First Hand (album)
Encyclopedia
First Hand is the debut album released by Christian
singer Steven Curtis Chapman
. The album was released in 1987 by Sparrow Records
and features the hit single "Weak Days".
The album features a sound of country music
mixed with soft rock
and pop
.
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
singer Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...
. The album was released in 1987 by Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
and features the hit single "Weak Days".
The album features a sound of country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
mixed with soft rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Chapman, except where noted.- "First Hand"(Borop, Chapman, Naish) – 3:38
- "Weak Days"(Chapman, Elliot) – 4:20
- "Hiding Place"(Chapman, Salley) – 4:49
- "Run Away" – 4:22
- "Do They Know" – 4:01
- "Tell Me" – 4:21
- "Who Cares"(Chapman, Moore, Naish) – 5:07
- "Dying to Live" – 3:37
- "Said and Done" – 5:10
- "My Redeemer Is Faithful and True"(Chapman, Elliot) – 3:47