Live for You is the debut album of Christian pop singer Rachael Lampa, released in 2000 on Word Records. It debuted at No. 2 on Billboard magazine's "Top Heatseeker's Album" chart and No. 6 on SoundScan's Top Current Contemporary Christian album chart.
Track listing
Lyrics and music by the following songwriters. # Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Day of Freedom" Brent Bourgeois, Chris Eaton, Cindy Morgan 4:37 2. "Live for You" Eaton, Chris Rodriguez 3:57 3. "Always Be My Home" Eaton 5:26 4. "God Loves You" Bourgeois, Jill Phillips 3:12 5. "Blessed" Morgan, Ginny Owens 4:04 6. "You Lift Me Up" Eaton, Morgan 3:38 7. "Shaken" Da'dra Crawford-Greathouse, Morgan, David Mullen 3:12 8. "Free" Bourgeois, Morgan 4:37 9. "Hide Me" Bourgeois, Morgan 3:59 10. "Secret Place" Bourgeois, Rodriguez 4:29 11. "My Father's Heart" Eaton 4:33
Remixes of the following are included on Blur "Day of Freedom (Mirage Mix)" "Live for You (Marbella Mad Motion Mix)" "Blessed (Epiphonic Mix)" "Free (Holla Back Mix)"
A limited-edition version was release with three behind-the-scenes segments, and a tour of Lampa's high school. This version was packaged with a slipcase and exclusive fold-out poster.
Personnel
Rachael Lampa – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 6, 8) Dan Muckala – programming (1, 2, 4, 6–8), acoustic piano (8) Bernie Herms – programming (3, 5), acoustic piano (3, 11) Chris Eaton – acoustic piano (3), backing vocals (3) Jim Hamerley – Hammond B3 organ (5) Jeremy Bose – programming (10) Chris Rodriguez – guitars (1, 4, 6, 7), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 10), electric guitar (2, 8, 10), nylon guitar (2), acoustic guitar (8, 10) Jerry McPherson – guitars (3, 5) Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass overdub (1), bass (5) Tommy Sims – bass (2, 10) Steve Brewster – drums (3, 8) Chad Cromwell – drums (5) Eric Darken – percussion (1–3, 5, 8–11) Carl Marsh – string arrangements Tom Howard – string arrangements (9) The London Session Orchestra – strings Gavyn Wright – concertmaster Brent Bourgeois – backing vocals (1, 7, 8), additional acoustic piano (8), programming (9), acoustic piano (9) Lisa Cochran – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 10) Nirva Dorsaint – backing vocals (1, 4, 5) Nicol Smith – backing vocals (1, 2, 4) Cindy Morgan – backing vocals (4, 8) Darwin Hobbs – backing vocals (5) Michael Mellett – backing vocals (5) Wendy Moten – backing vocals (5) Rachel Gaines – backing vocals (6) Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals (6) Gene Miller – backing vocals (7, 10) Nicole C. Mullen – backing vocals (7) Molly Felder – backing vocals (8)
Production
Brown Bannister – producer Brent Bourgeois – producer, A&R direction Steve Bishir – recording at The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee, mixing Hank Nirider – assistant engineer, additional engineer Dave Dillbeck – additional engineer Patrick Kelly – additional engineer Gary Paczosa – additional engineer David Schober – additional engineer Jonathan Allen – string recording at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK Andrew Dudman – string recording assistant Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix, Nashville, Tennessee Linda Bourne Wornell – A&R coordinator Traci Sterling Bishir – production coordinator Beth Lee – art direction Astrid Herbold – design Tony Baker – photography Melanie Shelley – hair, make-up Trish Townsend – wardrobe
Singles
"Blessed" No. 1 AC (2 wks) "Shaken" No. 1 CHR (3 wks) "God Loves You" No. 1 AC (3 wks); No. 9 AC Song of 2000 "Live For You" No. 1 AC & CHR; No. 5 AC & No. 7 CHR Song of 2000 "My Father's Heart" No. 2 INSPO "You Lift Me Up" No. 4
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