Released1983 ArtistRandy Stonehill ProducerTerry Scott Taylor
RecordedWhitefield Studios Release dateFebruary 1983 LabelMyrrh Records
Equator
(1983)Celebrate This Heartbeat
(1984) GenresRock music, Christian rock SimilarThe Wild Frontier, Return to Paradise, Between the Glory and the Fl, Celebrate This Heartbeat, Love Beyond Reason
Equator is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1983, on Myrrh Records. It has not been released on CD.
All songs written by Randy Stonehill, except "Light of the World" by Randy Stonehill and Wayne Berry, and "Hide Them In Your Love" by Randy Stonehill and Gary Morris.
Side one
"Light of the World" – 4:10
"Big Ideas (In a Shrinking World)" – 4:37
"Shut De Dó" – 2:46
"Even the Best of Friends" – 4:52
"American Fast Food" – 3:19
Side two
"China" – 5:32
"Cosmetic Fixation" – 4:17
"Turning Thirty" – 3:49
"Hide Them In Your Love" – 3:29
"World Without Pain" – 3:54
Personnel
Randy Stonehill: acoustic & electric guitar, handclaps, lead vocals
Terry Scott Taylor: Man In The Audience on "Big Ideas," handclaps, drums on "China"
Jerry Chamberlain: lead guitar, Ethel Merman's Assailant on "Big Ideas," handclaps, Fast Food Patron
Sharon McCall: handclaps
Tim Alderson: handclaps
Mark Cook: additional keyboards
Rob Watson: additional keyboards
Derri Daugherty: additional electric rhythm guitar
Adrian Tapia: saxophone, flute
Jim Nicholson: lead guitar
Ed McTaggart: drums on "China."
Backing vocals: Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard, Jerry Chamberlain, Sharon McCall, Ed McTaggart, Janet McTaggart, Terry Scott Taylor, Beau MacDougall, Leslie Phillips, Colleen Routh, Jason Kinsley, Moses Toth, Shannon Berry, Rachel Anderson and Audrey Floyd
Jamaican choir on "Shut De Dó": Randy Stonehill, Tom & Dori Howard, Jerry Chamberlain, Sharon McCall, Regina Peoples, Shari Larson, Jackie Goushé, Terry Bradford
Regina Peoples: female soloist on "Shut De Dó"
Singing waitresses: Shari Larson, Jackie Goushé, Dori Howard, Sharon McCall.
"Star Trek" soprano solo: Janet McTaggart
Songs
1Light of the World4:10 2Big Ideas (In the Shrinking World)4:37 3Shut de Do2:46