The Great Adventure (album)

The Great Adventure
Studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman
Released June 19, 1992
Genre Contemporary Christian
Length 49:43
Label Sparrow
Producer Phil Naish
Steven Curtis Chapman chronology
For the Sake of the Call
(1990)For the Sake of the Call1990		 The Great Adventure
(1992)		 The Live Adventure
(1993)The Live Adventure1993
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The Great Adventure is the fifth album released by Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. The album was released on June 19, 1992 by Sparrow Records. It went Gold in just under one year, being certified June 15, 1993.

The album was listed at No. 33 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. It brought Chapman several Gospel Music Association awards at the 24th GMA Dove Awards in 1993, including Song of the Year (with Geoff Moore), Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, and Short Form Music Video of the Year for the title song, and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. The album also won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.

The album features guest appearances by artists like Toby McKeehan (dc Talk), BeBe Winans, and Ricky Skaggs. Also, the song "Maria" was co-written by Chapman's wife.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted.

  1. "Prologue" (instrumental) (J.A.C. Redford) – 2:37
  2. "Great Adventure" (Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:35
  3. "Where We Belong" (Chapman) – 4:19
  4. "Go There With You" (Chapman) – 5:21
  5. "That's Paradise" (Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:59
  6. "Don't Let the Fire Die" (Chapman) – 4:48
  7. "Got to B Tru" (Chapman) (feat. Toby McKeehan) – 4:18
  8. "Walk With the Wise" (Chapman, Brent Lamb) – 4:34
  9. "Maria" (S. Chapman, Mary Beth Chapman, James Isaac Eliott) – 5:01
  10. "Still Called Today" (Chapman) (feat. BeBe Winans) – 6:00
  11. "Heart's Cry" (Chapman, Phil Naish) – 3:11

Personnel

Musicians

  • Steven Curtis Chapman – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars on "Got to B Tru", background vocals ("The Great Adventure", "Where We Belong", "Still Called Today", "Maria", "That's Paradise", "Got to B Tru", "Walk With the Wise", "Don't Let the Fire Die"), yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Mark Hammond – drum programming on "Maria" and "Got to B Tru"
  • Jackie Street – bass guitar
  • Dann Huff – guitars
  • Jerry McPherson – guitars
  • Scot Bradford – guitars
  • Phil Naish – producer, keyboards, yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Cheryl Rogers – piano on "Prologue"
  • Rusty Young – lap steel, additional dobro
  • Scott Sanders – dobro
  • Jo-El Sonnier – accordion on "Walk With the Wise"
  • Mark Douthit – soprano sax solo on "Still Called Today"
  • The Nashville String Machine – orchestra on "Prologue", "Go There With You" and "Heart's Cry"
  • Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
  • J.A.C. Redford – composer, arranger, and conductor on "Prologue"; strings and brass arrangement on "Go There With You"
  • Don Wyrtzen – string arrangement on "Heart's Cry"
  • BeBe Winans – duet vocal on "Still Called Today"
  • Toby McKeehan – rap on "Got to B Tru"
  • Kip Raines – background vocals ("The Great Adventure", "Where We Belong", "Still Called Today")
  • Brent Lamb – background vocals ("The Great Adventure", "Where We Belong", "Still Called Today")
  • Trace Balin – background vocals ("Maria", "That's Paradise")
  • Chris Rodríguez – background vocals ("Maria", "That's Paradise")
  • Mark Heimermann – background vocals ("Got to B Tru"
  • Herb Chapman – background vocals ("Got to B Tru"), yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Ricky Skaggs – background vocals ("Walk With the Wise")
  • Lionel Cartwright – background vocals ("Walk With the Wise")
  • Marty Funderburky – yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Chris Moore – yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Chad Ballentyne – yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Steve Charles – yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Todd Robbins – yells on "Got to B Tru", assistant engineer
  • Jason Cole – yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • James Isaac Elliot – yells on "Got to B Tru"
  • Peter York – executive producer
  • Ronnie Brookshire – engineer, mixer
  • Bill Deaton – mixer
  • Patrick Kelly – additional engineer, assistant engineer
  • Carry Summers – additional engineer
  • Steve Bishir – additional engineer
  • John Kunz – assistant engineer
  • Studio at Mole End, Franklin, Tennessee – recording location, mixing location
  • Nightingale Studio, Nashville, Tennessee – track recording location
  • Quad Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – additional recording location
  • Omni Sound, Nashville, Tennessee – additional recording location
  • Skylab, Nashville, Tennessee – additional recording location
  • Great Circle Sound, Nashville, Tennessee – strings recording location
  • Carol Bobolts for Red Herring Design – design
  • Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography
  • Helena Occhipinti – hair and make-up
  • Jeffrey Tay Stylists – stylists

References

  1. ↑ The Great Adventure at AllMusic
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