The Collection (Amy Grant album)

The Collection is the tenth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

The Collection
Compilation album by
Amy Grant
ReleasedJuly 22, 1986
Recorded1978–86
Studio
GenreContemporary Christian music
Length69:12
LabelMyrrh, A&M
ProducerBrown Bannister
Johnny Potoker
Amy Grant chronology
Unguarded
(1985)		 The Collection
(1986)		 The Animals' Christmas
(1986)
Singles from The Collection
  1. "Stay for Awhile"
    Released: 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Collection was the first compilation of Amy Grant's music to be released, and it was issued after her crossover success in 1985 with the album Unguarded. The Collection spanned Grant's first decade in music, and featured the new songs "Stay for Awhile" and "Love Can Do", the former of which was a Top Twenty Adult Contemporary hit in the United States.

Release

The Collection was originally released in two different versions: a cassette version and an LP version. The LP version was directed to her newer fans, who knew her primarily for her Top 40 pop hit "Find a Way". The cassette version was directed to her older fans, who knew her for her Christian work as well as her secular work. The LP version contained ten tracks, and the cassette version contained fifteen tracks. In 1990, The Collection was re-released on CD with the 15 tracks featured on the cassette version, and two additional tracks, "Too Late" and "I'm Gonna Fly". Word Canada accidentally released the ten-track LP version to CD. The cover and tray art were that of the seventeen-track version causing confusion and recalls. They later issued the seventeen-track version as well. According to CCM Magazine, The Collection is the best-selling Christian music compilation album ever released, having sold in excess of 1 million copies.

An unauthorized reproduction of the album artwork (featuring Amy Grant) was used for issue No. 15 of the Marvel Comics series Dr. Strange.[2] Apparently, the issue's artist was a fan of the singer and decided to use her likeness for a character in the story.

In 2007, The Collection was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.[3]

Track listing

LP version

Side A
  1. "Stay for Awhile" (Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Michael W. Smith) – 5:37
  2. "Find a Way" (Grant, Smith) – 3:27
  3. "Everywhere I Go" (Kortes) – 4:10
  4. "Angels" (Brown Bannister, Gary Chapman, Grant, Smith) – 4:10
  5. "El Shaddai" (Michael Card, Thompson) – 4:06

Side B
  1. "Love Can Do" (Grant, Kirkpatrick, Smith) – 4:22
  2. "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" (Rich Mullins) – 3:17
  3. "Father's Eyes" (Chapman) – 4:05
  4. "Thy Word" (Grant, Smith) – 3:19
  5. "Emmanuel" (Smith) – 3:07

Original cassette version

Side one
  1. "Stay for Awhile" – 5:37
  2. "Love Can Do" – 4:22
  3. "Find a Way" – 3:27
  4. "Everywhere I Go" – 4:10
  5. "Angels" – 4:10
  6. "Thy Word" – 3:19
  7. "Emmanuel" – 3:07
  8. "Where Do You Hide Your Heart" (Grant, Smith) – 3:55

Side two
  1. "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" – 3:17
  2. "In a Little While" (Bannister, Chapman, Grant, Shane Keister) – 4:22
  3. "El Shaddai" (Michael Card, Thompson) – 4:06
  4. "I Have Decided" (Card) – 3:16
  5. "All I Ever Have To Be" (Chapman) – 2:38
  6. "Father's Eyes" – 4:05
  7. "Ageless Medley" (Bannister, Card, Chapman, Christian, Grant, Mullins, Thompson) – 6:10

CD version
  1. "Stay for Awhile" – 5:37
  2. "Love Can Do" – 4:22
  3. "Find a Way" – 3:27
  4. "Everywhere I Go" – 4:10
  5. "Angels" – 4:10
  6. "Thy Word" – 3:19
  7. "Emmanuel" – 3:07
  8. "Where Do You Hide Your Heart" – 3:55
  9. "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" – 3:17
  10. "In a Little While" – 4:22
  11. "El Shaddai" – 4:06
  12. "I Have Decided" – 3:16
  13. "Too Late" (Bannister, Christian, Grant) – 4:24
  14. "I'm Gonna Fly" (Grant) – 4:23
  15. "All I Ever Have to Be" – 2:38
  16. "Father's Eyes" – 4:05
  17. "Ageless Medley" – 6:10

Personnel

Production

  • Producer – Brown Bannister
  • Co-Producer on "Stay for Awhile" and "Love Can Do" – John Potoker
  • Executive producers – Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell and Gary Chapman
  • Engineers – Sabrina Buchanek, Ed Goodreau and John Potoker
  • Additional Engineering – Spencer Chrislu, Steve McMillan and J.T.
  • Mixed by Sabrina Buchanek and Ed Goodreau at Blue Jay Recording (Carlisle, Massachusetts) and Larabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)
  • Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
  • Art direction and design – Kent Hunter
  • Photography – Mark Tucker

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Accolades

GMA Dove Awards

Year Winner Category
1988 "Stay for Awhile" Short Form Music Video of the Year

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r728646/review
  2. Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #144
  3. Sparrow Records News
  4. "The Collection". Archived from the original on April 6, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  5. "Top Christian Albums – 1980's". Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  6. "American album certifications – Amy Grant – The Collection". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 29, 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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