God's Not Dead is the fifteenth studio album by the Christian rock band Newsboys. It was released on 15 November 2011 and is the second full-length album with lead singer Michael Tait. The album featured songs by Jared Anderson, Daniel Bashta, Jason Ingram, Reuben Morgan, Jennie Lee Riddle, Jonathan Lee, Sarah Hart, Ben Cantelon, Ben Glover, Norm Miller, as well as multiple compositions and arrangements by Seth Mosley of Me in Motion. The album produced one music video for the title track. Kevin Max of dc Talk does background vocals on "God's Not Dead".
The album hit No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart, and its lead single, "God's Not Dead (Like a Lion)", originally written by Daniel Bashta, was certified Gold by the RIAA. As of 10 July 2014, the album has sold 428,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel Newsboys Michael Tait – lead and backing vocals Jody Davis – guitars, backing vocals Jeff Frankenstein – keyboards, keyboard bass, programming Duncan Phillips – drums, percussion
Additional musicians Seth Mosley – keyboards, programming, strings, guitars, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals Todd Caldwell – keyboards, organ Brian Dexter – drums Steven Kadar – drums Jay Dawson – bagpipes David Henry – additional strings (12) Kevin Max – guest vocals (2, 12)
Production Seth Mosley – producer, engineer, editing Wes Campbell – executive producer, art direction Dave Wagner – executive producer Andrew Patton – A&R Buckley Miller – engineer, editing, drum recording Michael "X" O'Connor – drum recording F. Reid Shippen – mixing Erik "Keller" Jahner – mix assistant Dave McNair – mastering Kevin Miller – package design, layout David Bean – photography Lisa Wong-Ken – hair stylist, wardrobe, make-up
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2011–14) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Billboard 200 172 US Christian Albums (Billboard) 4 Chart (2013) Position US Christian Albums (Billboard) 29 Chart (2014) Position US Billboard 200 198 US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) 19
References
pt:Born Again (Newsboys)