Stir It Up (album)
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| Released | 1992 | |||
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| Length | 39:41 | |||
| Label | Star Song | |||
| Producer | Paul Mills | |||
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Stir It Up is a 1992 studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials. It is the group's third album on Star Song Records.[2][3][4][5]
The personnel line-up for this album consists of Armond Morales, David Will, Jonathan Pierce (still under his birth name Jonathan Hildreth) and Pam Morales. In 1993, Pam Morales would retire from the group after the release of Stir It Up and Pierce also left the group and a year later was offered a spot on Bill Gaither's southern gospel quartet the Gaither Vocal Band and a couple of years later started his solo recording career in contemporary Christian music. This would be the final full album of the Imperials' commercial contemporary pop sound of previous albums as the group would undergo another lineup change and a return to their four-part harmony of their early years. The album's first radio single "Taking Your Love for Granted" would give the group their final number one song on the Christian radio charts. The Imperials have had number one songs in three decades from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Stir It Up climbed up to number 20 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.[6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Change the World" | Terry Esau | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Taking Your Love for Granted" | David Raynor, Kenny Lamar, Michael Peterson | 3:48 |
| 3. | "We're All Looking" | Dwight Liles, Judy Reno | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Testify" | Julius Drummin, Ty Lacy | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Put the Weight on My Shoulders" | Gino Vannelli | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Standing on the Rock of Love" | J. Drummin, T. Lacy | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Stir It Up" | J. Drummin, Keith Brown | 4:17 |
| 8. | "I Believe in You" | D. Raynor, K. Lamar | 4:02 |
| 9. | "My Faith Stands" | Shawn Craig | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Change the World" (Reprise) | T. Esau | 3:47 |
Personnel
The Imperials
- Jonathan Pierce – tenor, co-lead vocals
- Pam Morales – alto, co-lead vocals
- David Will – baritone, vocals
- Armond Morales – bass, vocals
Musicians
- Brian Green – keyboards, bass programming
- Paul Mills – additional keyboards, additional programming; keyboards, bass, drums and percussion programming (4)
- Tony Miracle – keyboard programming (9)
- Jerry McPherson – guitars
- Mark Hammond – drums and percussion programming, bass programming (2, 9), additional drums and percussion programming (4)
- Mark Douthit – saxophones (2, 4, 6, 8)
- Lisa Bevill – additional backing vocals
- Chris Harris – additional backing vocals, BGV and group vocal arrangements
- Chris Rodriguez – additional backing vocals
- Guy Penrod – additional backing vocals (9)
- Angelo Petrucci – additional backing vocals (9)
- Veronica Petrucci – additional backing vocals (9)
- Shirley M. Settles – additional backing vocals (9)
- Ken "Scat" Springs – additional backing vocals (9)
Production
- Armond Morales – executive producer
- Jeff Moseley – executive producer
- Paul Mills – producer, recording, mixing
- Ricky Cobble – assistant engineer
- Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Scott Brickell and Chad Williams – production management at Chapel Hill Management
- Toni Thigpen – art direction
- Tufts Design Studio – design, layout
- Jeff Frasier – photography