Hotline (White Heart album)

Hotline
Studio album by White Heart
Released	1985
Genre	Christian rock
Label	Home Sweet Home Records / Myrrh
Producer	Mark Gersmehl Billy Smiley
White Heart chronology
Vital Signs (1984) Hotline (1985) Don't Wait for the Movie (1986)

Hotline is the third album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with Gordon Kennedy on guitars and the last with both lead vocalist Scott Douglas and on the Home Sweet Home label.^[1][2][3] The first radio single "Jerusalem" features lead vocals from both Douglas and lead guitarist Kennedy and became a top five hit on Christian radio and was co-written with the Christian rock duo DeGarmo and Key. Hotline peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Hotline" (Billy Smiley, Scott Douglas) – 4:14
2. "Gotta Be A Believer" (Smiley, Mark Gersmehl) – 4:21
3. "Jerusalem" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key) – 3:50
4. "Turn The Page" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:55
5. "She's A Runaway" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:40
6. "Heroes" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:36
7. "In His Name" (Gersmehl) – 4:14
8. "The Victory" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy, Larry Stewart) – 4:22
9. "Walls" (Gersmehl) – 2:35
10. "Keep Fighting The Fight" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:08

Personnel

White Heart

• Scott Douglas – lead vocals (1-3, 5-9)
• Mark Gersmehl – keyboards, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), synthesizers (2, 3, 8), lead vocals (2, 4-6, 10)
• Billy Smiley – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Gordon Kennedy – lead guitars, guitar solo (1, 5, 8, 9), backing vocals (1), lead vocals (3, 8), sitar (4)
• Gary Lunn – bass
• David Huff – drums, percussion (3, 5)

Additional Musicians

• Steve Green – backing vocals (2, 4)
• David Pierce – backing vocals (6)
• Stan Armor – backing vocals (6, 9)

Production

• Executive Producer – Chris Christian
• Producers – Mark Gersmehl and Billy Smiley
• Tracks 1-8 & 10 recorded by Brent King
• Track 9 recorded by Bob Graves
• Second Engineers – Sam Bailey (Tracks 1-8 & 10), David Pierce (Tracks 1-8 & 10) and Clark Schleicher (Track 9).
• Recorded at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN).
• Mixed by Brent King
• Mixed and Overdubbed at Gold Mine Studio (Nashville, TN).
• Mastered by Hank Williams at MasterMix (Nashville, TN).
• Art Direction and Design – Bill Brunt
• Photography – Mark Tucker, Ron Keith and Scott Bonner.

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Top Inspirational Albums (Billboard)[4]	13

Radio singles

Year	Singles	Peak positions
		CCM AC[5]	CCM CHR[6]
1985	"Jerusalem"	3	2
1986	"In His Name"	19	-—

References

1. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 1033–5. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
2. White Heart: Hotline. Home Sweet Home Records. 1985.
3. "White Heart - Hotline". AllMusic.
4. "Inspirational LPs" (PDF). Billboard. June 29, 1985. p. 53.
5. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 228. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0.
6. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-8230-7718-7.