Celebrate This Heartbeat

Celebrate This Heartbeat is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1984, on Myrrh Records.

Celebrate This Heartbeat
Studio album by
Released1984
Studio
  • Fingerprint Recorders (Montrose, California)
GenreChristian rock
Length40:13
LabelMyrrh
ProducerBarry Miller Kaye
Randy Stonehill chronology
Equator
(1983)
Celebrate This Heartbeat
(1984)
Love Beyond Reason
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star [1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Randy Stonehill except where otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Overture: Celebrate This Heartbeat" (Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard) – 3:25
  2. "Still, Small Voice" – 4:04
  3. "Celebrate This Heartbeat" – 4:08
  4. "Modern Myth" – 3:51
  5. "Who Will Save the Children" – 5:27

Side two

  1. "When I Look to the Mountains" – 3:41
  2. "Allison" – 3:18
  3. "Watcha Gonna Do About That" – 3:19
  4. "Stop the World" – 4:34
  5. "I'll Remember You" – 4:26

This album has not been released on CD.

Personnel

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  • Randy Stonehill – acoustic guitars, all vocals (1, 3, 6–10), lead vocals (2, 4, 5), backing vocals (2, 4, 5), "Ventures" guitar (9), rhythm section and vocal arrangements
  • Tom Howard – acoustic piano, electric grand piano, synthesizers, timpani, orchestral arrangements and conductor, backing vocals (2, 5)
  • Danny Jacob – electric guitars
  • Mark Heard – electric 12-string guitar, harmonica (3), slide guitar solos (7, 8), bass (8, 9)
  • Tim Chandler – bass (1–7, 10)
  • John Mehler – drums (1–8, 10)
  • Rick Geragi – congas, bongos, percussion, DMX programming (9)
  • Jay "Shotgun" Leslie – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • John Clarke – flute, English horn
  • Barbara Northcutt – oboe
  • Darrel Gardner – French horn
  • Michael Amorosi – harp
  • Barry Miller Kaye – rhythm section and vocal arrangements
  • Dori Howard – backing vocals (2, 5)
  • David Edwards – backing vocals (4)
  • Tonio K. – backing vocals (4)
  • Phil Keaggy – lead vocals (5)
  • Rachel Anderson, Amy Eason, Audrey Floyd and Moses Toth – children's voices (5)

Production

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  • Produced by Barry Miller Kaye
  • Engineered by Mark Heard
  • Second Engineer – Dan Reed
  • Cross-Fades and Editing at Wildor Brothers Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California).
  • Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Inc. (North Hollywood, California).
  • Art Direction – Tim Aldersen
  • Photography – Aaron Rapoport

References

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