Human Song is the sixth studio album by the Christian music group First Call, released in 1992 on Myrrh Records. It is the fourth non-holiday album with production by Michael Omartian with U.K. Christian musician and vocalist Chris Eaton co-produced the track "Land of Many Tears." It is the first album to feature vocalist and session singer Marabeth Jordan, who replaced Melodie Tunney to continue on as a trio. Human Song continues their pop sound heard from their previous album God is Good, but with more of an emphasis on dealing with trials endemic to the human condition such as divorce, abuse and real-life problems.
First Call covers two songs: "Ring Them Bells" by Bob Dylan and "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" by Stevie Wonder. The songs "Broken Places" and "I Will Always Come Back to You" were hits on the Christian radio charts. All three members were involved with songwriting input. Human Song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. First Call made their first music video for the single "I Will Always Come Back to You."
Track listing
1. Human Song (Marty McCall, Geoff and Becky Thurman) -4:43
2. Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing (Stevie Wonder) -4:00
3. I Will Always Come Back to You (Bonnie Keen, Marabeth Jordan, Michael Omartian, Michael Dan Emhig) -4:13
4. Here in Your Heart (Marty McCall, Bonnie Keen, Marabeth Jordan, Michael
Omartian) -3:50
5. Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan) -4:27
6. Masquerade (Marty and Vickie McCall, Andraé Crouch, Rhett Lawrence) -4:20
7. I Found Love (Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito) -2:58
8. Land of Many Tears (Marty McCall, Bonnie Keen, Marabeth Jordan, Chris
Eaton) -4:08
9. Dancin' in the Attic (Marabeth Jordan, Tommy Greer) -4:35
10. Broken Places (Bonnie Keen, Tori Taff, Darrell Brown) -4:40
Personnel
First Call:
Marty McCall -vocals
Bonnie Keen -vocals
Marabeth Jordan -vocals
Production credits
Michael Omartian -producer (all tracks)
Chris Eaton -co-producer (track 8)
Radio singles
1992 "Broken Places" -#21 Christian CHR, #1 Christian AC
1992 "I Will Always Come Back to You" -#11 Christian CHR, #2 Christian AC
1992 "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" -#7 Christian CHR, #26 Christian AC
1993 "Ring Them Bells" -#14 Christian AC
Previous release: God is Good (1989)
Next release: Sacred Journey (1993)
Watch the music video of "I Will Always Come Back to You" here:
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