Thirsty is the seventh album by Marvin Sapp and his fourth release on Verity Records. The album was commercially successful, peaking at number 28 on the U.S. Billboard 200, number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number 1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 9, 2008 and has sold over 712,000 copies as of March 2010. On January 31, 2020, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, for 1 million units, making it Marvin Sapp's best selling album of his solo career and one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time.
The song "Praise Him in Advance" was featured on the first disc of the 2010 gospel compilation album WOW Gospel 2010.
Track listing Track number Track titleWriter(s) Time 1 "Magnify"Aaron Lindsey and Martha Munizzi 4:55 2 "Power"Dana Sorey and Aaron Camper 4:58 3 "Possess the Land"Darrell Freeman and Myron Butler 4:57 4 "Shout Unto God"Aaron Lindsey 5:02 5 "Praise Him in Advance (Intro)"Deon Kipping 1:00 6 "Praise Him in Advance"Deon Kipping 5:26 7 "Worshipper In Me"Jonathan Dunn 8:25 8 "Thirsty"Jason Nelson 6:25 9 "Thirsty (Reprise)"Jason Nelson 5:22 10 "Place of Worship"Jason Nelson 3:34 11 "In the Garden"Charles Austin Miles 3:39 12 "Never Would Have Made It"Matthew Brownie and Marvin Sapp 6:56 13 "Rivers Flow"Jonathan Dunn 7:10
Credits Producers: Aaron Lindsey - Audio Production, Horn Producer, Producer Terrance Jones - Audio Production, Production Assistant Vinnie Ciesielski - Audio Production, Horn Producer Danny Duncan - Audio Production, Orchestra Production Jim Gray - Audio Production, Orchestra Production Adrian M. Lindsey - Audio Production, Production Assistant Keith Pace - Assistant Engineer, Production Assistant
Executive Producers: James Jordan MaLinda Sapp Marvin Sapp
Arrangers: Marvin Sapp Aaron Lindsey - Horn Arrangements, Vocal Arrangement Myron Butler Vocal Arrangement
A&R Director: Joseph Burney
Worship Leader: Marvin Sapp - Worship leader
Musicians: Calvin Rodgers – Drums Javier Solis – Percussion Roy Agee – Trombone Jimmy Bolin – Saxophone Derrick Horne – Guitar Jerry Harris Jr. – Keyboards Aaron Lindsey – Keyboards Vinnie Ciesielski – Trumpet Matthew Brownie - Organ Derrick Ray – Bass Tim Stewart - Guitar Arthur Strong - Keyboards, Organ Asian Philharmonic - Orchestra
Vocals: Myron Butler - Vocal Director Aisha Cleavers Deonis Cook Daniel Johnson Caltomeesh West Chelsea West Jamil Whiting
Engineers Danny Duncan - Audio Engineer, Engineer Ed Ensink - Audio Engineer, Monitor Engineer Chris Godbey - Mixing Eric Hartman - Engineer Israel Ruiz - Audio Engineer Aaron Lindsey - Digital Editing, Overdub Engineer, Vocal Engineer Vlado Meller - Mastering Travis Neuman - Audio Engineer, Monitor Engineer Keith Pace - Assistant Engineer, Digital Editing Cliff Rosenberg - Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer Chris Yoakum - Horn Engineer Zhu 'Jerry' Feng - Audio Engineer, Assistant Engineer Lu Di -Concert Master Ken Johnson "Snakehips" & His West Indian Dance Band - Production Coordination Li Peng - Assistant Concertmaster
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2007–08) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) 8 Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200 91 US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 17 Chart (2009) Position US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 69 Chart (2025) Position US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) 46
Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009)PeakpositionUS Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)7
Singles Year Title Chart positions US USR&B2008"Never Would Have Made It" 8214
"Never Would Have Made It" ranked number 62 on BET's top 100 videos of 2008.
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