Never Lose Sight

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{{Infobox album

| name = Never Lose Sight

| type = studio

| artist = Chris Tomlin

| cover = NeverLoseSight.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 21, 2016

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 48:21

| label = sixsteps

| producer = Ed Cash, Jeremy Edwardson, Ross Copperman{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Chris-Tomlin-Never-Lose-Sight/release/9240658|title=Chris Tomlin - Never Lose Sight|website=Discogs |date=October 21, 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=October 21, 2016}}

| prev_title = Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Holy Roar

| next_year = 2018

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Never Lose Sight

| type = Studio

| single1 = Good Good Father

| single1date = October 2, 2015{{cite web|last1=Chris Tomlin|title=Chris Tomlin on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/christomlin/photos/a.10150188149886070.346732.25937211069/10153602165806070/?type=3|publisher=Chris Tomlin|date=October 2, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Chris Tomlin's 'Good Good Father' Leads Christian Airplay Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6890334/chris-tomlin-good-good-father-leads-christian-airplay-chart|publisher=Billboard|date=February 25, 2016|accessdate=October 28, 2016}}

| single2 = Jesus

| single2date = July 15, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/chris-tomlin-jesus/|title=Chris Tomlin - 'Jesus'|date=July 15, 2016|work=CCM Magazine|accessdate=October 28, 2016}}

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Never Lose Sight is the ninth studio album from contemporary Christian music artist Chris Tomlin. It was released on October 21, 2016 through sixstepsrecords.

Commercial performance

Never Lose Sight debuted at No. 6 on the US Billboard 200 with 32,000 units, 30,000 of which were pure album sales.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7557841/top-10-billboard-200-lady-gaga-michael-buble-pentatonix|title=Seven Albums Debut in Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart, Led by Lady Gaga, Michael Buble & Pentatonix|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=October 30, 2016|accessdate=October 31, 2016}} It also debuted at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition

| title1 = Good Good Father

| length1 = 4:52

| writer1 = Pat Barrett, Tony Brown

| title2 = Jesus

| length2 = 4:05

| writer2 = Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash

| title3 = Impossible Things

| note3 = featuring Danny Gokey

| length3 = 4:27

| writer3 = Tomlin, Ed Cash, Brenton Brown, Chris McClarney

| title4 = Home

| length4 = 3:39

| writer4 = Tomlin, E. Cash, Scott Cash

| title5 = God of Calvary

| length5 = 4:43

| writer5 = Tomlin, Matt Maher, Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin

| title6 = He Lives

| length6 = 4:04

| writer6 = Tomlin, Reuben Morgan, Ben Cantelon, Nick Herbert

| title7 = Glory Be

| length7 = 4:34

| writer7 = Tomlin, E. Cash, Myrin, Jason Ingram

| title8 = Come Thou Fount (I Will Sing)

| length8 = 4:59

| writer8 = Tomlin

| title9 = Yes and Amen

| length9 = 5:06

| writer9 = Nate Moore, McClarney, Brown

| title10 = All Yours

| length10 = 3:54

| writer10 = Tomlin, Ingram, Morgan, Jess Cates

| title11 = First Love

| note11 = featuring Kim Walker-Smith

| length11 = 3:58

| writer11 = Tomlin, Morgan, Martin Smith, Kathryn Scott

| total_length = 48:21

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{{track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-lose-sight-deluxe-edition/1440869998|title=iTunes - Music - Never Lose Sight (Deluxe Edition) by Chris Tomlin|work=iTunes|date=October 21, 2016 |access-date=October 28, 2016}}

| title12 = The God I Know

| length12 = 4:46

| writer12 = Tomlin, Ingram, Ross Copperman

| title13 = God and God Alone

| length13 = 4:59

| writer13 = Tomlin, Myrin, Ingram

| title14 = Kyrie Eleison

| note14 = featuring Matt Maher, Matt Redman & Jason Ingram

| length14 = 3:51

| writer14 = Tomlin, Maher, Redman, Ingram

| total_length = 61:57

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Personnel

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  • Chris Tomlin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (11)
  • Ross Copperman – keyboards (1, 13), programming (1, 13), acoustic guitar (1), backing vocals (1)
  • Matt Gilder – keyboards (1, 13, 14), acoustic piano (2, 6, 8-12), organ (9)
  • Ed Cash – acoustic piano (2), keyboards (2, 6, 7), programming (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14), acoustic guitars (2, 3, 4, 9, 14), electric guitars (2, 3, 4, 9, 14), backing vocals (2-7, 9-12, 14)
  • Jeremy Edwardson – keyboards (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), programming (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), electric guitar (7, 10), acoustic guitar (12), additional keyboards (13), additional programming (13)
  • Andrew Jackson – keyboards (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), programming (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), additional keyboards (13), additional programming (13)
  • Martin Cash – programming (3, 14), additional backing vocals (9)
  • Matt Maher – acoustic piano (5), acoustic guitar (5), lead and harmony vocals (14)
  • Ian McIntosh – keyboards (5, 7), programming (5, 7), additional keyboards (10)
  • Jason Ingram – keyboards (14), lead and harmony vocals (14)
  • Pat Barrett – acoustic guitar (1)
  • Daniel Carson – electric guitars (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10-14), acoustic guitar (2, 9, 11)
  • Danny Rader – electric guitar (1, 13), acoustic guitar (13), bouzouki (13)
  • Tore Kulleseid – electric guitar (2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10-13), acoustic guitar (6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
  • Chris Lacorte – electric guitars (3, 14)
  • Jonathan Berlin – electric guitar (8, 12), additional backing vocals (8)
  • Andy Gullahorn – acoustic guitar (8), backing vocals (8)
  • Matthew Melton – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 8-14)
  • Daniel James Mackenzie – bass (5, 7)
  • Fred Eltringham – drums (1)
  • Travis Nunn – drums (2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13), percussion (2, 6, 8, 10), cajón (8)
  • David Whitworth – drums (5, 7), percussion (5, 7)
  • Jacob Schrodt – drums (9)
  • Lewis Patzner – cello (2, 5, 6)
  • Claire Nunn – cello (8)
  • Anton Patzner – viola (2, 5, 6), violin (2, 5, 6)
  • Danny Gokey – lead and harmony vocals (3)
  • Gabe Kossol – backing vocals (5, 6, 7, 12)
  • Jill Phillips – backing vocals (8)
  • Franni Cash – additional backing vocals (9)
  • Nickie Conley – additional backing vocals (9)
  • Jason Eskridge – additional backing vocals (9)
  • Chris McClarney – additional backing vocals (9)
  • Kim Walker-Smith – lead and harmony vocals (11)
  • Micah Wilshire – backing vocals (13)
  • Scott Cash – backing vocals (14)
  • Matt Redman – lead and harmony vocals (14)

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Production

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  • Brad O'Donnell – A&R
  • Ross Copperman – producer (1, 13)
  • Ed Cash – producer (2, 3, 4, 9, 14), additional engineer (2), engineer (3, 4, 9, 14), mixing (3), vocal producer (5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12)
  • Jeremy Edwardson – producer (2, 5-13), additional engineer (2, 6, 8, 10-13), engineer (5, 7, 9), vocal recording (Kim Walker-Smith on 11)
  • Joe Baldridge – engineer (1, 2, 6, 8-13)
  • Josh Ditty – assistant engineer (1, 2, 6, 8-13)
  • Andrew Jackson – additional engineer (2, 6, 8, 10-13), engineer (5, 9), assistant engineer (7)
  • Maestro Lightford – vocal recording (Danny Gokey on 3)
  • Justin Niebank – mixing (1)
  • Mark Endert – mixing (2, 5)
  • Robert Orton – mixing (4)
  • Christopher Stevens – mixing (6)
  • Sam "Mix" Gibson – mixing (7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
  • Sean Moffitt – mixing (9, 13, 14)
  • Drew Bollman – mix assistant (1)
  • Doug Johnson – mix assistant (2, 5)
  • Brian David Willis – digital editing (1)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Scott Johnson – production assistant (1)
  • Becca Wildsmith – art direction, design
  • Cameron Powell – photography
  • Marz – grooming
  • Kim Rosen Perrett – styling

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Studios

  • Recorded at Ocean Way, The Red Room and Blackbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Ed's, Franklin, Tennessee; The Soundhouse, Redding, California
  • Mixed at Blackbird Studios and Yods's Place, Nashville, Tennessee; Hounds Ear Studio, Leiper's Fork, Tennessee; Ed's and fabmusic, Franklin, Tennessee; Indian River Studios, Merritt Island, Florida; Cardiff Creative Lab, Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Mastered at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, California

Charts

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scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2016/10/aria-chart-watch-392/|title=ARIA CHART WATCH #392|publisher=auspOp|date=October 29, 2016|accessdate=October 29, 2016}}

| 71

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|64|artist=Chris Tomlin|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 2, 2016}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Chris Tomlin|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 31, 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardChristian|1|artist=Chris Tomlin|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 31, 2016}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|certyear=2022|title=Never Lose Sight|artist=Chris Tomlin|type=album|relyear=2016}}

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Awards and nominations

GMA Dove Awards

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rowspan="2"| 2017

| Worship Album of the Year

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Short Form Video of the Year (Jesus)

|{{nominated}}{{Cite web |url=http://doveawards.com/awards/2017-nominees/ |title=2017 Nominees | the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132324/http://doveawards.com/awards/2017-nominees/ |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

References