This Year's Model (Imperials album)
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- Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California)
- OmniSound Studios and Center Stage Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
- The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee
- The Reelsound Remote Bus (Austin, Texas)
- Blue Jay Studios (Carlisle, Massachusetts)
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Length | 43:51 | |||
| Label | Myrrh/Word | |||
| Producer | Brown Bannister | |||
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This Year's Model is the 32nd studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials, released in 1987 on Myrrh Records.[1] This is the first album to feature new members Jimmie Lee Sloas and Ron Hemby, replacing long-time tenor Jim Murray and lead singer Paul Smith. It was a change in direction as This Year's Model's sound was more rock-oriented alienating long-time fans of the Imperials' four-part harmony of their early years. The track "Power of God" became a theme song for Christian bodybuilders the Power Team and new younger fans began to come to Imperials concerts. Production duties were done by Brown Bannister, who produced their previous album Let the Wind Blow (1985) with songwriting contributions from fellow CCM acts Pam Mark Hall, Chris Eaton and Paul Smith who co-wrote the lead single "Wings of Love". This Year's Model peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Holding On (First Love)" | Pam Mark Hall, Keith Thomas | 5:22 |
| 2. | "Fallin'" | Jimmie Lee Sloas | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Warriors" | Chris Eaton | 4:54 |
| 4. | "How Do I Get You?" | Mark Gendel, Bob Johnson | 5:38 |
| 5. | "Wings of Love" | K. Thomas, Paul Smith | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Power of God" | Ron Hemby, Tom Hemby | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Outlander" | C. Eaton | 6:47 |
| 8. | "Get Ready" | J. Lee Sloas | 4:38 |
| 9. | "Devoted to You" | R. Hemby, Stephen Bashaw | 3:44 |
Personnel
The Imperials
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – tenor, co-lead vocals
- Ron Hemby – tenor, co-lead vocals
- David Will – baritone, vocals
- Armond Morales – bass, vocals
Musicians
- Peter Kaye – Fairlight programming
- Steve Schaffer – Synclavier programming
- Keith Thomas – keyboards (1, 2, 5, 8, 9), drum programming (1, 2, 5), rhythm track arrangements (1, 2, 5), additional keyboards (6)
- Shane Keister – Fairlight programming, additional keyboards (1), additional bass (1), keyboards (4, 7, 8), drums (4), drum programming (7), rhythm track arrangements (7)
- Carl Marsh – Fairlight programming, Fairlight III (1, 3)
- Chris Eaton – keyboards (3), drum programming (3)
- Rhett Lawrence – Fairlight programming, keyboards (6), drum programming (6), rhythm track arrangements (6)
- Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano (9)
- Dann Huff – rhythm guitar (2), guitars (5)
- Mark Grendel – guitar solo (2), guitars (3, 4), rhythm track arrangements (4)
- Tom Hemby – guitars (6, 8, 9)
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (2, 8), rhythm track arrangements (2, 4)
- Gary Lunn – fretless bass (4), bass (9)
- Paul Leim – drum overdubs (2), drums (8, 9)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (8)
- Mark Douthit – saxophone (3, 8)
- Barry Green – trombone (8)
- Mike Haynes – trumpet (8)
- Robert White Johnson – rhythm track arrangements (4)
- Pam Mark Hall – additional backing vocals (1)
Production
- Lynn Nichols – executive producer, jacket concept
- Brown Bannister – producer
- Steve MacMillan – rhythm track recording (1, 2, 4–9)
- Jeff Balding – overdub recording, rhythm track recording (3)
- James "JB" Baird – overdub recording
- Joe Schiff – rhythm track recording assistant (1, 2, 4–9)
- Billy Whittington – rhythm track recording assistant (3), second engineer
- Spencer Chrislu – second engineer
- Danny Johnston – second engineer
- Wade Jaynes – second engineer
- J.T. – second engineer
- Nick Froome – mixing
- Ed Goodreau – mix assistant
- Rob Jaczko – mix assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Joan Tankersley – art direction, jacket concept
- Patrick Pollei – design
- Aaron Rapoport – front cover photography
- Ellen Schuster – back cover photography
