Number 7 (album) explained

Number 7
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Commissioned
Cover:	Number 7 (album).jpg
Released:	March 19, 1991
Studio:	Studio A (Dearborn Heights, Michigan) VanGuard Studio (Oak Park, Michigan) Sound Suite Studio (Detroit, Michigan)
Genre:	Gospel music
Length:	64:27
Label:	Benson Records
Producer:	Fred Hammond Mitchell Jones Bernard Wright Maxx Frank
Prev Title:	State of Mind
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Matters of the Heart
Next Year:	1994

Number 7 is the seventh album by the American urban contemporary gospel group Commissioned, released in 1991 on Benson Records.

At the time of the album's release, Commissioned's line-up included four of its six original members (Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Mike Williams and Karl Reid) along with newer members Marvin Sapp, Maxx Frank and Eddie Howard.

Track listing

1. "Second Chance" (Anson Dawkins, Eric Dawkins, Eddie Howard Jr.) – 5:37
2. "Love U With the Rest of My Life" (Fred Hammond, Maxx Frank) – 5:51
3. "We Are Overcomers" (Anson Dawkins, Mitchell Jones) – 5:40
4. "I Really Love the Lord (Interlude)" (Hammond, Frank) – 0:51
5. "Hold Me" (Jones, Parkes Stewart) – 5:56
6. "King of Glory" (Hammond) – 5:57
7. "Please You More" (Hammond, Frank) – 6:29
8. "Be an Example" (Hammond, Anson Dawkins) – 5:23
9. "I Can't Live Without U" (Hammond, Eric Dawkins) – 4:34
10. "Secret Place" (Hammond, Anson Dawkins, Eddie Howard Jr.) – 4:15
11. "I Really Love the Lord" (Hammond, Frank) – 2:42
12. "I Love Thinking of U" (Jones, Stewart) – 4:39
13. "Please You More [instrumental]" (Hammond, Frank) – 6:26

Chart positions

Album^[1]

Year	Chart	Peak
1991	Top Contemporary Christian	22
1991	Top Gospel Albums	7

Personnel

Commissioned

• Fred Hammond – vocals, bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11), drum programming (1, 2, 6-9, 12, 23), arrangements (1), vocal arrangements (3), keyboards (7-9, 13)
• Mitchell Jones – vocals, keyboards (3, 5, 12), drum programming (3, 5), vocal arrangements (3, 5)
• Karl Reid – vocals
• Marvin Sapp – vocals
• Maxx Frank – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6-13), string overdub (5), acoustic piano solo (7, 13)
• Eddie Howard, Jr. – synth bass (1), keyboards (10, 12)
• Michael Williams – drum overdubs (1), drums (2, 10), drum programming (7, 13), cymbal overdubs (7, 13)

Additional Musicians

• Paul Allen – keyboard programming (1, 8)
• Dave Ward – keyboard programming (1, 8), drum programming (1)
• Eric Dawkins – arrangements (1), keyboards (2, 9)
• Valdez Brantley – keyboards (3, 5), drum programming (3, 5)
• Bernard Wright – keyboards (6, 8-10), keyboard bass (6), drum programming (6)
• Randy Poole – keyboard programming (8)
• Anson Dawkins – drum programming (1, 3, 8, 9), vocal arrangements (3)
• Skip Pruitt – saxophone (7, 13)
• Parkes Stewart – vocal arrangements (3, 5)
• Transformation Crusade – rap (6)

Production

• Dan Cleary – executive producer
• Fred Hammond – executive producer, producer (1, 2, 4, 6-13)
• Maxx Frank – co-producer (1, 2, 4, 7-11, 13)
• Mitchell Jones – producer (3, 5, 12)
• Bernard Wright – producer (6)
• John Jaszcz – engineer, mix engineer
• Dave Ward – engineer (1)
• Randy Poole – engineer (2, 4, 6, 7, 10-13)
• Mike Grace – engineer (3, 5)
• Scott Morgan – engineer (5)
• Kevin Wright – engineer (6, 10), additional engineer
• Eric Morgeson – engineer (10), additional engineer
• Raymond Hammond – sampling
• Connie Harrington – art direction
• Joel Anderson – cover concept, design
• David Thomas – cover concept, design
• Russ Harrington –photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r90387|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com Commissioned Charts and Awards]. Allmusic.