Happy (Matthew West album) explained

Happy
Type:	studio
Artist:	Matthew West
Cover:	Happy (Matthew West album).jpg
Released:	December 26, 2003^[1]
Recorded:	2003
Studio:	Recorded at Ken's Gold Club, Quad Studios and East Iris Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) The Sound Kitchen and FM2 Studios (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre:	Contemporary Christian music
Length:	44:06
Label:	Sparrow
Producer:	Kenny Greenberg Jason Houser
Prev Title:	Sellout
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	History
Next Year:	2005

Happy is Matthew West's debut studio album for a major label, released on December 26, 2003. It was followed by History, Sellout (re-release), and Something to Say.

Personnel

• Matthew West – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitars
• Greg Bieck – programming (1)
• Solomon Olds – programming (2)
• Sam Mizell – keyboards, programming (3, 6, 7), backing vocals
• Jimmy Collins – keyboards, programming (4, 8-10), electric guitars, backing vocals
• Kenny Greenberg – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, backing vocals
• B. James Lowery – acoustic guitars
• Mark Hill – bass
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Jonathan Yudkin – strings, string arrangements
• Jason Houser – backing vocals

Production

• Kenny Greenberg – producer
• Jason Houser – producer
• David Leonard – recording, mixing (1)
• Miles Logan – additional recording, mixing (3-5, 7-11)
• James Warner – recording assistant
• J. R. McNeely – mixing (2)
• Joe Baldridge – mixing (6)
• Joe Costa – mix assistant (6)
• Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Jan Cook – art direction
• Tim Frank – art direction
• Clark Hook – art direction, design
• Susan Levy – art direction
• Emily West – art direction
• Michael Levine – photography
• Sasha Harford – hair stylist, make-up
• Miles Siggins – wardrobe
• Fitzgerald/Hartley – management

Radio singles

"More" was released to Christian radio in late 2003 and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart starting March 27, 2004 for 6 weeks in 2004, and spent a total of 60 weeks on the chart.^[2]

Awards

In 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. It was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/Happy.asp Matthew West, "Happy" Review
2. Matthew West More Chart History. . October 18, 2018.
3. http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/aa36dovenoms.htm 2005 Dove Awards - 36th Annual Dove Awards