Change Your World
1992 studio album by Michael W. Smith
Change Your World Released September 1, 1992 Recorded 1992 Studios
Deer Valley and Classic Recording Studio (Franklin, Tennessee)
The Benson Company, Javelina Recording Studios , The Master's Touch, Skylab Recording, Soundshop Recording , OmniSound, Quad Studios , Sixteenth Avenue Sound and Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Devonshire Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)Ground Control (Santa Monica, California) Genre Contemporary Christian music Length 50 :46 Labels Reunion , Geffen Producers
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Change Your World Contemporary Christian music artist Michael W. Smith released by Reunion Records .
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Picture Perfect" Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick 4:00 2. "Love One Another" M. Smith, Kirkpatrick 4:55 3. "I Will Be Here for You " M. Smith, Diane Warren 4:35 4. "Color Blind" M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Dann Huff 5:17 5. "Somewhere Somehow (w/ Amy Grant )" M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Amy Grant, David Foster 4:17 6. "Cross of Gold" M. Smith, Kirkpatrick 4:36 7. "Out of This World" M. Smith, Grant, Beverly Darnall, Deborah D. Smith 4:25 8. "Somebody Love Me" M. Smith, Kirkpatrick 4:00 9. "Give It Away" M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Grant 5:08 10. "I Wanna Tell the World" M. Smith, Mark Heimermann, Toby McKeehan 4:29 11. "Friends" M. Smith, D. Smith 4:40
Personnel
Michael W. Smith – lead vocals, keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), Fender Rhodes (4), synthesizer (7), acoustic piano (7)
Mark Heimmerman – additional keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9), drum programming (1, 4, 6, 10), backing vocals (2, 3, 8–11), keyboards (10)
Brian Tankersley – additional programming (1, 6), drum programming (9)
Mike Lawler – additional keyboards (2, 3, 9, 10)Phil Madeira – Hammond B3 organ (4, 6, 9)Scott McLeod – synthesizer (7), synth bass (7), drum programming (7)
Trace Scarborough – synthesizer (7), synth bass (7), drum programming (7)Dann Huff – guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)George Cocchini – guitar (1, 10)
Jerry McPherson – guitar (2, 5, 7–9)
Jackie Street – bass (1, 6–8, 10)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (2, 9)Gary Lunn – bass (3, 5, 11)
Tommy Sims – bass (4)Joe Houge – drum programming (2)
Mark Hammond – drum programming (3, 11)
Steve Brewster – drums (4, 5, 8)
Toby McKeehan – drum programming (4, 10), vocal flavor (10)Terry McMillan – percussion (1, 3, 6, 9, 11)Dan Higgins – saxophones (4)Barry Green – trombone (3, 6)
Chris McDonald – trombone (3, 6), horn arrangements (3, 6)
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (4)Mike Haynes – trumpet (3, 6)
George Tidwell – trumpet (3, 6)
Gary Grant – trumpet (4)Jerry Hey – trumpet (4), horn arrangements (4)The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
Michael Black – backing vocals (1–4, 7–10)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 2)
Donna McElroy – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 10)
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 11)Chris Harris – backing vocals (2, 3, 8–11),
Wayne Kirkpatrick – backing vocals (2, 3, 11)Chris Willis – backing vocals (4)The Music City Mass Choir – choir (4)
Amy Grant – lead vocals (5)Greg Barnhill – backing vocals (6)
Bob Carlisle – backing vocals (6)Joey Jelf – backing vocals (6)
Carl Lucero – backing vocals (7)
Angelo Petrucci – backing vocals (7)Veronica Petrucci – backing vocals (7)Lisa Bevill – backing vocals (9)Ricky D – backing vocals (9)
Jan Harris – backing vocals (9)
Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (9)Kevin Max Smith – backing vocals (9)Kim Smith – backing vocals (9)
Michael Tait – backing vocals (9)The Christ Church Choir – choir (9) Production
Executive Producer – Michael Blanton
Producers – Mark Heimmerman and Michael W. Smith
John Kalodner – John Kalodner Vocal Production – Wayne Kirkpatrick
Additional production on "Out of This World" – Trace Scarborough and Scott MacLeod
Engineered by James "JB" Baird
Additional Engineers – Keith Compton, Lynn Fuston, Humberto Gatica , Patrick Kelly, Brent King, Bryan Lenox, Alejandro Rodriguez, Tony Sheppard, Penn Singleton, Brian Tankersley and Bill Warner.
Assistant Engineers – Jeff Baggett, Mark Capps, David Hall, Keith Kregsi, David Murphy, Greg Parker, Darren Smith, Aaron Swihart and Martin Woodlee.
Strings recorded by JB and Brent King
Horns on "Color Blind" recorded by Humberto Gatica
Mixed by Humberto Gatica
Mix Assistant – Alejandro Rodriguez
Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
Mastering Supervisor – David Donnelly
Creative Direction – Robin Sloane
Art Direction – Janet Wolsborn
Photography – Timothy White
Photography Coordination – Sofie Howard Note
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