For the Sake of the Call explained

For the Sake of the Call
Type:	studio
Artist:	Steven Curtis Chapman
Cover:	For-the-sake-of-the-call.scc.jpg
Released:	December 13, 1990
Genre:	CCM, rock, pop
Length:	44:25
Label:	Sparrow
Producer:	Phil Naish
Prev Title:	More to This Life
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	The Great Adventure
Next Year:	1992

For the Sake of the Call is the fourth album released by contemporary Christian music singer Steven Curtis Chapman. The album was released in 1990 by Sparrow Records.^[1]

It won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and the Gospel Music Association award as Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year^[2] and was RIAA-certified as Gold on December 6, 1994.

Track listing

All songs written by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted.

1. "For the Sake of the Call" – 5:29
2. "What Kind of Joy" – 4:36
3. "Busy Man" – 4:28
4. "Lost In the Shadow"(Chapman, James Isaac Elliot) – 5:00
5. "Higher Ways"(Chapman, Phil Naish) – 4:20
6. "Blind Lead the Blind"(Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:46
7. "You Know Better"(Chapman, Bob Sauer) – 3:43
8. "When You Are a Soldier" – 3:34
9. "No Better Place"(Chapman, Naish) – 3:50
10. "Show Yourselves to Be" – 4:26
11. "For the Sake of the Call" (reprise) – 1:15

Personnel

• Steven Curtis Chapman – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals (2–7, 9, 10), electric guitar (3), classical guitar (5)
• Phil Naish – keyboards (1–6, 8, 9)
• Dann Huff – electric guitars (1–6, 9)
• Jackie Street – bass (1–6, 9)
• Craig Nelson – acoustic bass (7)
• Paul Leim – drums (1–7, 9)
• Chris McDonald – trombone (2, 6), horn arrangements (2, 6)
• Barry Green – trombone (2, 6)
• Mike Haynes – trumpet (2, 6)
• George Tidwell – trumpet (2, 6)
• Don Wyrtzen – string arrangements and conductor (5, 8, 10, 11)
• Carl Gorodetzsky – string leader (5, 8, 10, 11)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (5, 8, 10, 11)
• Christ Church Choir – choir (1)
• Herb Chapman – backing vocals (2–7, 9, 10)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (2–7, 9, 10)
• Bob Sauer – backing vocals (7), whistle (7)
• Brent Lamb – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Phil Naish – producer
• Peter York – executive producer
• Ronnie Brookshire – recording
• Jim DeMain – assistant engineer
• Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer
• Patrick Hutchinson – assistant engineer
• Gary Paczosa – assistant engineer
• Ed Simonton – assistant engineer
• Carry Summers – assistant engineer
• Nightingale – studio
• OmniSound – studio
• Digital Recorders – studio
• Hummingbird – studio
• Treasure Isle, Nashville, Tennessee – studio
• Jeff Balding – mixing
• John Hurley – mix assistant
• Digital Recorders – mixing location
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California – mastering location
• Cindy Wilt – production manager
• Barbara Hearn – art direction
• Nick Newton – design
• Alan Dockery – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Steven Curtis Chapman, "For the Sake of the Call" Review . Jesusfreakhideout.com . 2012-12-19 . 2013-02-05.
2. News: Grammy Nominations 1992. Los Angeles Times. April 21, 2012. 9 January 1992.