Not Ashamed is the fourth studio album by Australian CCM band Newsboys, released in 1992. The album was the Newsboys' first commercially successful album, with the title track "I'm Not Ashamed" becoming a hit on Christian radio. Also, starting with this album, Steve Taylor started co-writing many of the band's songs with Peter Furler.
On "Where You Belong" / "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" John James has the lead vocals on "Where You Belong" and Peter Furler on "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus". On "Boycott Hell" Steve Taylor's part is a rap.
"I Cannot Get You Out of My System"
"I'm Not Ashamed"
"Where You Belong/Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
"Dear Shame"
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John James - lead vocals
Peter Furler - drums, vocals, programming
Corey Pryor - keyboards, samples, programming
Sean Taylor - bass, backing vocals
Dave Perkins - guitars
Phil Madeira - Hammond organ, piano, slide guitar
Eric Darken - percussion
Russ Long - tambourine
John Painter - mellotron, clavinet, trumpet, bass
Blair Masters - E-mu Emulator
Tony Miracle - E-mu Emulator
Danny Duncan - programming
Steve Lennox - programming
Vicki Hampton - backing vocals
Fleming McWilliams - backing vocals on "Upon This Rock", soprano vocals on "I'm Not Ashamed"
Steve Taylor - backing vocals, rap on "Boycott Hell"
Produced by Steve Taylor & Peter Furler
Executive Producers - Wes Campbell & Darrell A. Harris
Engineered by Russ Long
Assistant Engineers - Mike Alvord, Rick Cobble, John Rogers & Shane Wilson
Mixed by Ron Christopher & Alan Shacklock
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Photography by Jeff Fraizer
Art Direction & Design - IKON/Griffin Norman
Not Ashamed: The Video is Newsboys' second video, released in late 1993. It features some songs from their then-latest fourth album, Not Ashamed. Like Boys Will Be Boyz, it also includes a bonus video of Simple Man from Hell Is For Wimps. The cover art was designed by Brian Dominey and photographed by Jeff Frazier. It was available in Color, NTSC, HiFi Stereo, and VHS.
"I'm Not Ashamed"
"I Cannot Get You Out of My System"
"Dear Shame"
"Where You Belong/Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
"Simple Man"
"Other Fun Stuff"
"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" was originally written in 1922, however, Steve Taylor wrote the lyrics to "Where You Belong".
"Boycott Hell" was written and originally recorded by DeGarmo and Key for their album "The Pledge" in 1989. Also, the Newsboys' version of this song features a short rap performed by Steve Taylor, poking fun at the song's lyrics.
"I'm Not Ashamed" was covered by Australian band Compliments of Gus on their 2007 album "If This Is The End...".
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