Higher Ways (1987)

Higher Ways is the seventh studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Chris Christian, released on July 14, 1987 by Home Sweet Home/Word Records. Christian co-produced the album with songwriter and musician Jeremy Dalton.

Higher Ways is Christian's first album of new material in three years with an updated pop sound. The lead single "Day Like Today" features a vocal duet with Gerry Beckley of the soft rock duo America. It was Christian's final Top 5 hit on the Christian AC chart and his final Top 20 hit on the Christian CHR chart. Other songs charted like "He Won't Unlove You," "Love Did It Again" and "Still in Love."

Janice Archer Cruse of The Archers was a guest vocalist on the title track "Your Ways Are Higher." Christian's own children Courtney and Casey were the playing children heard on the song "White Are the Fields." Christian co-wrote four songs, with three of those songs written with Dalton. Dalton solely wrote four tracks on the album including "Promises" and "Word's Out."

NOTE: the track "Day Like Today" on Higher Ways is an album extended version and is one minute longer than the bonus track version of the same song that is on the Japanese edition of his 1981 Chris Christian CD.

Track listing

1. Love Did It Again (Chris Christian, Jeremy Dalton, Joe Ninowski) -4:26

2. Promises (Jeremy Dalton) -4:25

3. Day Like Today (vocal duet with Gerry Beckley) (Chris Christian, Jeremy

Dalton) -5:34

4. Still in Love (Chris Christian, Gary Floyd) -5:36

5. White Are the Fields (Joe Ninowski) -6:07

6. Word's Out (Jeremy Dalton) -3:59

7. Cast Your Cares (Jeremy Dalton) -3:35

8. Your Ways Are Higher (guest vocals by Janice Archer Cruse) (Jeremy Dalton)

-4:41

9. He Won't Unlove You (Chris Christian, Steve Kipner, Jeremy Dalton) -4:02

10. The Fields (instrumental) (Chris Christian) -1:33

Production credits

Chris Christian -producer (all tracks)

Jeremy Dalton -co-producer (tracks 1 -9)

Radio singles

1987 "Day Like Today" -#14 Christian CHR, -#5 Christian AC

1987 -1988 "Still in Love" -#20 Christian AC

1988 "He Won't Unlove You" -#31 Christian AC

1988 "Love Did It Again" -#24 Christian AC

Previous release: Live at Six Flags (1986) (live album with White Heart) 

Next release: No Lyrics (1988) (instrumental album)