[amazon-mp3]44af273c-ce92-4fd8-a19f-e70f96bb535a[/amazon-mp3]Amy Grant is the first album by then-teenage Christian singer Amy Grant. [itunes link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/walking-in-light/id261016118?uo=4" title="Amy Grant"]
Released: 1977
Recorded: 1976 Gold Mine Studio, Brentwood, TN
Genre: Gospel/Christian
Length: 36:33
Label: Myrrh/Word
Producer: Chris Christian
Amy Grant, although today considered a modest record success, was probably one of the biggest Christian album releases ever when it was issued in 1977. At that time, Contemporary Christian Music (or as it was more commonly called, Inspirational music) was a tiny subgenre, sold exclusively at Christian bookstores. But the album was a breakthrough in terms of the Christian music market of the day, selling 50,000 copies in one year. Three songs from the album made Top Ten Christian radio airplay: “Old Man’s Rubble,” “Beautiful Music,” and “What A Difference You’ve Made.” (The latter track was made more famous by country singer Ronnie Milsap, as “What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life.”)
In 2007, Amy Grant was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant’s new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a “Digitally Remastered” logo in the ‘gutter’ on the CD front.
Track Listing
- “Beautiful Music” (Lanier Ferguson)–3:10
- “Mountain Top” (Brown Bannister)–3:39
- “Psalm 104″ (NASB, Willis Farris)–3:27
- “Old Man’s Rubble” (Brown Bannister)–2:57
- “Brand New Start” (Amy Grant)–2:53
- “Grape, Grape Joy” (Amy Grant)–1:11
- “Walking In The Light” (Amy Grant)–1:38
- “What a Difference You’ve Made” (Archie
Jordan)–3:26 - “Father” (Amy Grant)–3:55
- “I Know Better Now” (Amy Grant)–2:49
- “The Lord Has A Will” (Mike Hudson, Barbara
Hudson)–2:38 - “On And On” (Amy Grant, Brown
Bannister)–3:28 - “He Gave Me A New Song” (Amy Grant)–1:22
