Never Picture Perfect

Never Picture Perfect
Studio album by Rich Mullins
Released	1989
Recorded	1989 OmniSound Recording Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) Big Dog Studio (Wichita, Kansas) The Pond (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre	Contemporary Christian Music
Length	37:27
Label	Reunion
Producer	Reed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology
Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988) Never Picture Perfect (1989) The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)

Never Picture Perfect is the fourth solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins and was released in 1989 on Reunion Records.

Track listing

All songs by Rich Mullins.

Side one

1. "I Will Sing" – 1:27
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
2. "Hope To Carry On" – 2:33
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
   • Earlier recording appeared on Behold the Man 1981
3. "While The Nations Rage" – 4:50
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
4. "First Family" – 3:06
5. "Alrightokuhuhamen" – 4:12
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996

Side two

1. "Higher Education and The Book of Love" – 5:47
2. "Bound To Come Some Trouble" – 3:41
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
3. "The Love Of God" – 2:48
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
4. "My One Thing" – 3:42
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
5. "Somewhere" – 4:32
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
6. "The Love Of God (reprise)" – 0:49

Charts

Radio singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"My One Thing"	U.S. Christian	1 for 6 weeks
1990	"While the Nations Rage"	U.S. Christian	2
1990	"Alrightokuhuhamen"	U.S. Christian	4
1991	"Somewhere"	U.S. Christian	8

Personnel

• Rich Mullins: vocals, Piano, Hammered Dulcimer.
• Reed Arvin: keyboards.
• Jerry McPherson: guitars, Mandolin.
• Jimmy Lee Sloas: Bass Guitars.
• Danny O'Lannerghty: Bass Guitars.
• Paul Leim: drums.
• Mark O'Connor: Fiddle, Mandolin.
• Bill Sinclair: Harmonica.
• Ed Calle: Saxophone.
• Tom Hemby: guitars.
• Ashley Cleveland: vocals.
• Pam Tillis: vocals.
• Background Vocals by Marty McCall, Bonnie Keen, Marabeth Jordon, Margaret Becker, Chris Rodriguez, Guy Penrod, Richard Gibson, Jon Sherberg, Donny Monk, Gary Smith.

Production notes

• Procuced by Reed Arvin.
• Executive Producers: Michael Blanton, Terry Hemmings.
• Engineered by Bill Deaton.
• Additional Engineer: Brent King.
• Mixed at Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Recorded at OmniSound Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee; Big Dog Studio, Wichita, Kansas; The Pond, Franklin, Tennessee.
• Mastered by Hank Williams at Master Mix, Nashville, Tennessee.
• String Arrangements by Reed Arvin.
• Art Direction and Design by Jackson Design.
• Photography by Mark Tucker.