SWB (1981)

Joel Caballero
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SWB is the fifth studio album and self-titled initials by Christian singer -

songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on March 28, 1981 by Sparrow Records.

The album was produced by Dan Collins.

SWB features a fuller production by Dan Collins, who at the time was Sparrow Records director of A&R and is the husband of Christian singer Jamie Owens Collins. Both Dan and Jamie provided backing vocals on the album. It contains the standard track "This Little Child," which serves as both a Christmas song and a reflection on global brokenness, contrasting the humility of Jesus Christ's birth with his identity as a heavenly king. The song later appeared on the Sparrow Christmas release 25 Songs of Christmas in 1982 and on his compilation albums All My Best and The Scott Wesley Brown Collection. "This Little Child" has been made as an accompaniment track on cassette tape and later on digital platforms so it can be sung by vocalists in churches.

The opening track and Christian radio single "Learning to Live Like Jesus" focuses on the theme of spiritual maturity and daily Christian discipleship. Rather than looking at grand theological events, it emphasizes the practical, daily process of sanctification. It was a Top 10 hit on the Christian AC chart peaking at number 6.

NOTE: Brown's song "My Treasure" was later covered and recorded by popular Spanish opera star Plácido Domingo on his platinum-selling 1981 crossover album Perhaps Love.

SWB is not available on digital platforms. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article.

Track listing

All songs written by Scott Wesley Brown, except where noted.

1. Learning to Live Like Jesus (Hadley Hockensmith) -3:38

2. Someone's Got a Hold of Me (Marty McCall) -3:32

3. This Little Child -5:47

4. The Lord's Prayer (Albert Hay Malotte; arranged by Scott Wesley Brown) -2:59

5. Your Word -3:42

6. Fall On Me (Bruce Hibbard) -3:37

7. My Treasure -4:52

8. Out On a Limb -4:10

9. Close to You (Bruce Hibbard) -4:13