Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek

Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek
Studio album by Billy Gilman
Released	April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Producer	Angela Bacari, Charles Calello, Sandy Linzer, David Malloy, Bruce Roberts
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Billy Gilman chronology
Dare to Dream (2001) Music Through Heartsongs (2003) Everything and More (2005)

Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released April 15, 2003 (see 2003 in country music) on Epic Records Nashville, and was his final album for that label. The songs on this album are based on poems written by child poet Mattie Stepanek, who died of muscular dystrophy one year after the album's release.

Track listing

1. "For Our World" (Mattie Stepanek, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols) – 3:24
2. "About Things That Matter" (Stepanek, Angela Lauer) – 3:12
3. "Morning Gift" (Stepanek, James T. Slater) – 2:13
4. "I Am/Shades of Life" (Stepanek, Malloy, Bruce Roberts) – 4:40
5. "It Happened Anyway" (Stepanek, Tom Douglas) – 3:30
6. "Possession" (Stepanek, Randle Chowning, Mark Morton) – 2:49
7. "Songs of the Wind" (Stepanek, Richard Leigh) – 2:24
8. "Making Real Sense of the Senses" (Stepanek, Roberts) – 3:39
9. "The Gift of Color" (Stepanek, Slater) – 3:19
10. "I Could… If They Would" (Stepanek, Jon Stone) – 2:50
11. "About Memories" (Stepanek, Angela Bacari, Billy Gilman, Sandy Linzer) – 4:34
12. "About Watches" (Stepanek, Bacari, Gilman, Linzer) – 3:13

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	15
U.S. Billboard 200	109

References

• Allmusic