My Father's Eyes (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = My Father's Eyes
| type = studio
| artist = Amy Grant
| cover = My Father's Eyes2.jpg
| released = April 20, 1979
| recorded = 1978–1979
| studio = Gold Mine (Brentwood, Tennessee)
| genre = Gospel
| length = 37:43
| label = Myrrh
| producer = Brown Bannister
| prev_title = Amy Grant
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Never Alone
| next_year = 1980
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r90623/review}}
| rev2 = Cross Rhythms
| rev2Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Amy_Grant/My_Fathers_Eyes_reissue/29254/|title=Amy Grant - My Father's Eyes (re-issue) | CROSS RHYTHMS REVIEW|publisher=Crossrhythms.co.uk|accessdate=2012-03-02}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=859}}
|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=287}}
}}
My Father's Eyes is the second studio album by then-teenage Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 1979 on Myrrh Records. My Father's Eyes was a turning point in Grant's career. It gave her her first Christian number-one hit in the title track, as well as the Top Ten Christian hit "Faith Walkin' People." The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary. It was certified gold in 1987.{{cite news |last1=Popson |first1=Tom |title=Gold |work=Chicago Tribune |date=29 Jan 1988 |department=Friday |page=H}}
In 2007, like many other albums by Grant, My Father's Eyes was reissued by Sparrow Records, her current label.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline =
| title1 = Father's Eyes
| writer1 = Gary Chapman
| length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Faith Walkin' People
| writer2 = Amy Grant, Brown Bannister
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = Always the Winner
| writer3 = Grant
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Never Give You Up
| writer4 = Grant, Bannister, Marie Tomlinson
| length4 = 3:20
| title5 = Bridegroom
| writer5 = Marty McCall, Meggan Moorhead
| length5 = 2:48
| title6 = Lay Down (The Burden of Your Heart)
| writer6 = Jesse Winchester
| length6 = 2:44
| title7 = You Were There
| writer7 = Stephanie Boosahda, David Stearman
| length7 = 2:29
| title8 = O Sacred Head
| writer8 = Paul Gerhardt, James Waddel Alexander, Hans Leo Hassler
| length8 = 2:04
| title9 = All That I Need Is You
| writer9 = Grant
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Fairytale
| writer10 = Grant, Bannister
| length10 = 3:11
| title11 = Giggle
| writer11 = Grant
| length11 = 2:59
| title12 = There Will Never Be Another
| writer12 = Grant, Bannister
| length12 = 3:37
| title13 = Keep It on Going
| writer13 = Grant
| length13 = 1:04
|}}
Personnel
- Amy Grant – vocals
- Bobby Ogdin – keyboards, (1-3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (6), Fender Rhodes (10), ARP synthesizer (11)
- Shane Keister – Polymoog (2), organ (6), Moog synthesizer (10)
- Randy Goodrum – keyboards (4), ARP synthesizer (10)
- Marty McCall – keyboards (5), harmony vocals (5), backing vocals (7, 9)
- Jon Goin – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 12), electric guitar (1, 7, 9, 10), guitars (5)
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar (2, 4), guitars (3), acoustic guitar (6, 10), banjo (11)
- Ron Elder – acoustic guitar (3)
- Steve Schaffer – bass (1)
- Bob Wray – bass (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11)
- Jack Williams – bass (4, 10)
- Bob Sinkovic – bass (5)
- Roger Clark – drums (1-4, 6, 7, 9-11), percussion (1)
- Lanny Avery – Syndrum (3), drums (5); cords, spoons, snaps, snare drum and jaw pops (13)
- Farrell Morris – percussion (2, 9), xylophone (11)
- Denis Solee – flute (1, 5, 11), piccolo (5)
- Ann Fuller Wilder – oboe (4)
- Kurt Storey – fiddle (5)
- Ava Aldridge – backing vocals (4, 7, 9, 13)
- Lenny LeBlanc – backing vocals (4, 13), harmony vocals (6)
- Marie Tomlinson – backing vocals (4, 7, 9, 13)
- Brown Bannister – backing vocals (8), harmony vocals (12)
- Steve Chapman – backing vocals (8)
- Mimi Verner – backing vocals (8)
- Carol Grant – backing vocals (8)
- Kathy Harrell – backing vocals (8)
- Tim Fletcher – backing vocals (8)
- Randy Elder – backing vocals (8)
Production
- Michael Blanton – executive producer
- Chris Christian – executive producer
- Brown Bannister – producer
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Buddy Skipper – horn arrangements
- Bergen White – string arrangements
- John Miller – photography
- Hot Graphics – album cover design
- Amy Grant – liner notes
Charts
= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Chart !Position |
|---|
| 1980
| Inspirational Albums{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-07-19.pdf|title=Inspirational LPs|magazine=Billboard|date=July 19, 1980|page=34}} | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
= End of year charts =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Chart !Position |
|---|
| 1980
| rowspan=3|U.S. Billboard Inspirational Albums | style="text-align:center;"|3{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-12-20.pdf|title=Year End Charts|magazine=Billboard|date=December 20, 1980|publisher=American Radio History|issue=8120|page=TIA-37}} |
| 1981
| style="text-align:center;"|3{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-12-26.pdf|title=Year End Charts|magazine=Billboard|date=December 26, 1981|publisher=American Radio History|issue=8120|page=YE-32}} |
| 1982
| style="text-align:center;"|7{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1982/BB-1982-12-25.pdf|title=Year End Charts|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 1982|publisher=American Radio History|issue=8120|page=TIA-42}} |