Freedom (Michael W. Smith album)
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Freedom is Michael W. Smith
's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length disc of instrumentals. This is Michael's first of two instrumental albums, the second one being Glory
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Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length disc of instrumentals. This is Michael's first of two instrumental albums, the second one being Glory
Glory (Michael W. Smith album)
Glory is the seventeenth studio album by Christian singer Michael W. Smith, set for release on November 22, 2011. This is Michael's second instrumental album, the first one being Freedom, which was released November 21, 2000....
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Track listing
- All Songs Written By Michael W. Smith.
- "Freedom" – 3:37
- "The Offering" – 1:26
- "Carol Ann" – 3:34
- "The Giving" – 3:18
- "Hibernia" – 4:47
- "Letter to Sarah" – 1:45
- "Freedom Battle" – 4:33
- "Cry of the Heart" – 2:23
- "Prayer for Taylor" – 3:01
- "The Call" – 5:02
- "Thy Word" – 3:30
- "Free Man" – 3:56
Personnel
- Chris Graffignino: Guitars
- Michael W. Smith: Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Programming
- Bryan Lenox: Keyboards, Programming, Drums, Percussion
- Craig Young, Matt Pierson: Bass
- Chris Estes, Dan Needham, Scott Williamson: Drums
- Eric Darken: Drums, Percussion
- Hunter Lee, David Downs (Dublin): Uilleann PipesUilleann pipesThe uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
- Marie Breathnach: Irish FiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- David Davidson: ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
Solo - Max Dyer, John Catchings: CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Joel White, Tim Theiss: Nail Gun (probably used as additional percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
) - Rod Schuler: DJ
Production
- Executive Producer: Michael W. Smith
- Produced By Michael W. Smith & Bryan Lenox
- Production Assistants: Terry Flowers, Toby Gaines, Ryan Smith & Erin Williams
- Engineered & Mixed By Bryan Lenox
- Assistant Recording Engineers: Eric Elwell, Rob Burrell, Scott Lenox, Terry Flowers, Ron Jagger, David Bryant (Ocean Way), Kieran Lynch (Windmill Lane)
- Strings Recorded At Windmill Lane By Bill Sommerville-Lange
- Ric Domenico – Music Preparation
- Hank Williams – Mastering Sequencing, Sequencing