Satisfied (album)
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Satisfied is the fourth studio album by American Christian rock
band DecembeRadio
; it was released in August 2008 through Slanted Records
. Like their previous album, DecembeRadio
(2006), it was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia
, and produced by Scotty Wilbanks. The songs were written to ensure they would translate well in a concert setting, and the band strove to write more uplifting lyrics than those on their previous album. Recording sessions began in September 2007 and were not completed until the second quarter of 2008, as the sessions twice were interrupted for concert tours.
The album debuted at its peak positions of number 116 on the Billboard 200
and number three on the Billboard Top Christian Albums charts; first week sales nearly doubled those of the band's previous album. DecembeRadio promoted Satisfied by making television and radio appearances ahead of its release, filming two promotional videos and headlining a concert tour of the United States. Satisfied received generally positive reviews; most critics approved of the band's continuation of the Southern rock
sound evident on DecembeRadio. While critics disagreed on whether Satisfied measured up to DecembeRadio, a frequent complaint was the album's lack of lyrical depth. Satisfied won the 2009 Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year.
(2006), which won a Gospel Music Association Dove Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award
. "We had some great stuff go on with the first record, but I think the biggest thing over the past two years has been trying to make sure Satisfied is not a sophomore slump" said lead guitarist Brian Bunn. While the self-titled album was written and recorded with little thought to how the songs would translate in concert, the experience of opening for Third Day
helped DecembeRadio learn what works best live. Thus it was the band's goal to "make sure every single song on the [next] album worked well in a live concert setting", according to Bunn.
Writing for Satisfied began soon after the release of DecembeRadio and occurred in spurts, as the band found more success in letting ideas come to them spontaneously than in meeting for dedicated writing sessions. The chorus melody of "Be Alright", for example, popped into bassist and lead singer Josh Reedy's head while showering. On another occasion, Reedy came up with a riff
on GarageBand
while traveling between gigs. Two of the earliest completed songs, "Satisfy Me" and "Find You Waiting", were included in the band's live shows by April 2008. The former was the first song written for the album, and the latter was first released on the expanded edition of DecembeRadio in November 2007.
For Satisfied, DecembeRadio made a concerted effort to write lyrics that were more uplifting than those featured on their previous album. Said Bunn, "Our first record had a lot of darker songs such as 'Razor' and 'Greed'. Even though we liked some of that, we truly realized we're a bunch of happy guys! We like to have fun onstage and in our lives, so we didn't want this album to be as dark as the last one." To that end, the band wrote and included on Satisfied songs like "Better Man", which Reedy says imparts that "if we learn from our mistakes and follow Jesus Christ it will make us a better man", and the "vertical worship song" "For Your Glory". The band was inspired to write "Find You Waiting" following the death of a friend of producer Scotty Wilbanks. At the funeral, the man's widow stood over the casket praising God
with arms raised amidst her sorrow. "It struck a chord in our hearts to write a song about how, no matter what current problem we might be facing, God's love and mercy is always waiting there for us", said Reedy.
Recording of Satisfied began in September 2007 at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia
. As with DecembeRadio's previous album, Scotty Wilbanks was hired as the producer. Said Reedy of Wilbanks, "We just have a kindredship as musicians and as players.... There's a lot of excitement and passion that comes from his end.... [A] big thing for us is having a really good time. If we're not having a good time making a record, it's gonna show and you're gonna hear it." To capture the excitement of their live shows, DecembeRadio recorded basic tracks live in the studio. Reedy said recording live is particularly useful for capturing energetic performances from drummer Boone Daughdrill. "It's definitely very critical for him to be on top of his game and feeling like it's a unit, because you play off of each other. It's a real push and pull thing that happens in rock and roll music that you really can't sometimes capture by just doing it track by track by track", said Reedy. Miker said the band recorded a handful of songs that were "out of the box of where CCM music is", and Reedy noted that some tracks "stretched what we're doing ... with production." "Gasoline", for example, includes a "Beatlesque" section with a children's choir
, string section
and piccolo trumpet
, and "Falling for You" begins and ends with some guitar "shred licks" that started as a joke in the writing process.
DecembeRadio took a break from recording to headline the Drifter Tour in October and November, which also featured Nevertheless
, Superhero
and Bread of Stone. Recording resumed in early 2008, but the sessions were again interrupted for a major tour, this time in support of Third Day
in March and April. Soon after the tour ended, DecembeRadio finished recording the album.
on August 26, 2008, and debuted at its peak positions of number 116 on the Billboard 200
and number three on the Billboard Top Christian Albums charts. First week sales nearly doubled those of DecembeRadio. The album cover was the product of a spontaneous suggestion from the band's manager on the day of a photoshoot. Another photo had been slated for the album cover, but the band found a swamp and acted on their manager's idea. "We went down there, took off our shoes, rolled up our jeans a little bit and walked right into the water—and stood there for 45 minutes while we got our picture taken. It's a good thing we did it because when we got the pictures back, those were by far our favorite!" said Bunn.
DecembeRadio promoted Satisfied by making television and radio appearances in Atlanta before their concert at the local Hard Rock Cafe
on August 20. Six days later, the band hosted an album release party at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia
, which sold out the 938-seat venue. After returning to the studio in September to record the Comfort & Joy Christmas EP
, DecembeRadio filmed promotional videos for "Gasoline" and "Look for Me" in October. The band then headlined a month-long U.S. tour in support of Satisfied with Ruth
, Sevenglory
and speaker Billy Wayne. DecembeRadio returned to the road in February 2009 to open for Newsboys
on their Join the Tribe Tour. During the tour, the video for "Look for Me" debuted on the Gospel Music Channel
. According to Miker, however, some radio stations refused to play the track because the lyrics were written from the perspective of God.
' s tracks measure up to those of DecembeRadio. Russ Breimeier of Christianity Today
felt the songs "fail to leave as lasting an impression as those on the debut". Conversely, Andy Argyrakis, writing for Christian Music Central, detected more "blissfully controlled chaos" on Satisfied than on DecembeRadio, and Billboard
s Deborah Evans Price called the album "even stronger" than the last and the band's playing "even tighter". A more moderate view was offered by Allmusic's Jared Johnson, who noted that while Satisfied contains "few, if any, inconsistencies or weak spots", it "falls short" due to "the lack of a strong single".
A frequent complaint among critics was the album's lack of lyrical depth. Black wrote that "Satisfy Me" "delivers a message listeners have likely heard a time or six before", and Scott Fryberger of Jesus Freak Hideout
opined that DecembeRadio struggle to "be blatant about [their] faith without sounding cheesy". Breimeier described the lyrics as walking "a fine line between open expressions of faith and CCM clichés" and granted that while "Find You Waiting" "relies heavily on platitudes, it's still powerfully affecting and relatable testimony". Argyrakis, though, remarked that the band "has plenty to say" and their "stacked sounds are never at the expense of a meaningful gospel message".
Satisfied won the 2009 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year and two of its tracks, "Find You Waiting" and "Better Man", were nominated for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Rock Recorded Song of the Year, respectively. Reedy said that such recognition "inspires us to be ... better at what we do musically and bolder in what we believe in our faith."
Additional personnel
Production
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
band DecembeRadio
DecembeRadio
DecembeRadio is an American Christian rock band originally formed in 2003; presently composed of bassist and lead vocalist Josh Reedy, lead guitarist Brian Bunn and rhythm guitarist Eric Miker....
; it was released in August 2008 through Slanted Records
Slanted Records
Slanted Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee. As part of the larger Spring Hill Music Group, Slanted Records signs Contemporary Christian artists whose music may be described as progressive pop or modern rock....
. Like their previous album, DecembeRadio
DecembeRadio (album)
DecembeRadio is the eponymous major label debut album by the band DecembeRadio. Produced by Scotty Wilbanks, the album features a guitar-driven sound that quickly earned it comparisons to The Black Crowes, King's X, Aerosmith and Free. The album was nominated for a "Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album"...
(2006), it was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, and produced by Scotty Wilbanks. The songs were written to ensure they would translate well in a concert setting, and the band strove to write more uplifting lyrics than those on their previous album. Recording sessions began in September 2007 and were not completed until the second quarter of 2008, as the sessions twice were interrupted for concert tours.
The album debuted at its peak positions of number 116 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and number three on the Billboard Top Christian Albums charts; first week sales nearly doubled those of the band's previous album. DecembeRadio promoted Satisfied by making television and radio appearances ahead of its release, filming two promotional videos and headlining a concert tour of the United States. Satisfied received generally positive reviews; most critics approved of the band's continuation of the Southern rock
Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...
sound evident on DecembeRadio. While critics disagreed on whether Satisfied measured up to DecembeRadio, a frequent complaint was the album's lack of lyrical depth. Satisfied won the 2009 Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year.
Writing and production
DecembeRadio felt pressure to meet growing expectations following the accolades received for their previous album, DecembeRadioDecembeRadio (album)
DecembeRadio is the eponymous major label debut album by the band DecembeRadio. Produced by Scotty Wilbanks, the album features a guitar-driven sound that quickly earned it comparisons to The Black Crowes, King's X, Aerosmith and Free. The album was nominated for a "Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album"...
(2006), which won a Gospel Music Association Dove Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
. "We had some great stuff go on with the first record, but I think the biggest thing over the past two years has been trying to make sure Satisfied is not a sophomore slump" said lead guitarist Brian Bunn. While the self-titled album was written and recorded with little thought to how the songs would translate in concert, the experience of opening for Third Day
Third Day
Third Day is a Grammy award-winning Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...
helped DecembeRadio learn what works best live. Thus it was the band's goal to "make sure every single song on the [next] album worked well in a live concert setting", according to Bunn.
Writing for Satisfied began soon after the release of DecembeRadio and occurred in spurts, as the band found more success in letting ideas come to them spontaneously than in meeting for dedicated writing sessions. The chorus melody of "Be Alright", for example, popped into bassist and lead singer Josh Reedy's head while showering. On another occasion, Reedy came up with a riff
RIFF
The Resource Interchange File Format is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data....
on GarageBand
GarageBand
GarageBand is a software application for Mac OS X and iOS that allows users to create music or podcasts. It is developed by Apple Inc. as a part of the iLife software package on Mac OS X.-Audio recording:...
while traveling between gigs. Two of the earliest completed songs, "Satisfy Me" and "Find You Waiting", were included in the band's live shows by April 2008. The former was the first song written for the album, and the latter was first released on the expanded edition of DecembeRadio in November 2007.
For Satisfied, DecembeRadio made a concerted effort to write lyrics that were more uplifting than those featured on their previous album. Said Bunn, "Our first record had a lot of darker songs such as 'Razor' and 'Greed'. Even though we liked some of that, we truly realized we're a bunch of happy guys! We like to have fun onstage and in our lives, so we didn't want this album to be as dark as the last one." To that end, the band wrote and included on Satisfied songs like "Better Man", which Reedy says imparts that "if we learn from our mistakes and follow Jesus Christ it will make us a better man", and the "vertical worship song" "For Your Glory". The band was inspired to write "Find You Waiting" following the death of a friend of producer Scotty Wilbanks. At the funeral, the man's widow stood over the casket praising God
God in Christianity
In Christianity, God is the eternal being that created and preserves the universe. God is believed by most Christians to be immanent , while others believe the plan of redemption show he will be immanent later...
with arms raised amidst her sorrow. "It struck a chord in our hearts to write a song about how, no matter what current problem we might be facing, God's love and mercy is always waiting there for us", said Reedy.
Recording of Satisfied began in September 2007 at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. As with DecembeRadio's previous album, Scotty Wilbanks was hired as the producer. Said Reedy of Wilbanks, "We just have a kindredship as musicians and as players.... There's a lot of excitement and passion that comes from his end.... [A] big thing for us is having a really good time. If we're not having a good time making a record, it's gonna show and you're gonna hear it." To capture the excitement of their live shows, DecembeRadio recorded basic tracks live in the studio. Reedy said recording live is particularly useful for capturing energetic performances from drummer Boone Daughdrill. "It's definitely very critical for him to be on top of his game and feeling like it's a unit, because you play off of each other. It's a real push and pull thing that happens in rock and roll music that you really can't sometimes capture by just doing it track by track by track", said Reedy. Miker said the band recorded a handful of songs that were "out of the box of where CCM music is", and Reedy noted that some tracks "stretched what we're doing ... with production." "Gasoline", for example, includes a "Beatlesque" section with a children's choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, string section
String section
The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
and piccolo trumpet
Piccolo trumpet
The smallest of the trumpet family is the piccolo trumpet, pitched one octave higher than the standard B trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B or A, using a separate leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B piccolo trumpet is one-half the length of that in a standard B...
, and "Falling for You" begins and ends with some guitar "shred licks" that started as a joke in the writing process.
DecembeRadio took a break from recording to headline the Drifter Tour in October and November, which also featured Nevertheless
Nevertheless (band)
Nevertheless, often abbreviated as NTL, was a Christian power-pop band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They disbanded at the end of 2009. Their song "Live Like We're Alive" reached the top 5 of the R&R Christian Rock Chart., Their song "The Real," was played on Contemporary Christian Music radio...
, Superhero
Superhero (band)
Superhero is a British Christian rock band. They come from Glasgow in Scotland . The band tour extensively throughout the UK, Europe and the United States...
and Bread of Stone. Recording resumed in early 2008, but the sessions were again interrupted for a major tour, this time in support of Third Day
Third Day
Third Day is a Grammy award-winning Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...
in March and April. Soon after the tour ended, DecembeRadio finished recording the album.
Promotion and release
Satisfied was released through Slanted RecordsSlanted Records
Slanted Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee. As part of the larger Spring Hill Music Group, Slanted Records signs Contemporary Christian artists whose music may be described as progressive pop or modern rock....
on August 26, 2008, and debuted at its peak positions of number 116 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and number three on the Billboard Top Christian Albums charts. First week sales nearly doubled those of DecembeRadio. The album cover was the product of a spontaneous suggestion from the band's manager on the day of a photoshoot. Another photo had been slated for the album cover, but the band found a swamp and acted on their manager's idea. "We went down there, took off our shoes, rolled up our jeans a little bit and walked right into the water—and stood there for 45 minutes while we got our picture taken. It's a good thing we did it because when we got the pictures back, those were by far our favorite!" said Bunn.
DecembeRadio promoted Satisfied by making television and radio appearances in Atlanta before their concert at the local Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...
on August 20. Six days later, the band hosted an album release party at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
, which sold out the 938-seat venue. After returning to the studio in September to record the Comfort & Joy Christmas EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, DecembeRadio filmed promotional videos for "Gasoline" and "Look for Me" in October. The band then headlined a month-long U.S. tour in support of Satisfied with Ruth
Ruth (band)
Ruth is a four piece Christian indie band from Battle Ground, Washington. Ruth's debut album, Secondhand Dreaming, was released June 26, 2007.-Formation:...
, Sevenglory
Sevenglory
Sevenglory is an American christian rock band from Indiana. They were formed in 2001, and are currently signed to 7Spin Music. The band is currently composed of Gabe Johannes , Caleb Johannes and Kurt Felsman .-History:...
and speaker Billy Wayne. DecembeRadio returned to the road in February 2009 to open for Newsboys
Newsboys
Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...
on their Join the Tribe Tour. During the tour, the video for "Look for Me" debuted on the Gospel Music Channel
Gospel Music Channel
gmc is an American satellite and cable television channel, known from its 2004 launch until February 1, 2010 as Gospel Music Channel. It is also available in high-definition as a separate channel called gmcHD ....
. According to Miker, however, some radio stations refused to play the track because the lyrics were written from the perspective of God.
Critical reception
Satisfied was generally regarded by critics as a continuation of the musical style from their previous album. Many reviewers praised DecembeRadio's "southern flavored rock", "punchy rhythm section" and "great guitar work", as well as the "ferocious howls of front man Josh Reedy". Gospel Music Channel's Beau Black, however, found that DecembeRadio's roots are "getting tougher to spot" as they try to be "all things to all people". Critics varied more widely on whether SatisfiedChristianity Today
Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 140,000 and readership of 290,000...
felt the songs "fail to leave as lasting an impression as those on the debut". Conversely, Andy Argyrakis, writing for Christian Music Central, detected more "blissfully controlled chaos" on Satisfied than on DecembeRadio, and Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Deborah Evans Price called the album "even stronger" than the last and the band's playing "even tighter". A more moderate view was offered by Allmusic's Jared Johnson, who noted that while Satisfied contains "few, if any, inconsistencies or weak spots", it "falls short" due to "the lack of a strong single".
A frequent complaint among critics was the album's lack of lyrical depth. Black wrote that "Satisfy Me" "delivers a message listeners have likely heard a time or six before", and Scott Fryberger of Jesus Freak Hideout
Jesus Freak Hideout
Jesus Freak Hideout is a Christian music website. The website specializes in reviewing, previewing, and selling Christian albums. The website is known for its album reviews, independent music, artist interviews, concert dates and ministry through devotionals and prayer...
opined that DecembeRadio struggle to "be blatant about [their] faith without sounding cheesy". Breimeier described the lyrics as walking "a fine line between open expressions of faith and CCM clichés" and granted that while "Find You Waiting" "relies heavily on platitudes, it's still powerfully affecting and relatable testimony". Argyrakis, though, remarked that the band "has plenty to say" and their "stacked sounds are never at the expense of a meaningful gospel message".
Satisfied won the 2009 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year and two of its tracks, "Find You Waiting" and "Better Man", were nominated for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Rock Recorded Song of the Year, respectively. Reedy said that such recognition "inspires us to be ... better at what we do musically and bolder in what we believe in our faith."
Track listing
All songs written by Brian Bunn, Boone Daughdrill, Eric Miker, Josh Reedy and Scotty Wilbanks, except where noted.- "Better Man" – 3:23
- "Satisfy Me" – 3:22
- "Believer" – 3:40
- "For Your Glory" (Bunn, Daughdrill, Miker, Reedy, Wilbanks, Brian White) – 3:56
- "Gasoline" – 2:51
- "Falling for You" – 2:39
- "Look for Me" (Bunn, Daughdrill, Miker, Reedy, Wilbanks, White) – 4:01
- "Love Can" (Bunn, Daughdrill, Miker, Reedy, Wilbanks, Russ Lee) – 4:14
- "Peace of Mind" – 3:32
- "Be Alright" – 3:16
- "Powerful Thing" (Bunn, Daughdrill, Miker, Reedy, Wilbanks, White) – 3:24
- "Find You Waiting" – 4:07
- 1:31 of silence brings the track length to 5:38
- (hidden track) – 4:48
Personnel
DecembeRadio- Josh Reedy – lead vocals, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Brian Bunn – lead guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Eric Miker – guitar, vocals
- Boone Daughdrill – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional personnel
- Scotty Wilbanks – B3 organ, ClavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, WurlitzerWurlitzerThe Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
, horn arrangements, stringString sectionThe string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
arrangements on "Gasoline" and "Look for Me", "other junk" - David Davidson – string arrangements on "Gasoline", "Look for Me" and "For Your Glory"
- Love Sponge Strings – strings
- The Soul Sisters – vocals
- Keesha Dement, Carole Ford, Cheryl Rogers, Tann Smith
- Kids Choir – vocals on "Gasoline"
- Dustin Bearden, Anna Reeves, Abby Hoenstine, Rebecca Bearden, Sarah Shiver, Will Coleburn
- Sam Skelton – saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Mike Barry – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Eric Alexander – tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Truett Pumphrey – cowbell on "Satisfy Me"
Production
- Scotty Wilbanks – producer, engineering
- Tom Tapley – engineering
- Swaff – additional engineering, digital editing
- Darren Tablan and Stephen Kaiser – assistant engineers
- Shane D. Wilson – mixing
- Sarah Deane – mix coordinator
- Hank Williams – mastering
- Billy Williams – drum tech
- Joel "Angus" Huggins – tone chaperone
- The Reverend Snorty Haggard – special guest
- Jordan Butcher – layout
- Joshua Sage Newman – photography
- Abby Sasser – stylist
- Tina Davis – hair and makeup
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
116 |
| 2008 | U.S. Billboard Top Christian & Gospel Albums | 4 |
| 2008 | U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums | 3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Find You Waiting" | U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 5 |
| 2008 | "Find You Waiting" | U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary | 10 |
| 2008 | "For Your Glory" | U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary | 27 |
| 2009 | "Believer" | U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 30 |