Beauty Has Grace Explained
Beauty Has Grace is the ninth studio album by Contemporary Christian music singer Jaci Velasquez. It marks a departure in style from her previous albums, having been recorded in London, England, with Martin Terefe (A-Ha, Ron Sexsmith, Leona Naess, KT Tunstall). She co-wrote six of the ten album tracks.
Velasquez decided to name the album "Kensaltown", after Kensal Town and the studio where she recorded and wrote the album, but the label was concerned that people would confuse "Kensaltown" with "Tinsel Town" so they changed it to Beauty Has Grace, a line in the song "This Love". The release date for the album was pushed back several times to May 3.[1] The label also changed the track listing of the album which first featured the song "Hold On to This Moment", but it was replaced for "Reason to Believe"
Reviews for the album were favorable, calling Velasquez's musical change "the boldest, smartest Christian music artistic shift in recent memory".[2] A special edition of the album was released by Family Christian Stores with a bonus track, "Love Will Find You".
Track listing
- "I'm Not Looking Down" – 3:47 (Jaci Velasquez, Michael Clarke, Martin Terefe)
- "With All My Soul" – 3:59 (Jaci Velasquez, Marc Byrd, Steve Hindalong)
- "Prayer to Love" – 4:08 (Jaci Velasquez, Hunter Davis, Chris Faulk)
- "Lay It Down" – 4:01 (Chris Eaton, Don Poythress, Brian White)
- "Something Beautiful" – 3:28 (Jeremy Rose, Yancy)
- "Tonight" – 3:52; Feat. Michael Clarke (Marc Byrd)
- "When You Hold Me" – 3:19 (JT Dally, Andy Smith, Brian Lee, Chad Howat, John Heiner)
- "Reason to Believe" – 4:35 (Jaci Velasquez, Brad Jacoby, Martin Terefe)
- "Supernatural" – 3:31 (Jaci Velasquez, Darren Potuck, Martin Terefe, Nick Whitecross)
- "This Love" – 4:09 (Jaci Velasquez, Martin Terefe)
Singles
- "With All My Soul"
- "Lay It Down"
Personnel
Performance credits
- Jaci Velasquez – primary artist, backing vocals
- Javier Solis – drums
- David Angell – violin
- Michael Clarke – background vocals
- David Davidson – violin
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- Christer Jansson – percussion, drums
- Mark Lusk – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, soloist
- Claes Bjorklund – synthesizer, electric guitar
- Martin Terefe – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, piano, drums, electric guitar, background vocals, Wurlitzer, Juno
- Abel Orta – bass guitar
- Ian Fitchuk – piano, keyboards, background vocals
- Nathaniel Chan – electric guitar
- Andreas Olsson – synthesizer, piano, electric guitar, mellotron, beat box, synthesizer bass, Wurlitzer
Technical credits
- Jaci Velasquez – producer, composer, executive producer
- Martin Terefe – producer, engineer
- Dionicio R. Lopez – producer, executive producer
- Andreas Olsson– programming, engineer, drum programming
- David Davidson – string arrangements
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Kelly Pribble – engineer
- Jacquire King – engineer
- Claes Bjorklund – programming
- Nathaniel Chan – engineer
- Andy Hunt – vocal engineer
References
- Web site: Velasquez Delay . Crossrhythms.co.uk . February 3, 2005 . March 17, 2012.
- Web site: Christian Music Planet . https://web.archive.org/web/20060225202517/http://www.christianmusicplanet.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?id=394 . 2006-02-25.
