The Producer (1995)

The Producer is a various artists compilation album that was independently released in 1995 by Home Sweet Home Records and was manufactured and distributed by LCS Music Group.

This collection contains tracks that artist - musician Chris Christian has had a hand on either as a producer or executive producer by producing other artists such as White Heart, The Imperials, Steve Archer, Eric Champion, B.J. Thomas, Marilyn McCoo, Dan Peek, David Martin and Christian himself as it covers more than a decade of Christian radio songs. Many of the tracks were either Top 10 or # 1 Christian radio hits plus Christian's mainstream Top 10 AC hit "I Want You, I Need You" as a bonus track.

Track listing

1. Safe (Steve Archer and Marilyn McCoo) (Jeremy Dalton) (from the Steve

Archer recording Action) -4:07

2. The Me Nobody Know (Marilyn McCoo) (Chris Christian, Vincent Grimes)

(from the Marilyn McCoo recording The Me Nobody Knows) -5:27

3. Forever Love (Eric Champion) (Eric Champion) (from the Eric Champion

recording Eric Champion) -4:39

4. If You Were the Only One (Steve Archer) (Robert Sterling, Cindy Sterling,

Gary Floyd) (from the Steve Archer recording Off the Page) -4:03

5. Through His Eyes of Love (Steve Archer) (Jeremy Dalton) (from the Steve

Archer recording Through His Eyes) -4:28

6. He's Returning (White Heart) (Mark Gersmehl) (from the White Heart recording

White Heart) -4:24

7. All Things Are Possible (Dan Peek) (Dan Peek, Chris Christian) (from the Dan

Peek recording All Things Are Possible) -3:02

8. Doer of the Word (Dan Peek) (Jeremy Dalton) (from the Dan Peek recording

Doer of the Word) -2:55

9. Stronger Than the Weight (David Martin) (David Martin, Dwight Liles) (from the

David Martin recording Stronger Than the Weight) -4:09

10. God Bless the Children (B.J. Thomas) (Chris Christian, Shanon Smith) (from the

various artists recording On This Christmas Night) -3:09

11. Sail On (The Imperials) (Chris Christian) (from The Imperials recording Sail On)

-2:50

12. Praise the Lord (The Imperials) (Brown Bannister, Mike Hudson) (from The

Imperials recording Heed the Call) -3:35

13. Mirror Of Your Heart (Chris Christian) (Chris Christian, David Martin) (from the

Chris Christian compilation recording Mirror Of Your Heart) -4:07

14. Day Like Today (Chris Christian featuring Gerry Beckley of America) (Chris

Christian, Jeremy Dalton) (remixed recording from the Chris Christian release

Higher Ways) -4:37

BONUS TRACK:

15. I Want You, I Need You (Chris Christian with backing vocals by Cheryl Ladd)

(Chris Christian, J.C. Crowley, Shanon Smith) (from the 1981 recording Chris

Christian, originally released on Boardwalk Records) -3:44

Production credits

Chris Christian -producer (track 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 -14), executive producer (tracks 3,

4, 6 and 9)

Eric Champion -producer (track 3)

Billy Smiley and Dann Huff (track 6)

Phil Naish -producer (track 9)

Jeremy Dalton -co-producer (track 14)

Bob Gaudio -producer (track 15)

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