Powerhouse (White Heart album) explained

Powerhouse
Type:	studio
Artist:	White Heart
Cover:	Powerhouse_album_cover_by_White_Heart.jpg
Released:	1990
Studio:	The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee) Quad Studios and Midtown Tone & Volume (Nashville, Tennessee) Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California)
Genre:	Christian rock
Length:	50:34
Label:	Star Song Records
Producer:	Bill Drescher
Prev Title:	Freedom
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Tales of Wonder
Next Year:	1992

Powerhouse is the seventh album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the first with Brian Wooten on guitars, Anthony Sallee on bass guitar and the first album on the Star Song label, and the band's only album with Mark Nemer on drums.^{[1] [2]} It was released in late 1990. White Heart continues their arena rock sound from their previous album Freedom with the title song and "Independence Day" becoming hits on Christian Rock radio while their ballads like "Desert Rose" and "Lay It Down" were hits on Christian radio (AC/CHR) stations. Powerhouse peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

White Heart also released a 25-minute video on VHS called Live at the Power House featuring concert footage, music videos for "Independence Day" and "Desert Rose" and interviews.

Track listing

1. "Independence Day" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian) – 5:37
2. "Powerhouse" (Sallee, Smiley, Wooten, Gersmehl, Nemer) – 4:30
3. "Desert Rose" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian) – 4:41
4. "Lovers and Dreamers" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian, Tommy Sims) – 4:35
5. "Nailed Down" (Smiley, Wooten, Gersmehl, Dale Oliver) – 5:09
6. "Messiah" (Gersmehl) – 5:19
7. "A Love Calling" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Nemer) – 6:24
8. "Answer the Call" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:44
9. "Storyline" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:20
10. "Lay It Down" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:57

Personnel

White Heart

• Rick Florian – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Mark Gersmehl – keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Billy Smiley – acoustic and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Brian Wooten – lead and rhythm guitars
• Anthony Sallee – bass
• Mark Nemer – drums and percussion

Additional musicians

• Carl Marsh – Fairlight percussion
• Gordon Kennedy – backing vocals
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals
• Marty McCall – backing vocals

Production

• Darrell A. Harris – executive producer
• Bill Drescher – producer, engineer, mixing
• Mark Gersmehl – co-producer
• Billy Smiley – co-producer
• Barry Dixon – assistant engineer
• Richard Engstrom – assistant engineer
• Roy Gamble – assistant engineer
• Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer
• Shawn McLean – assistant engineer
• Malcolm Greenwood – project coordinator, management
• Toni Thigpen – art direction
• Tufts Design Studio – design and layout
• Bob Forti – cover photography
• Mark Tucker – back cover photography

Charts

Radio singles

Year	Singles	Peak positions
		CCM AC ^[4]	CCM CHR ^[5]
1991	"Desert Rose"	8	2
1991	"A Love Calling"	13	12
1991	"Lay It Down"	15	1
1992	"Storyline"	10	10

Notes and References

1. Book: Powell, Mark Allan . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . Hendrickson Publishers . 2002 . 1-56563-679-1 . Peabody, Massachusetts . 1033–5 . registration.
2. Book: White Heart: Powerhouse. 1990. Star Song Records.
3. Top Christian LPs. Billboard. February 9, 1991. 71.
4. Book: CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001 . . 2003 . 1-4107-3294-0 . Brothers . Jeffrey Lee. 228, 229.
5. Book: CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More . . 1999 . 0-8230-7718-7 . Brothers . Jeffrey Lee. 178.