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Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album)

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Released
  
1984

Length
  
38:36

Artist
  
Amy Grant

Producer
  
Brown Bannister

Recorded
  
1983-1984

Straight Ahead (1984)
  
Unguarded (1985)

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
A&M Records

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Studio
  
Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO; The Bennett House, Franklin, TN; Bullet Recording, Nashville, TN; Mama Jo's Studio, North Hollywood, CA; Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA; Air Studios, London, England

Genres
  
Gospel music, Contemporary Christian music

Similar
  
Amy Grant albums, Contemporary Christian music albums

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Straight Ahead is the fifth studio album, and eighth album by Christian music artist Amy Grant, released in 1984. This was Grant's final album on Myrrh Records; she would later strike a record deal with A&M Records.

Contents

Straight Ahead was the follow-up to Grant's ground-breaking 1982 album Age to Age. Containing songs that were more aggressive than the ones found on Age to Age, Straight Ahead was not as commercially successful as its predecessor. Nonetheless, it still topped Billboard's Christian album chart for sixty-one weeks, knocking Age to Age from the number-one position. The song "Angels" was also a No. 1 Christian radio hit for thirteen weeks, and won a Grammy Award for "Best Gospel Performance, Female." Straight Ahead would be certified gold in 1985. The song "Thy Word" is based on Psalm 119:105.

In 2007, Straight Ahead was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.

Straight Ahead was the first Christian album to chart on the Billboard pop album chart. A&M reissued it in 1985, just as Grant was appearing on the Grammy Awards performing "Angels".

Amy grant straight ahead


Production

  • Producer – Brown Bannister
  • Executive producers – Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell, Gary Chapman
  • Engineer – Jack Joseph Puig
  • Additional engineers – Jim Baird, Kevin Burns, Gene Eichelberger, Steven Ford, Jerry Mahler & Daniel Garcia
  • Design – Dennis Hill
  • Photography – Mike Borum, Aaron Rapoport
  • Accolades

    GMA Dove Awards

    Grammy Awards

    Songs

    1Where Do You Hide Your Heart3:59
    2Jehovah6:00
    3Angels4:13

    References

    Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album) Wikipedia


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