- Simple Things (Amy Grant album)
Infobox Album
Name = Simple Things
Type =Album
Artist =Amy Grant
Released =August 19 ,2003
Recorded = 2002-2003
Genre = Gospel/Christian
Length = 39 min 52 sec
Label = Word/Curb/A&M;EMI /Sparrow
Producer = Keith Thomas,
Wayne Kirkpatrick,Brown Bannister ,
Ron Hemby
Reviews = *"AMG" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1avsa9ugw23s~T1 link]
Last album = "Legacy...Hymns and Faith "
(2002)
This album = "Simple Things"
(2003)
Next album = "Greatest Hits 1986-2004"
(2004)
Misc =Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki
Lower caption = Promotional Cover for Simple Things"Simple Things" is the nineteenth album by Christian music and
pop music singer-songwriterAmy Grant , released in 2003 (see2003 in music ).Grant's first secular album (while containing Christian themes) since 1997's "
Behind the Eyes ", "Simple Things" did not see the mainstream success similar to Grant's albums from the 1990s. While the album topped Billboard's Christian album chart and the title track became a Top Ten Christian single, "Simple Things" peaked just outside the Top Twenty on theBillboard 200 , at #23. The title track peaked at the same position on the Adult Contemporary chart.In 2007, "Simple Things" was reissued by Grant's new record label,
EMI /Sparrow Records , along with thirteen other Amy Grant albums. With the exception of "Simple Things", eachEMI reissue is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.Press releases fromEMI /Sparrow stated that "Simple Things" was digitally remastered as well, but the absence of a label and the fact that the album was only four years old at the time has led some to question whether the album has actually been remastered or if the press release was a mistake. Major retailers such asAmazon.com label the release as aremastered edition. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000T5MJP0 Amazon.com: Simple Things: Music: Amy Grant ] ] [ [http://www.sparrowrecords.com/news/news_detail_page.aspx?id=527739&tid=227 Sparrow Records News ] ] [ [http://www.emicmg.com/press/pressRelease.aspx?id=529387 Welcome to EMICMG.com ] ] The 2007 edition of the album is distinguishable from the previousWord Records /A&M Records release by the presence of anEMI /Sparrow label on the back of the case, slightly different rear cover art from that of the original release, and a clear 'gutter' with a white background on the front of the CD case.Track listing
#"Happy" (Amy Grant, Holly Lamar, Jerry McPherson, Keith Thomas) – 4:10
#"Eye to Eye" (Amy Grant, Keith Thomas) – 3:58
#"Simple Things" (Amy Grant, Dillon O'Brian, William Owsley , Keith Thomas) – 3:58
#"Beautiful" (Austin Cunningham, Trina Harmon) – 4:11
#"Out in the Open" (Amy Grant, Chris Eaton) – 4:37
#"I Don't Know Why" (Amy Grant,Wayne Kirkpatrick ) – 3:31
#"Looking for You" (Amy Grant, Keith Thomas) – 4:12
#"Touch" (Amy Grant, Jerry McPherson, Dillon O'Brian, William Owsley , Keith Thomas) – 3:28
#"Innocence Lost" (Ron Hemby) – 4:20
#"After the Fire" (Amy Grant) – 3:21Personnel
"For the complete list of personnel, click [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1avsa9ugw23s~T2/ here] ."
Production
*Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick,
Brown Bannister , Ron Hemby
*Engineer: Steve Bishir
*Arranger: ???
*Design: Susan BrowneCharts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Overview
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