On the Winning Side explained

On the Winning Side
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Commissioned
Cover:	On the Winning Side.jpg
Released:	May 19, 1987
Studio:	Studio A (Dearborn Heights, Michigan)
Genre:	Gospel music
Length:	38:43
Label:	Light Records
Producer:	Michael Brooks Fred Hammond
Prev Title:	Go Tell Somebody
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Will You Be Ready?
Next Year:	1989

On the Winning Side is the third album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1987 on Light Records.

Domestically, the album peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Top Gospel albums chart and number 24 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Christian chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "You Keep on Blessing Me" (Michael Brooks) – 4:14
2. "Strange Land" (Brooks) – 4:16
3. "I'm Gonna Let My Love Flow" (Fred Hammond) – 4:00
4. "You Can Depend on Jesus" (Eric Brice, Parkes Stewart) – 3:54
5. "Only What You Do for Jesus Christ Will Last" (Mitchell Jones) – 4:44
6. "What Will You Say?" (Hammond) – 4:56
7. "When Jesus Sings" (Hammond) – 5:04
8. "Perilous Times" (Hammond) – 3:59
9. "Jesus Cares" (Brooks) – 4:03

Personnel

Commissioned

• Fred Hammond – lead and backing vocals, bass, drum machine programming
• Mitchell Jones – lead and backing vocals
• Karl Reid – lead and backing vocals
• Keith Staten – lead and backing vocals
• Michael Brooks – all keyboards, Synclavier
• Michael Williams – drums, cymbal overdubs

Additional Musicians

• Earl J. Wright – synthesizers
• Eric Brice – guitars
• Michael Wright – guitars
• Larry Fertangelo – percussion
• Parks Stewart – backing vocals

Crowd scene on "Perilous Times"

• Kenny Brown, Raymond Hammond, Carolyn Hudson, Harold McCord and Donna Sersie

Production

• Alan Abrahams – executive producer
• Michael Brooks – producer, music and vocal arrangements, assistant engineer
• Fred Hammond – producer, music and vocal arrangements
• Mitchell Jones – associate producer
• Karl Reid – associate producer
• Keith Staten – associate producer
• Michael Williams – associate producer, production assistant
• John Jaszcz – engineer
• Randy Poole – assistant engineer
• Peter Prout – assistant engineer
• Ray Hammond – production assistant
• The Christopher Group – concept, design
• Teresa Pratt – designer
• Ameen Howrani – photography
• John McDaniels – hair stylist
• D.C.D Management – management

References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r90388/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com Commissioned Charts and Awards]. Allmusic.