Living Proof (1990)

Living Proof is the sixth studio album by the Christian vocal group NewSong, released on December 11, 1990 by Word Records. The album was produced by Dan Garcia. Living Proof is NewSong's final album on Word Records, but was released on their subsidiary label DaySpring. Track arrangements were done by Garcia, Oliver Wells, Tim Pierce and Michael Gleason.

The album was successful and yielded five Top 10 hits on the Christian AC chart with the title song, "Wholehearted" and "Only the Hands" going Top 5. Group member Eddie Carswell wrote nine out of ten songs with co-writing contributions by Paul Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Oliver Wells, future NewSong member Leonard Ahlstrom and others. The track "How Will They Know" was written by Carswell, Wells and NewSong member Bobby Apon. Living Proof climbed to number 19 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart by late June 1991.

Track listing

1. Living Proof (Eddie Carswell, Leonard Ahlstrom, Bill Collier) -6:13

2. How Will They Know (Eddie Carswell, Bobby Apon, Oliver Wells) -3:32

3. Wholehearted (Eddie Carswell, Oliver Wells, Lynn Keesecker) -4:23

4. Turn It Around (Eddie Carswell, Terrie Carswell, Oliver Wells) -5:17

5. Only the Hands (Eddie Carswell, Steven Curtis Chapman, Oliver Wells) -4:53

6. Fight Back (Eddie Carswell, Oliver Wells) -2:56

7. Bellwether (Eddie Carswell, Paul Smith, Oliver Wells, Niles Borop) -5:14

8. Tug 'O War (Eddie Carswell, Oliver Wells) -3:19

9. One Heart at a Time (Eddie Carswell) -3:02

10. When Everything Else Is Gone (Will Boulware) -4:55

Personnel

NewSong:

Billy Goodwin -vocals

Eddie Carswell -vocals

Eddie Middleton -vocals

Bobby Apon -vocals

Radio singles

1991 "Living Proof" -#4 Christian CHR, -#3 Christian AC

1991 "Wholehearted" -#20 Christian CHR, -#3 Christian AC

1991 "Only the Hands" -#2 Christian AC

1992 "Turn It Around" -#8 Christian AC

1992 "One Heart at a Time" -#7 Christian AC

Previous release: Light Your World (1989) 

Next release: One Heart at a Time: The Best of NewSong (1992) (Word Records

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