Emergency Broadcast Explained

Emergency Broadcast
Type:studio
Artist:White Heart
Cover:WhiteHeartEmergencyBroadcast.jpg
Released:1987
Studio:
  • Center Stage Studios, OmniSound Studios and Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Christian rock
Length:42:50
Label:Sparrow Records
Producer:White Heart
Prev Title:Don't Wait for the Movie
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Freedom
Next Year:1989

Emergency Broadcast is the fifth album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with bass guitarist Tommy Sims[1] and is the second album on the Sparrow Records label released in late 1987.[2] [3] The album track "No Taboo" features the vocals of Rick Florian, Mark Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy and Sims. The album was produced by White Heart, with the executive producer being Randy Moore. Emergency Broadcast peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. "Urban Renewal" (Mark Gersmehl, Billy Smiley) – 4:02
  2. "Key to Our Survival" (Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims) – 4:19
  3. "No Taboo" (Gersmehl, Smiley, Rick Florian) – 4:46
  4. "Montana Sky" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:55
  5. "Fashion Fades" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:19
  6. "More Sold Out" (Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:41
  7. "Somewhere in Between" (Gersmehl, Smiley) – 4:04
  8. "Speed of Sound" (Kennedy) – 3:03
  9. "Lone Ranger" (Sims, Smiley) – 4:07
  10. "Edge of the Dream" (Gersmehl) – 4:34

Personnel

White Heart

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Radio singles

YearSinglesPeak positions
CCM AC
[5]
CCM CHR
[6]
1987–88"Montana Sky"33
1988"Edge of the Dream"137
1988"Somewhere in Between"24

Notes and References

  1. Book: Powell , Mark Allan . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . Hendrickson Publishers . 2002 . Peabody, Massachusetts . 1033–5 . 1-56563-679-1 . registration .
  2. Book: White Heart: Emergency Broadcast. 1987. Sparrow Records.
  3. Web site: White Heart - Emergency Broadcast . AllMusic.
  4. Top Inspirational LPs. Billboard. April 9, 1988. 60.
  5. Book: CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001 . . 2003 . 1-4107-3294-0 . Brothers . Jeffrey Lee. 228.
  6. Book: CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More . . 1999 . 0-8230-7718-7 . Brothers . Jeffrey Lee. 178.