This Is Your Time is Michael W. Smith's fourteenth studio album, released on November 23, 1999. All the songs from this album, except "This Is Your Time" and "This Is Your Time (Reprise)", were originally recorded for his previous studio album Live the Life, but did not make the final cut for the album.
Background
The title track was inspired by the initial news report that Columbine shooting victim Cassie Bernall was killed for answering "yes" to the question "Do you believe in God?" Smith co-wrote the song with Wes King, having enlisted his help knowing that he wanted to write about Columbine but did not want to exploit a tragedy. The music video features a short video clip of Bernall talking about her religious beliefs and how she wanted to spread the word of God at the beginning. Investigators later concluded that Valeen Schnurr, who survived the shooting, was the one who answered yes.
Track listing
Personnel
Michael W. Smith – vocals, keyboards, programming, acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic guitar Bryan Lenox – keyboards, programming, drums, percussion Mark Baldwin – guitars, acoustic guitar Chris Graffagnino – guitars, acoustic guitar Wes King – acoustic guitar Chris Rodriguez – guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (9) Matt Pierson – bass guitar Craig Young – bass guitar Raymond Boyd – drums, percussion Eric Darken – drums, percussion Scott Williamson – drums, percussion Hunter Lee – Illyan pipes Greg Cutcliffe – bagpipes Jay Dawson – bagpipes Mike Orrick – bagpipes Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor Carl Gorodetzsky – contractor Nashville String Machine – strings David Davidson – string arrangements and contractor (5, 8, 10) The Love Sponge Strings – additional strings (5, 8, 10) John Elefante – backing vocals (2) Nik Kershaw – backing vocals (2) Joanna Carlson – backing vocals (4) Chris Eaton – backing vocals (4, 11) Anna Smith – backing vocals (5) Whitney Smith – backing vocals (5) Lisa Bevill – backing vocals (7, 9) Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (9) Mark Pogue – backing vocals (9)
The "Franklin Boys Glee Club" on "Worth It All" Eric Elwell, Terry Flowers, Bryan Lenox, Fred Paragano and Michael W. Smith
The "Choir" (5, 6 & 8) Angela Cruz, Natalie Grant, Darwin Hobbs, Gale Mayes-West, Tiffany Palmer, Leanne Palmore, Dwayne Starling and Terry White
Production
Michael Blanton – executive producer Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer Bryan Lenox – producer, engineer, mixing, string recording Eric Elwell – additional engineer, technical coordinator, production coordinator Terry Flowers – additional engineer, assistant engineer, production assistant Patrick Kelly – additional engineer Matt Weeks – additional engineer, string recording assistant Rob Burrell – assistant engineer Ron Jagger – assistant engineer Scott Lenox – assistant engineer Chad Brown – string recording assistant Melissa Mattey – string recording assistant Fred Paragano – Pro Tools engineer Hank Williams – sequencing, editing and mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) Mary Adcock – production assistant Alicia Claxton – production assistant Morgan Daneker – production assistant Surupa Mafia – production assistant Whitney Smith – production assistant Ben Pearson – photography Diana Lussenden – layout
Chart performance Chart (1999) Peakposition
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