Trophies of Grace (1986)

Trophies of Grace is the third studio album by the Christian vocal group NewSong, released around March 1986 by Word Records. The album was produced by Marc Aramian and Mike Clark with Doug Johnson serving as associate producer. It was recorded at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, Georgia.

For this album, Trophies of Grace was released on Word Records subsidiary label Word Nashville. NewSong was slowly drifting away from the Country and Southern Gospel sounds from their previous albums and into more adult

contemporary and pop territory. The lead single title track features a vocal duet with former Imperials vocalist Jim Murray, giving NewSong their first exposure to Christian radio as oppose to Southern Gospel radio where they got their start. It was the first of two Top 40 songs from the album on the Christian AC chart with other being "Innocent Man."

NewSong's songwriter and member Eddie Carswell began his collaboration with fellow musician Oliver Wells co-writing four songs. The full-length album of Trophies of Grace is out of print and is not available digitally, however five songs from the album is available on CD and digitally as bonus tracks on their 1987 release Say Yes!. A YouTube link to listen to the playlist is posted below this article.

Track listing

1. Forever King (Eddie Carswell) -5:15

2. I, Me, My, Mine (Eddie Carswell, Oliver Wells) -3:00

3. Great Glory (Eddie Carswell) -2:53

4. Trophies of Grace (featuring Jim Murray) (Eddie Carswell, Dwight Liles, Marc

Aramian) -4:25

5. Oasis (Eddie Carswell) -3:41

6. Innocent Man (Eddie Carswell ,Oliver Wells) -3:29

7. The Lord of Hosts (Eddie Carswell, Oliver Wells) -3:10

8. Worthy (Eddie Carswell) -3:49

9. Marvelous in Our Eyes (Eddie Carswell, Oliver Wells, Niles Borop) -4:41

10. The Closer I Get (Eddie Carswell) -3:49

Personnel

NewSong:

Billy Goodwin -vocals

Eddie Carswell -vocals

Eddie Middleton -vocals

Bobby Apon -vocals

Radio singles

1986 "Trophies of Grace" featuring Jim Murray -#38 Christian AC

1986 "Innocent Man" -#39 Christian AC

Previous release: The Word (1984)

Next release: Say Yes! (1987)

Listen to the Trophies of Grace playlist here: