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The Keith Green Collection (1981)
The Keith Green Collection is a compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Keith Green . It was released on August 11, 1981 by Sparrow Records. This is the only compilation album that Green has released during his lifetime. This album was the first album by Green for which he did not partake in the production as he had with all of his previous releases. Bill Maxwell yet again took up the role of producing the album as he had done with all of Green's prior works. The
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So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt (1980)
So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt is the third studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Keith Green . It was released independently on Pretty Good Records on May 7, 1980. In 1979, Green negotiated a release from his contract with Sparrow Records and he initiated a new policy of refusing to charge money for concerts or albums. Keith and Melody Green mortgaged their home to privately finance this album and formed an independent label called Pretty Good Records as part of Last
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No Compromise (1978)
No Compromise is the second studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Keith Green . It was released on November 9, 1978 by Sparrow Records. The title of the album derives from the track "Make My Life a Prayer to You," which was written solely by Keith's wife Melody, which begins: "Make my life a prayer to You / I wanna do what You want me to / No empty words and no white lies / no token prayers, no compromise." (The title was used for the official Keith Green biography w
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For Him Who Has Ears to Hear (1977)
For Him Who Has Ears to Hear is the debut album by Christian singer - songwriter Keith Green . It was released on May 20, 1977 by Sparrow Records. Considered to be a landmark album, For Him Who Has Ears to Hear features many songs that would soon be covered by many Christian artists with their interpretations and become classics. The album is produced by Green and Bill Maxwell. The tracks "Your Love Broke Through," a song that Green co-wrote with fellow CCM artist and songw
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Keith Green
Keith Gordon Green (October 21, 1953 – July 28, 1982) was an American pianist, singer, songwriter and well known pioneer in the...
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Doing My Best, Volume 2 (1992)
Doing My Best, Volume 2 is the second official compilation album under this name by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , Â released in early 1992 on Sparrow Records. Released nearly six months after his final Sparrow album Consider the Cost and as a follow-up to his 1990 compilation Doing My Best , this collection contains 14 songs from his previous releases that are more rock and upbeat pop and no new tracks. Doing My Best, Volume 2 peaked at number 17 on the Billboa
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Consider the Cost (1991)
Consider the Cost is the tenth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , Â released in 1991 on Sparrow Records. The album is produced by Phil Naish. Consider the Cost is more mellow in sound, almost in the vein of his 1987 album After God's Own Heart , particularly on his lead single "For Every Time," which Camp co-wrote with fellow CCM artist and Sparrow label mate Steven Curtis Chapman and the Keith Green -inspired title song, save for the upbeat Green tr
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Doing My Best (1990)
Doing My Best is an official compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , Â released in 1990 on Sparrow Records. This is the first of two compilation albums under this name. The album features 10 songs from Camp's previous Sparrow releases, Fire and Ice , Shake Me to Wake Me , One on One , After God's Own Heart and Justice . Doing My Best also contains an updated recording of his 1981 hit "Run to the Battle" and a new track "Forgive Me, Forgive You." The
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Justice (1989)
Justice is the ninth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , Â released in 1989 on Sparrow Records. Camp produced the album himself. Justice is an album that deals with social issues that are not normally addressed in evangelical Christian circles, including the AIDS-themed lead single "Do You Feel Their Pain?" Camp co-wrote song with his first wife Kim Maxfield and features guest solo vocals from Petra lead singer John Schlitt, Margaret Becker , BeBe Win
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Compact Favorites (1988) (Steve Camp compilation CD)
Compact Favorites is a compilation album of Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , released in 1988 by Sparrow Records. It is a compilation CD series of former Sparrow recording artists with ten select songs from their previous albums. Even though Camp was still signed with the label when this album was released, it only contains tracks from his first three Sparrow albums Fire and Ice , Shake Me to Wake Me and One on One . Track listing 1. Upon This Rock (Steve Camp,
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After God's Own Heart (1987)
After God's Own Heart is the eighth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , Â released in the fall of 1987 on Sparrow Records. The album is produced and arranged by Camp and John Rosasco and mixed by Bill Schnee. After God's Own Heart is Camp's fourth album on the Sparrow label and is a departure from the pop rock of his previous Sparrow albums and is more adult contemporary. Camp garnered another number one song on the Christian AC chart with the lead sin
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One on One (1986)
One on One is the seventh studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , released in the fall of 1986 on Sparrow Records. The album is produced and arranged by Camp and John Rosasco. One on One is a thematic album that deals with righteousness and theology with only nine tracks. Songs include the lead single "He Covers Me," which is a testimony to God's mercy. The song was a big hit on the Christian AC chart where it was number one there for 10 weeks, his best
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Shake Me to Wake Me (1985)
Shake Me to Wake Me is the sixth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp . It was released in 1985 and is his second album on Sparrow Records. Camp produced and arranged the album himself with some assistance from Rob Frazier, who did production assistance on basic tracks and co-wrote the album and John Rosasco on vocal production. Shake Me to Wake Me serves as the official follow up to his Sparrow debut Fire and Ice (not counting his final Myrrh/Word rele
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Hope (1998)
Hope is the eleventh studio album by Scottish Christian singer - author Sheila Walsh. It was released in 1998 by Integrity Music in...
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Hymns & Voices (1990)
Hymns & Voices is the ninth studio album by Scottish Christian singer - author Sheila Walsh, released in the fall of 1990 on Word...
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It's a Dying World (1984)
It's a Dying World is the fifth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp . It is Camp's final album on Word Records' Myrrh label released in the fall of 1984. Camp produced the entire album himself and it was recorded in the U.K. at Chapel Lane Studios in Hereford, England. It's a Dying World was recorded in 1983 before Camp signed with Sparrow Records and did not release this album until after Fire and Ice was released in early 1984. Camp recorded an early
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Fire and Ice (1984)
Fire and Ice is the fourth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp . It is his first album on Sparrow Records released in the spring of 1984 and his first album in nearly three years since Camp left Word Records. Fire and Ice would solidify Camp as one of the most popular artists in Christian music in the mid 1980s. Mixing some soft rock songs, like the duet "Love's Not a Feeling" featuring Sparrow label mate Michele Pillar, which became a Christian radio h
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Only the Very Best (1983)
Only the Very Best is a compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , released in late 1983 on Myrrh/Word Records. It is a collection of songs (mostly ballads) from his first three albums on the Myrrh label just as Camp was preparing to sign with Sparrow Records. The title song is the only new track recorded for this compilation album. Only the Very Best is not available on CD and is not available digitally. A YouTube link is posted below this article. Tr
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For Every Man (1981)
For Every Man is the third studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , released in the fall of 1981 on Myrrh/Word Records and produced by Keith Thomas. This album introduced what would become one of Camp's best known songs, "Run to the Battle." The song topped the Christian CHR chart for 16 weeks. For Every Man also produced a Top 10 Christian AC hit with "Farther and Higher." Rob Frazier, a one-time member of Petra , collaborated with Camp on the track "You
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Start Believin' (1980)
Start Believin' is the second studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Steve Camp , released in 1980 on Myrrh/Word Records. The album is produced by Morris "Butch" Stewart. The production is bigger this time, setting the stage for Camp's popularity in the 1980s. Larry Norman co-wrote the track "Under His Love" with Camp. Start Believin' is not available on CD and is not available digitally. " Ambassador in Chains" is the only track that is available on CD and digitall
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Jan 5, 20241 min read
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