Songs (Rich Mullins album)

Songs
Compilation album by Rich Mullins
Released	July 30, 1996
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Length	67:39
Label	Reunion
Producer	Reed Arvin Rich Mullins A Ragamuffin Band
Rich Mullins chronology
Brother's Keeper (1995) Songs (1996) The Jesus Record (1998)

Songs is a compilation of well-known songs by American singer-songwriter Rich Mullins, released on July 30, 1996. It was the last album to be released by Mullins before his death in a car accident on September 19, 1997. A follow-up hits compilation, Songs 2, was released in 1999.

The album featured three new recordings: new versions of the previously recorded songs "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" and "Elijah", and a brand new track, "We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are". In addition, the album featured the full-length radio single version of "Screen Door", which had been commercially unavailable prior to this release.

In 2001, Songs was certified as a Gold record (500,000 units sold) by the RIAA.^[1]

The album was nominated for "Recorded Music Packaging" of the year at the 1997 Dove Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rich Mullins, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally released on	Length
1.	"Sing Your Praise to the Lord"		new recording of song from Behold the Man (1981)	5:38
2.	"Awesome God"		Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988)	3:03
3.	"Sometimes By Step"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume Two (1992)	4:54
4.	"Creed"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band (1993)	5:22
5.	"We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are"		new song	4:48
6.	"If I Stand"	Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth	Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988)	3:44
7.	"Screen Door"		Pictures in the Sky (1987)	2:11
8.	"Let Mercy Lead"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	Brother's Keeper (1995)	4:26
9.	"Elijah"		new recording of song from Rich Mullins (1986)	5:17
10.	"Calling Out Your Name"		The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)	4:50
11.	"My One Thing"		Never Picture Perfect (1989)	3:50
12.	"Boy Like Me/Man Like You"	Rich Mullins and Beaker	The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)	3:17
13.	"Alrightokuhuhamen"		Never Picture Perfect (1989)	4:12
14.	"While the Nations Rage"		Never Picture Perfect (1989)	4:51
15.	"Verge of a Miracle"		Pictures in the Sky (1987)	4;10
16.	"Hold Me Jesus"		A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band (1993)	3:06

Personnel (new songs)

• Rich Mullins – lead vocals
• Reed Arvin – acoustic piano, string arrangements (1)
• Blair Masters – keyboards
• Jerry McPherson – guitars
• David Cleveland – additional guitars (1, 9)
• Kenny Greenberg – additional guitars (5)
• Mark Hill – bass
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (1)
• Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
• Michael Mellett – backing vocals

Production

• Don Donahue – executive producer
• Reed Arvin – producer (1–7, 9–16), additional engineer (1, 5, 9)
• Rich Mullins – producer (8)
• The Ragamuffin Band – producers (8)
• Tom Laune – engineer (1, 5, 9), mixing (1, 5, 9)
• Doug Sarrett – string engineer (1), additional engineer (1, 5, 9)
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix, Nashville, Tennessee
• James Waddell – production assistant
• Diana Lussenden – art direction, design
• Ben Pearson – photography
• Recorded at OmniSound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
• Engineered and Mixed at Battery Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

References

1. [1] Archived October 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine