Emergency Broadcast
1987 studio album by White Heart
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Emergency Broadcast is the fifth album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with bass guitarist Tommy Sims[1] and is the second album on the Sparrow Records label released in late 1987.[2][3] The album track "No Taboo" features the vocals of Rick Florian, Mark Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy and Sims. The album was produced by White Heart, with the executive producer being Randy Moore. Emergency Broadcast peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.
Released1987
Studio
- Center Stage Studios, OmniSound Studios and Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length42:50
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| Released | 1987 | |||
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| Genre | Christian rock | |||
| Length | 42:50 | |||
| Label | Sparrow Records | |||
| Producer | White Heart | |||
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Track listing
- "Urban Renewal" (Mark Gersmehl, Billy Smiley) – 4:02
- "Key to Our Survival" (Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims) – 4:19
- "No Taboo" (Gersmehl, Smiley, Rick Florian) – 4:46
- "Montana Sky" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:55
- "Fashion Fades" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:19
- "More Sold Out" (Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:41
- "Somewhere in Between" (Gersmehl, Smiley) – 4:04
- "Speed of Sound" (Kennedy) – 3:03
- "Lone Ranger" (Sims, Smiley) – 4:07
- "Edge of the Dream" (Gersmehl) – 4:34
Personnel
White Heart
- Rick Florian – lead vocals (1–3, 5–9), backing vocals
- Mark Gersmehl – keyboards, backing vocals, additional lead vocals (3), lead vocals (10)
- Gordon Kennedy – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals, additional lead vocals (3), lead vocals (4)
- Billy Smiley – rhythm guitar (1), backing vocals
- Tommy Sims – bass guitar, synthesizer bass, keyboards, backing vocals, additional lead vocals (3, 9)
- Chris McHugh – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Carl Marsh – Fairlight programming (3, 4, 9)
- David Mullen – backing vocals (1, 3)
Production
- Randy Moore – executive producer
- White Heart – producers, arrangements
- Scott Hendricks – vocal production assistant, vocal engineer
- Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
- Bill Deaton – engineer (guitar overdubs)
- Bill Whittington – engineer (keyboard overdubs)
- Danny Johnson – second engineer
- Jeanne Kinney – second engineer
- Dave Parker – second engineer
- Brent King – additional engineer
- Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn – art direction
- Steven A. Heller – cover photography
- 5 Penguins Design – design
- Ron Mazellan – illustration
