Love's Still Changing Hearts

Love's Still Changing Hearts
Studio album by
The Imperials
Released1990
Recorded1989
Studio
Genre
Length55:31
LabelStar Song Records
ProducerMorris "Butch" Stewart
The Imperials chronology
Free the Fire
(1988) 		Love's Still Changing Hearts
(1990) 		Big God
(1991)

Love's Still Changing Hearts is the 34th studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials released in 1990.[1][2] This is the first album recorded on the Star Song label.[3][4] This album's personnel line-up consists of Armond Morales, David Will, Ron Hemby and David Robertson. Robertson replaced Jimmie Lee Sloas in 1989 but only for this album as he would leave the group for a solo career. This is also Ron Hemby's final album with the group as both Hemby and Robertson were replaced by new tenor leads Jonathan Pierce and Jason Beddoe. Beddoe replaced Hemby but he left the group but Pierce would stay on to record their next album. Former member Sloas co-wrote the track "Goin' Away." The album's final track is a near-9 minute medley of six of the Imperials' best beloved songs and a cover of "Gospel Ship" called "Platinum Medley." Love's Still Changing Hearts peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Ball Turning"Morris "Butch" Stewart, Brenda Blonski5:21
2."Love Can Make It Happen"M. Stewart, B. Blonski, Brenda Mitchell Stewart4:42
3."Come Into My Life"Paul Chiten, Pamela Phillips-Oland4:38
4."Original Love"Keith Brown4:40
5."I Will Follow You"David Robertson, John Wierick4:51
6."It's Raining Again"D. Robertson4:45
7."It's Gonna Be Alright"Ron Hemby4:51
8."Love's Still Changing Hearts"Tom Hemby, Justin Peters4:31
9."Come Let Us Worship"D. Robertson, J. Wierick4:44
10."Goin' Away"Jimmie Lee Sloas, Tim Norris3:44
11."Platinum Medley: Higher Power/Lord of the Harvest/One More Song for You/Let the Wind Blow/Gospel Ship/Sail On/Trumpet of Jesus"D. Correll, P. Smith, J. Newton Howard, M. Omartian, S. Omartian, D. Martin, P. Naish, M. LeFevre, C. Christian8:54

Personnel

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The Imperials

  • David Robertson - tenor, co-lead vocals
  • Ron Hemby – tenor, co-lead vocals
  • David Will – baritone, vocals
  • Armond Morales – bass, vocals

Musicians

  • Neil Artwick – synthesizers
  • Chris Cameron – synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
  • Morris "Butch" Stewart – synthesizers, sequencing, backing vocals, all arrangements
  • Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell – sequencing
  • David Barrett – acoustic guitar
  • Billy Panda – acoustic guitar
  • Richie Davis – electric guitar
  • Peter Lerner – electric guitar
  • Ronald Hall – bass
  • Wayne Stewart – drums
  • Steve Eisen – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • James Perkins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Michael Halpin – trombone
  • Grant Cramer – trumpet
  • Mark Ohlsen – trumpet
  • Diane Louie – original arrangements (5, 6, 9)
  • Kim Fleming – backing vocals, guest vocals (6)
  • Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
  • Jason Morales – backing vocals
  • Tanya Goodman-Sykes – backing vocals

Production

  • Jeff Moseley – executive producer
  • Armond Morales – executive producer
  • Morris "Butch" Stewart – producer
  • Paul Klingberg – recording
  • Larry Millas – recording
  • Nick Froome – mixing at Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Scott Ahaus – second engineer
  • John David Parker – second engineer
  • Tom Russo – second engineer
  • Graham Lewis – third engineer
  • Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
  • Jackson Design – art direction, design
  • Russ Harrington – photography

Charts

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Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Top Christian Albums (Billboard)[5] 3

Year-end charts

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Chart (1990) Position
US Top Christian Albums (Billboard)[6] 12

Radio singles

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Year Singles Peak positions
CCM AC[7] CCM CHR[8]
1990 "Big Ball Turning" — 2
1990 "It's Raining Again" 1 —
1990 "I Will Follow You" 3 —
1990 "It's Gonna Be Alright" — 4
1990 "Come Into My Life" 1 12
1990–91 "Come Let Us Worship" 5 —
1991 "Original Love" 9 13

References

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  1. ^ Cusic, Don (2009-11-12). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34426-8.
  2. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56563-679-8.
  3. ^ The Imperials: Love's Still Changing Hearts. Star Song Records. 1990.
  4. ^ "The Imperials - Love's Still Changing Hearts". AllMusic.
  5. ^ a b "Top Christian LPs" (PDF). Billboard. May 5, 1990. p. 64.
  6. ^ "Top Christian LPs Year-end issue" (PDF). Billboard. December 22, 1990. p. YE-44.
  7. ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 121. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0.
  8. ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 97. ISBN 0-8230-7718-7.
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