Speckled Bird is the eighth studio album from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1994.

Recording history

Largely a remixed and reworked version of the independent Kissers and Killers

Kissers and Killers

Kissers and Killers is the seventh studio album from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1993.-Recording history:Rather than renew their recording contract with Myrrh, The Choir decided to create their own record label, Glasshouse, through which they could release their future...

project. The main difference is the missing track "Let the Sky Fall," and the addition of the tracks "Speckled Bird," "Like a Cloud," "Wilderness," "Never More True," and "Spring."

Track listing

All lyrics by Steve Hindalong

Steve Hindalong

Steve Hindalong is an American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Choir...

 and all music by Derri Daugherty

Derri Daugherty

Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....

 unless otherwise noted.

1. "Speckled Bird" (Music by Daugherty, Tim Chandler
   Tim Chandler
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   , Hindalong) – 3:44
2. "Yellow Skies" – 3:49
3. "Like a Cloud" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong) – 2:06
4. "Gripped" – 4:20
5. "Weather Girl" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong, Chandler, Dan Michaels) – 6:19
6. "Wilderness" – 4:03
7. "Never More True" (Music by Chandler, Daugherty, Hindalong) – 3:27
8. "Spring" (Music by Chandler, Daugherty, Hindalong) – 3:55
9. "Grace" – 3:06
10. "Amazing" – 3:40
11. "Love Your Mind" (Music by Daugherty, Chandler, Hindalong) – 5:24
12. "Kissers and Killers" (Lyrics by Hindalong, Chandler; Music by Daugherty, Hindalong, Chandler) – 2:55

Daugherty would re-record "Like a Cloud" ten years later with his second band, The Lost Dogs, for their album MUTT.

The Choir

• Derri Daugherty
  Derri Daugherty
  Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....
  
   - Lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar
• Steve Hindalong
  Steve Hindalong
  Steve Hindalong is an American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Choir...
  
   - Drums, percussion
• Tim Chandler
  Tim Chandler
  Tim Chandler is a bass guitar player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies and The Choir....
  
   - Bass guitar
• Dan Michaels - Saxophone, lyricon
  Lyricon
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Additional musicians

• Chris Colbert - Guitar ("Amazing," "Kissers and Killers")
• Caryn Colbert - Background vocals
• Jerry Chamberlain
  Jerry Chamberlain
  Jerry Chamberlain , is a United States singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ....
  
   - Background vocals
• Sharon McCall - Background vocals

Production

• Producers - Steve Hindalong
  Steve Hindalong
  Steve Hindalong is an American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Choir...
  
   and Derri Daugherty
  Derri Daugherty
  Derri Daugherty is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band The Choir....
  
  
• Recording, mixing - Daugherty, Chris Colbert and Dave Hackbarth
• Mixing ("Gripped," "Amazing") - Jr. McNeely at Pakaderm Studios, Los Alamitos, California
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• Mastering - Doug Doyle at Digital Brothers, Costa Mesa, California
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• Art direction, photography - Leiza Schmidt
• Art layout, design assistance - Gene Ray George