindy Smith – backing vocals (5)
Michael Mellett – backing vocals (6)
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (6, 7)
Micah Wilshire – backing vocals (6)
Billy Gaines – backing vocals (7)
Donna McElroy – backing vocals (7)
Perry Coleman – backing vocals (9)
Vince Gill – backing vocals (11), electric guitar (12), harmony vocal (12)
Amy Grant – executive producer, cover painting, liner notes, producer (4, 9)
Jennifer Cooke – executive producer
Bryan Ward – executive producer
Dan Muckala – producer (1, 2), engineer (1, 2), mixing (1, 2)
Wayne Kirkpatrick – producer (3, 6, 7, 10)
Mike Brignardello – producer (4, 9)
Greg Morrow – producer (4, 9)
Ian Fitchuk – producer (5, 8)
Justin Loucks – producer (5, 8), engineer (5, 8), mixing (5, 8)
Vince Gill – producer (11)
Brown Bannister – producer (12)
Drew Bollman – engineer (1, 11)
Dan Marnien – engineer (3, 6, 7), mixing (3, 6, 7)
Ben Strano – engineer (4, 9)
Dan Deurloo – assistant engineer (1, 2)
Jed Hackett – additional engineer (4), digital editing (4)
Scott Velazco – assistant engineer (9)
Steve Blackman – second engineer (11)
Russ Long – mixing (4)
John Hardy – mixing (9)
David Schober – mixing (11)
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
Jamie Lynne Neeck – A&R administration
Jan Cook – art direction
Beth Mathews – art direction
Alexis Goodman – package design
Kristin Barlowe – back cover photography
Year
Chart
Position
2010
The Billboard 200
41
Top Christian Albums
2
Top Digital Albums
19
Year
Chart
Position
2010
Billboard Top Christian Albums
19
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