Big God (album)
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| Released | 1991 | |||
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| Length | 48:44 | |||
| Label | Star Song | |||
| Producer | Ken Mansfield | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Cross Rhythms | [2] |
Big God is a 1991 studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials and is their second album released on the Star Song label.[3][4][5] The personnel line-up for this album consists of Armond Morales, David Will and two new singers Jonathan Pierce (who was credited on the album by his birth name Jonathan Hildreth. Pierce is his middle name.) and, in an Imperials first, Armond's sister Pam Morales. Morales would be the first and only female member of the group. Morales and Pierce replaced Ron Hemby and David Robertson whom both previously appeared on the 1990 album Love's Still Changing Hearts. Jason Beddoe was with the group temporarily but he left the group while in the midst of recording Big God so Armond brought Pam to fill in for Beddoe. This line-up would stay on until their next album Stir It Up (1992). Big God peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Big God" | John Olson, Terry Esau | 6:12 |
| 2. | "Take Me There" | Bill Cantos, Julius Drummin, Ty Lacy | 4:30 |
| 3. | "Nothing Less" | Gary Driskell, Leonard Ahlstrom | 5:26 |
| 4. | "What Can I Do with This Love (Woman at the Well)" | Jerome Olds | 4:48 |
| 5. | "Rescue Me" | Richey Biggs, Dennis Patton | 5:20 |
| 6. | "Streams in the Desert" | David Martin, Billy Smiley | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Closer Than a Brother" | Todd Cooper, Bo Cooper | 4:42 |
| 8. | "All the Paths" | Dino Pastin, Janna Pastin, Jeff Slaughter | 5:03 |
| 9. | "Carry Your Heart to Me" | Regie Hamm, Joel Lindsey | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Stand on the Rock" | Rick Vito | 4:33 |
Personnel
The Imperials
- Jonathan Pierce - tenor (lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Pam Morales – alto (lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 8–10)
- David Will – baritone (lead vocals on tracks 3 & 6)
- Armond Morales – bass (lead vocals on track 1)
Musicians
- Bob Patin – keyboards, arrangements
- Blair Masters – special effects programming
- Brent Rowan – guitars
- David Hungate – bass
- Mark Hammond – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements and conductor
- John Catchings and Bob Mason – cello
- Jim Grosjean and Gary Vanosdale – viola
- David Angell, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison, Ted Madsen, Laura Molynlaux and Pamela Sixfin – violin
- Leah Jane Berinati – vocal arrangements (1, 2, 4–9)
- Mark Pagen – vocal arrangements (3, 10)
Production
- Armond Morales – executive producer
- Ken Mansfield – producer, arrangements
- Bryan Lenox – first engineer
- John Kuniz – second engineer
- Brent King – overdub engineer
- Milan Bogdan – editing and sequencing at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Toni Thigpen – creative direction
- Gina Binkley – design, photo illustration
- Mark Tucker – photography, photo illustration
- Michael Tyler – make-up