Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album explained

Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album
Type:	studio
Artist:	Selah
Cover:	Bless-the-broken-road-the-duets-album-by-selah.jpg
Released:	August 8, 2006
Studio:	Arcade Studios, Blackbird Studios, Soundshop Studios, Love Shack Studios and Little Big Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) MaxiMedia Recording Studios (Dallas, Texas) The Troubadour Studio (MacGregor, Texas)
Genre:	Contemporary Christian music
Length:	48:01
Label:	Curb
Prev Title:	Greatest Hymns
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Timeless: The Selah Collection
Next Year:	2007

Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album is an album from contemporary Christian group Selah. It features the collaboration of other artists of the genre in each song. The album was released on August 8, 2006.

Personnel

Selah

• Allan Hall – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano
• Todd Smith – vocals, backing vocals

Musicians and Vocalists

• Matt Stanfield – keyboards, programming
• Keith Thomas – keyboards, programming
• Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
• John Thompson Jr. – acoustic guitars
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitars
• David Hungate – bass
• Shannon Forest – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Adam Crabb – harmonica (8), backing vocals (8)
• David Angell – strings
• Monisa Angell – strings
• David Davidson – strings, violin solo
• Anthony LaMarchina – strings
• Pamela Sixfin – strings
• Kristin Wilkinson – strings
• Paul Mills – string arrangements
• Jason Kyle – backing vocals
• Melodie Crittenden – vocals (1)
• Amy Perry – vocals (2, 9)
• Nichole Nordeman – vocals (3)
• BarlowGirl – backing vocals (4)
• Nicole C. Mullen – vocals (5)
• Plumb – vocals (6)
• Kim Hill – vocals (7)
• Jason Crabb – vocals (8), backing vocals (8)
• Christy Nockels – vocals (10)
• Jill Phillips – vocals (11), backing vocals (11)
• Cynthia Clawson – vocals (12)

Production

• Bryan Stewart – A&R
• Allan Hall – producer
• Todd Smith – producer
• Jason Kyle – producer, tracking engineer, mixing, editing
• Keith Thomas – producer
• Jeff Balding – tracking engineer, mixing
• Steven Collins – assistant engineer
• Allen Ditto – assistant engineer
• Michael Havens – assistant engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Sangwook Nam – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Ojai, California) – mastering location
• John Ozier – artist coordinator
• Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
• Erika Anderson – photography
• Brian Jannsen – management

Awards

At the 38th GMA Dove Awards, the album won a Dove Awards for Inspirational Album of the Year.^[1] The title song was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Song of the Year, while the song "Glory" (featuring Nichole Nordeman) was nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year.^[2]

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboards Christian Albums where it remained for 39 weeks. The title song also peaked at No. 5 on Billboards Christian Songs.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/07gmaAOY.htm 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Albums Nominees & Winners
2. http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/07gmaSOY.htm 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Songs Nominees & Winners
3. Bless the Broken Road