I Exalt Thee is a 1983 album by trumpeter and singer Phil Driscoll. It was released in 1983 on LP by Sparrow Records. The album was released on cassette in 1988. In addition to its regular CD release, in 1998 Driscoll re-performed and re-recorded the album under his own label, adding another track "I Will Bless the Lord", with the title I Exalt Thee: 1998.I Exalt Thee: 1998 at Amazon.com.
The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Gospel Performance.Grammy Awards 1984. AwardsandShows.com. It also garnered Driscoll the 1984 GMA Dove Award for Instrumentalist of the Year, and the album was nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year.Dove Awards – 1984 I Exalt Thee reached #15 on Billboards Inspirational LPs."Billboard Best Selling Inspirational LPs". Billboard. July 21, 1984. p. 54.I Exalt Thee – Awards at AllMusic AllMusic gives the album 4.5 stars.I Exalt Thee at AllMusic
The album includes three original songs by Driscoll, three standards, and three modern tracks from other songwriters. The title track, "I Exalt Thee", had been written by Pete Sanchez in 1975 and copyrighted in 1976.Terry, Lindsay. I Could Sing of Your Love Forever: Stories Behind 100 of the World's Most Popular Worship Songs. Thomas Nelson Inc., 2008. p. 132."I Exalt Thee". Hymnary.org. It was not, however, until Driscoll popularized it with this 1983 eponymous album, that the song and Sanchez gained national and international attention.Terry, Lindsay. The Sacrifice of Praise: Stories Behind the Greatest Praise and Worship Songs of All Time. Thomas Nelson Inc., 2002. p. 133.
The album was the first collaboration between Driscoll and producer, arranger, and songwriter Lari Goss, spawned by a chance encounter at Benson Records.Lari Goss – Expanded Biographical Information. LariGoss.com.Lari Goss – Biography. LariGoss.com. Goss went on to co-produce, arrange, and co-write many of Driscoll's songs and albums, and performed with him live on a number of occasions.Songs by Phil Driscoll . SongSelect.com.
Track listing
I Exalt Thee (original album, 1983)
"I Exalt Thee" (Pete Sanchez) - 7:23 "Wings as Eagles" (Phil Driscoll) - 5:30 "Let the Whole World Know" (Phil Driscoll, Lari Goss) - 4:05 "Our God Reigns" (Lenny E. Smith) - 4:36 "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) - 4:10 "Hosanna" (Peter Scholtes) - 4:33 "El Shaddai" (Michael Card, John Thompson) - 3:55 "Everlasting Life" (Phil Driscoll, Lari Goss, Mike Deasy) - 4:18 "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) - 4:49
Personnel Phil Driscoll – vocals, trumpets Jerry Cleveland – keyboards Lari Goss – keyboards Mike Deasy – guitars Dann Huff – guitars Ricky Keller – bass Jim Keltner – drums Charles "Buster" Phillips – drums Alex Acuña – congas, percussion, timbales Laran Philpot – congas, percussion, timbales Beverly Baxter – backing vocals Terry Blackwood – backing vocals Roni Goss – backing vocals Donna McElroy – backing vocals Sharon Scott – backing vocals Melodie Tunney – backing vocals Wendy Hofheimer – vocals (6)
Production Lari Goss – producer, arrangements Phil Driscoll – producer, arrangements, mixing, mastering Andy Benefield – engineer David McKinley – engineer Win Kutz – mixing Steve Ford – assistant engineer Steve Hall – mastering Ken Pennell – mastering Future Disc (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Stan Evenson – album cover design B. Charlyne Hinesley – cover coordinator Mark Hanauer – photography Marlene Bergman – lyric sheet design
I Exalt Thee 1998
"I Will Bless The Lord" (Tradition) - 4:20 "Let the Whole World Know" (Phil Driscoll, Lari Goss) - 6:17 "Wings as Eagles" (Phil Driscoll) - 5:46 "I Exalt Thee" (Pete Sanchez) - 7:23 "Hosanna" (Peter Scholtes) - 4:28 "Our God Reigns" (Lenny E. Smith) - 4:59 "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) - 4:07 "El Shaddai" (Michael Card, John Thompson) - 5:22 "Everlasting Life" (Phil Driscoll, Lari Goss, Mike Deasy) - 5:58 "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) - 5:06
References
External links I Exalt Thee at AllMusic