Rich Mullins (album)
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Rich Mullins' first, self-titled, solo album was released in 1986 on Reunion Records
Reunion Records
Reunion Records is a Christian music record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee and operating under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.-History:...

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Side one

  1. "A Few Good Men" (Rich Mullins
    Rich Mullins
    Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....

    ) – 3:45
  2. "A Place to Stand" (Rich Mullins) – 4:10
  3. "Live Right" (Rich Mullins/Wayne Kirkpatrick
    Wayne Kirkpatrick
    Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....

    /Reed Arvin
    Reed Arvin
    Reed Arvin is an American record producer, keyboardist and author, best known for his work producing music for singer Rich Mullins.In the early 1980s, Arvin toured as Amy Grant's keyboard player, before teaming up with Mullins in 1986...

    ) – 4:43
    • Features guest vocals by Amy Grant
      Amy Grant
      Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...

  4. "New Heart" (Rich Mullins/Reed Arvin) – 3:10
  5. "Elijah" (Rich Mullins) – 4:37
    • New recording appeared on compilation Songs
      Songs (Rich Mullins album)
      Songs is a compilation of well-known songs by American singer/songwriter Rich Mullins, released on July 30, 1996. It was the last album to be released by Mullins before his death in a car accident on September 19, 1997...

      1996

Side two

  1. "Nothing but a Miracle" (Rich Mullins) – 4:06
  2. "Both Feet on the Ground" (Rich Mullins/Niles Borop) – 3:41
  3. "These Days" (Rich Mullins/Pam Mark Hall) – 3:41
  4. "Prisoner" (Rich Mullins) – 3:27
  5. "Save Me" (Rich Mullins) – 2:50

Radio single

Year Single Chart Position
1986 "A Few Good Men" U.S. Christian
Christian radio
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Personnel

  • Rich Mullins
    Rich Mullins
    Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....

    : vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    .
  • Phil Naish: keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

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  • Gary Lunn: Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    .
  • Keith Edwards: drums
    Drum kit
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    .
  • Dave Adams: drums
    Drum kit
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    .
  • Greg Jennings: Guitar
    Guitar
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    .
  • Reed Arvin
    Reed Arvin
    Reed Arvin is an American record producer, keyboardist and author, best known for his work producing music for singer Rich Mullins.In the early 1980s, Arvin toured as Amy Grant's keyboard player, before teaming up with Mullins in 1986...

    : keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    .
  • Amy Grant
    Amy Grant
    Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...

     : vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Background vocals provided by Chris Harris, Mark Heimermann, Chris Rodriguez and Billy Crockett.

Production notes

  • Procuced by Reed Arvin.
  • Executive Producers: Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell, Brown Bannister
    Brown Bannister
    Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...

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  • Engineered by J.B.
  • Assistant Engineers: Spencer Chrislu, Billy Washington, Keith Penny.
  • Mastered by Doug Sax at the Masterting Lab, Hollywood, California.
  • Recorded at Omni Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
    Nashville, Tennessee
    Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

    ; Hummingbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Riverstone Studios, Franklin, Tennessee
    Franklin, Tennessee
    Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...

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