Lovin' the Day

{{Infobox album

| name = Lovin' the Day

| type = Album

| artist = Out of Eden

| cover = Album Cover for Lovin' the Day by Out of Eden.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 22, 1994

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B
Urban contemporary gospel
Pop

| length = 49:54

| label = Gotee Records

| producer =

| prev_title = No previous albums

| prev_year =

| next_title = More Than You Know

| next_year = 1996

}}

Lovin' the Day is the debut album of the Dove Award-winning American urban gospel group Out of Eden, released in 1994.Akins, Debra. [http://www.ccmmagazine.com/music/artist/urban_d/artistkeywords11562405/11534746/ Hip-Pop.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} February 27, 2004. CCM Magazine. Accessed on July 12, 2010. It features sisters Lisa, Andrea, and Danielle Kimmey. It was the launch album of Gotee Records, and was the catalyst for the creation of the record label; founders of the label Toby McKeehan, Todd Collins, and Joey Elwood had wanted to produce the album, but after not being able to find a Record label to sign the act to, they formed Gotee Records and began distributing the band's material on their own.Geil, Mark. [http://www.gotee.com/about.php About Gotee.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913075132/http://www.gotee.com/about.php |date=2010-09-13 }} April 14, 2008. Originally posted on Christianityytoday.com. Accessed on July 12, 2010.Kittle, Ashleigh. [http://www.billboard.com/#/album/out-of-eden/lovin-the-day/158862/review AMG Review.] All Music Guide. Billboard.com. Accessed on July 11, 2010. The album peaked at #10 on the Top Contemporary Christian music chart. It includes a cover of the Bill Withers hit Lovely Day.

Track listing

There are 14 songs on the album. It is 49 minutes and 54 seconds long.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207184|pure_url=yes}} Lovin' The Day - Out of Eden.] allmusic. Accessed on July 12, 2010.

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Track #

! Title

! Time

! Composer

1

| Lovely Day

| 4:51

| Scarborough, Withers

2

| Come and Take My Hand

| 3:52

| Collins, Elwood, Henderson, Kimmey, McKeehan

3

| Show Me

| 3:44

| Tait, Wilshire

4

| 3 Bro's w/ No Fro's (Interlude)

| 1:20

|

5

| Good Thing

| 3:51

| Collins, Elwood, Kimmey, McKeehan, Painter

6

| Gotee's Groovin'

| 4:47

| Carter, Collins, Henderson, Jones, Kimmey

7

| Bandwagon

| 4:17

| Collins, Elwood, Kimmey, McKeehan

8

| There Is a Love

| 5:12

| Collins, Henderson, Kimmey, McKeehan

9

| Joy (Interlude)

| 1:00

|

10

| Heart of Hearts

| 3:37

| Kimmey, Penix

11

| A Friend

| 4:02

| Collins, Williamson

12

| Force Like This

| 3:49

| Collins, Kimmey, Painter

13

| Lovely Vibe (Interlude)

| 1:27

|

14

| Gotee's Groovin' (Drumapella)

| 4:05

|

Personnel

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Name

! Credits

Joe Baldridge

|Engineer, Mixing

Al Gaines

|Engineer

The Gotee Brothers

|Arranger, Programming, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Mixing

David Hall

|Engineer, Mixing

Mark Heimermann

|Vocals (background)

Mo Henderson

|Keyboards

John Jaszcz

|Mixing

Randy LeRoy

|Editing

Toby McKeehan

|Engineer

John Painter

|Bass, Guitar, Horn, Overdubs, Mixing

Otto Price

|Bass

Rick Robbins

|DJ

Darren Smith

|Mixing Assistant

Kerri McKeehan Stuart

|Artwork, Photography

Chris Vance

|Design, Layout Design

Reid Waltz

|Engineer, Production Coordination

Howie Weinberg

|Mastering

Scott Williamson

|Arranger, Drums, Programming

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