Never Picture Perfect

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Never Picture Perfect
Studio album by Rich Mullins
Released	December 1, 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	OmniSound Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee Big Dog Studio, Wichita, Kansas The Pond, Franklin, Tennessee
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Length	37:27
Label	Reunion
Producer	Reed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology
Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988) Never Picture Perfect (1989) The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One (1991)

Never Picture Perfect is the fourth solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins and was released in 1989 on Reunion Records. The album features a new recording of “Hope To Carry On.”

All songs written by Rich Mullins.

1. "I Will Sing" – 1:27
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
2. "Hope To Carry On" – 2:33
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
   • Earlier recording appeared on Behold the Man 1981
3. "While The Nations Rage" – 4:50
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
4. "First Family" – 3:06
5. "Alrightokuhhuhamen" – 4:12
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996

1. "Higher Education and The Book of Love" – 5:47
2. "Bound to Come Some Trouble" – 3:41
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
3. "The Love of God" – 2:48
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
4. "My One Thing" – 3:42
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
5. "Somewhere" – 4:32
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
6. "The Love of God (reprise)" – 0:49

In February 1989, Rich Mullins—along with his friends Lee and Nicki Lundgren of the group Avenue G—recorded a collection of demos for his then upcoming album, Never Picture Perfect. “Heart Set Free" is an unreleased song that Rich had previously considered, but was ultimately rejected, for his Pictures in the Sky album. The demo tape includes five tracks:

1. "Heart Set Free" (Unreleased song)
2. "My One Thing" (Demo)
3. "While The Nations Rage" (Demo)
4. "Higher Education and The Book of Love" (Demo)
5. "Bound to Come Some Trouble" (Demo)