The Collection (Amy Grant album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Collection
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Amy Grant


Released = July 22, 1986
Recorded = "Stay For Awhile" & "Love Can Do"
Oceanway Recording,
Hollywood, CA
The Bennett House,
Franklin, TN
Bullet Recording,
Nashville, TN
1978-86
Genre = Gospel/Christian
Length = 40:13 (LP version)
60:49 (cassette version)
69:12 (CD version)
Label = Myrrh/A&M
Producer = Brown Bannister Johnny Potoker
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:upsxlfkescqr~T1 link]
Last album = "Unguarded"
(1985)
This album = "The Collection"
(1986)
Next album = "Lead Me On"
(1988) |

"The Collection" is the tenth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

"The Collection" was the first compilation of Amy Grant's music to be released, and it was issued after her crossover success in 1985 with the album "Unguarded". "The Collection" spanned Grant's first decade in music, and featured the new songs "Stay For Awhile" and "Love Can Do," the former of which was a Top Twenty Adult Contemporary hit in the United States.

In 2007, "The Collection" was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front. [ [http://www.sparrowrecords.com/news/news_detail_page.aspx?id=527739&tid=227 Sparrow Records News ] ]

Track listing

LP version

ide A

#"Stay For Awhile" (Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Michael W. Smith) – 5:37 audio|Stay For Awhile.ogg|Listen
#"Find a Way" (Grant, Smith) – 3:27 audio|Find A Way.ogg|Listen
#"Everywhere I Go" (Kortes) – 4:10
#"Angels" (Brown Bannister, Gary Chapman, Grant, Smith) – 4:10 audio|Angels.ogg|Listen
#"Thy Word" (Grant, Smith) – 3:19

ide B

#"Love Can Do" (Grant, Kirkpatrick, Smith) – 4:22 audio|Love Can Do.ogg|Listen
#"Emmanuel" (Smith) – 3:07 audio|Emmanuel.ogg|Listen
#"Sing Your Praise To The Lord" (Rich Mullins) – 3:17
#"El Shaddai" (Michael Card, Thompson) – 4:06 audio|El Shaddai.ogg|Listen
#"Father's Eyes" (Chapman) – 4:05 audio|Father's Eyes.ogg|Listen

Original cassette version

ide one

#"Stay For Awhile" – 5:37
#"Love Can Do" – 4:22
#"Find A Way" – 3:27
#"Everywhere I Go" – 4:10
#"Angels" – 4:10
#"Thy Word" – 3:19
#"Where Do You Hide Your Heart" (Grant, Smith) – 3:55
#"Emmanuel" – 3:07

ide two

#"Sing Your Praise To The Lord" – 3:17
#"In A Little While" (Bannister, Chapman, Grant, Shane Keister) – 4:22
#"El Shaddai" (Michael Card, Thompson) – 4:06
#"I Have Decided" (Card) – 3:16
#"All I Ever Have To Be" (Chapman) – 2:38
#"Father's Eyes" – 4:05
#"Ageless Medley" (Bannister, Card, Chapman, Christian, Grant, Mullins, Thompson) – 6:10

CD version

#"Stay For Awhile" – 5:37
#"Love Can Do" – 4:22
#"Find A Way" – 3:27
#"Everywhere I Go" – 4:10
#"Angels" – 4:10
#"Thy Word" – 3:19
#"Emmanuel" – 3:07
#"Where Do You Hide Your Heart" – 3:55
#"Sing Your Praise To The Lord" – 3:17
#"In A Little While" – 4:22
#"El Shaddai" – 4:06
#"I Have Decided" – 3:16
#"Too Late" (Bannister, Christian, Grant) – 4:24
#"I'm Gonna Fly" (Grant) – 4:23
#"All I Ever Have To Be" – 2:38
#"Father's Eyes" – 4:05
#"Ageless Medley" – 6:10

Personnel

*Amy Grant: Vocals.

*Dann Huff: Guitar.
*Nathan East: Bass.
*Michael W. Smith: Keyboards.
*Robbie Buchanan: Keyboards.
*Shane Keister: Keyboards.
*David Gamson: Keyboards.
*Steve Schaffer: Synclavier.
*Paul Leim: Drums.
*Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion.
*Chris Harris: Background Vocals.
*Mark Heimermann: Background Vocals.
*Richard Page: Background Vocals.
*Greg X. Volz: Background Vocals (only on "Love Can Do").

Production

*Producer: Brown Bannister, Johnny Potoker.
*Executive Producer: Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell, Gary Chapman.
*Engineers: Sabrina Buchanek, Spencer Chrislu, Ed Goodreau, J.T., Steve McMillan, John Potoker, Jack Joseph Puig
*Mixed by: Sabrina Buchanek, Ed Goodreau
*Mastered by: Doug Sax.
*Arranger: ???
*Design: Kent Hunter
*Photography: Mark Tucker

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Miscellanea

*"The Collection" was originally released in two different versions: a cassette version and an LP version. The LP version was directed to her newer fans, who knew her primarily for her Top 40 pop hit "Find A Way." The cassette version was directed to her older fans, who knew her for her Christian work as well as her secular work. The LP version contained ten tracks, and the cassette version contained fifteen tracks. In 1990, The Collection was re-released on CD with the 15 tracks featured on the cassette version, and two additional tracks, "Too Late" and "I'm Gonna Fly". Word Canada accidentally released the ten-track LP version to CD. The cover and tray art were that of the seventeen-track version causing confusion and recalls. They later issued the seventeen-track version as well.
*According to CCM Magazine, "The Collection" is the best-selling Christian music compilation album ever released, having sold in excess of 1 million copies. [http://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/64.aspx]
*An unauthorized reproduction of the album artwork (featuring Amy Grant) was used for issue #15 of the Marvel Comics series "Dr. Strange". Apparently, the issue's artist was a fan of the singer and decided to use her likeness for a character in the story.

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