My Utmost for His Highest (album)

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Released
  • August 8, 1995
  • April 23, 1996 (The Covenant)
  • July 16, 1996 (Quite Prayers)
Length
  • 51:13
  • 48:47 (The Covenant)
  • 38:39 (Quiet Prayers)
My Utmost for His Highest
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released
  • August 8, 1995
  • April 23, 1996 (The Covenant)
  • July 16, 1996 (Quite Prayers)
GenreCCM
Length
  • 51:13
  • 48:47 (The Covenant)
  • 38:39 (Quiet Prayers)
LabelWord
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
CCM Magazine(not rated)

My Utmost for His Highest is the first of three albums of songs inspired by Oswald Chambers' devotional of the same name. The album, produced by Brown Bannister, features performances by popular Christian musicians of songs relating to a day from Chamber's book. It was the first album to receive the GMA Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year,[1] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.[2]

The two additional albums produced in the series were My Utmost for His Highest: The Covenant and My Utmost for His Highest: Quiet Prayers.

Track listing

  1. "You Are Holy" (Carolyn Arends, Mark Harris, Michael W. Smith) – 4:56; performed by 4Him
  2. "Lover of My Soul" (Amy Grant, Michael Omartian) – 5:14; performed by Amy Grant
  3. "A Man After Your Own Heart" (Wayne Kirkpatrick, Billy Sprague) – 4:31; performed by Gary Chapman
  4. "You'll Be There" (Cindy Morgan) – 3:21; performed by Cindy Morgan
  5. "Sometimes He Comes In The Clouds" (Steven Curtis Chapman) – 4:01; performed by Steven Curtis Chapman
  6. "God of All of Me" (Bob Farrell, MWS) – 4:45; performed by Sandi Patty
  7. "Move In Me" (Wayne Kirkpatrick, MWS) – 6:10; performed by Michael W. Smith
  8. "Hold On to Me" (Robert Sterling, MWS) – 4:00; performed by Point of Grace
  9. "A Heart Like Mine" (Loren Balman, Robbie Buchanan, Bryan Duncan, Bob Farrell, Greg Nelson)- 4:23; performed by Bryan Duncan
  10. "Where He Leads Me" (Twila Paris) – 5:33; performed by Twila Paris
  11. "Shine On Us" (MWS, Debbie Smith) – 4:00; performed by Phillips, Craig and Dean

Personnel

  • Shane Keister – keyboards (1, 4, 7, 8), acoustic piano (10)
  • Blair Masters – additional keyboards (1, 3), keyboards (7)
  • Tommy Sims – programming (2, 5), backing vocals (4), bass (5), additional programming (6), keyboards (10)
  • Michael Omartian – acoustic piano (3)
  • Carl Marsh – keyboards (5, 8, 10)
  • Danny Duncan – additional programming (5, 6)
  • Robbie Buchanan – programming (6, 9)
  • Michael W. Smith – acoustic piano (7)
  • Brian Siewert – programming (11)
  • Dann Huff – guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–9)
  • Don Potter – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 7, 8, 10)
  • Steven Curtis Chapman – acoustic guitar (5)
  • Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar (5), electric guitar (5), guitar (9)
  • Leland Sklar – bass (1, 4, 7, 8, 9)
  • Steve Brewster – drums (1, 4, 7, 8)
  • Paul Leim – drums (9)
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements (1–4, 6, 7, 11)
  • Tom Howard – string arrangements (9)
  • Gavyn Wright – concertmaster (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 11)
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 11)
  • Cheryl Rogers – vocal arrangement (8)
  • Lisa Keith – backing vocals (2, 9)
  • Michael Mellett – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 10)
  • Nicol Sponberg – backing vocals (2, 9)
  • Molly Felder – backing vocals (4)
  • Cindy Morgan – backing vocals (4)
  • Wayne Kirkpatrick – backing vocals (7)

Production

  • Loren Balman – executive producer, art direction
  • Brown Bannister – producer, additional engineer
  • Tommy Sims – BGV production (2, 9)
  • Paul Mills – vocal production (11)
  • Jeff Balding – engineer
  • Steve Bishir – engineer, mixing (5, 11)
  • Bill Price – string recording
  • Bill Deaton – mixing (1–4, 6–10)
  • Patrick Kelly – additional engineer, mix assistant
  • Martin Woodlee – additional engineer, assistant engineer
  • Joey Grimstead – assistant engineer
  • Carry Summers – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Aaron Swihart – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Niall Acott – string recording assistant
  • Daron Smith – mix assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Traci Sterling – production coordination
  • Diana Barnes – art direction, design
  • Franke Design – design
  • Matthew Barnes – photography
  • James Reimann – liner notes

Studios

  • Recorded at The Dugout and OmniSound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Tejas Recorders and Deer Valley Studio (Franklin, Tennessee); Vintage Recorders (Phoenix, Arizona).
  • Strings recorded at Angel Studios (London, UK).
  • Mixed at OmniSound Studios and Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Gambit Studio (Gallatin, Tennessee).
  • Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).

My Utmost for His Highest: The Covenant

My Utmost for His Highest: Quiet Prayers

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