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INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTIST
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INTRODUCTION TO BACK TO BLACK
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Product details
Title
Simple Things
Performer
Amy Grant
Genre
Gospel
Sub Genre
Contemporary Christian
Release Date
18/08/2003
Recomended Retail Price
14.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2003
Label / Distributor
Universal IMS / Universal Music
Engineer
Bill Whittington
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
602498603123
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Amy Grant (vocals, acoustic guitar); Vince Gill (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin); Will Owsley (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Tom Bukovac (acoustic & electric guitars); Keith Thomas (acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Bobby Terry, Bruce Gaitsch, Pat Buchanan (acoustic guitar); Jerry McPherson, Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar); Jeffrey Roach (keyboards); Tommy Simms, Craig Nelson, Leland Sklar (bass); Chad Cromwell, Chris McHugh (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Tiffany Lee, Katy Hudson, Becki Corcoran (background vocals). Producers: Keith Thomas, Brown Bannister, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Ron Hemby. Recorded at The Bennett House, Franklin, Tennessee and Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Amy Grant's first full-fledged secular album since 1997's BEHIND THE EYES is a masterful amalgam of contemporary country/pop with her Christian sensibility, which underpins most of the material here. In songs such as "Out in the Open" and "Beautiful," SIMPLE THINGS is both a celebration of Grant's new life with her husband Vince Gill and an affirmation of the power of forgiveness. Her 9/11 song, "I Don't Know Why," is a world away from some of the more unsubtle efforts of her contemporaries, with its "All I know is love" refrain, while "Touch" with its insistent guitar loop is a sensual delight. The folksy simplicity of "Innocence Lost" belies the complex emotions lurking beneath its surface--here it's obvious that Grant's faith is very much part of her life, which sometimes costs her dear. SIMPLE THINGS is the sound of one woman trying to reconcile her spirituality with her life, and reaching some kind of understanding with herself.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Happy
2.
Eye To Eye
3.
Simple Things
4.
Beautiful
5.
Out In The Open
6.
I Don't Know Why
7.
Looking For You
8.
Touch
9.
Innocence Lost
10.
After The Fire
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