The Big Surprise (album)

Artist The Elms Genre Christian/gospel People also search for The Chess Hotel		Release date 22 May 2001 Label Sparrow Records

The Big Surprise is the debut full-length album by American rock band The Elms. The album was released on May 22, 2001 on Sparrow Records/EMI. Singles from the album were "Hey Hey" (#4 U.S. CHR) and "Lifeboat" (#11 U.S. CHR). One music video was filmed for the album, for lead single "Hey Hey." The video premiered on MTV2's "120 Minutes" on May 5, 2002.

Track listing
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The Big Surprise was nominated for two Dove Awards in 2002 in the categories of Best Modern Rock/Alternative Recorded Album and Best Modern Rock/Alternative Recorded Song ("Hey Hey").

Track listing

Hey, Hey
Here's My Hand
Who Got the Meaning?
The Buzzing Won't Stop!
A Minute to Ourselves
The Big Surprise
Lifeboat
You Get Me Every Time
You're Glowing
Real Men Cry

Recording

Recording sessions for The Big Surprise were conducted throughout 2000 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and at Treasure Isle Recorders in Nashville, Tennessee.

Personnel

The Elms

Owen Thomas - vocals, guitar, songwriting

Christopher Thomas - drums, percussion

Thomas Daugherty - guitar

Keith Lee Miller - bass guitar

Additional

Brent Milligan - producer, bass guitar, keyboards

John Hampton - engineer

Jason Latshaw - engineer

The Love Sponges Quartet - strings

Michael Castille - trumpet

Joe Baldridge - mix engineer

Chuck Zwicky - mix engineer

Richard Dodd - mastering engineer

Kristin Barlowe - photography

Songs

1Hey Hey3:09
2Here's My Hand5:07
3Who Got the Meaning?3:10

References

The Big Surprise (album) Wikipedia

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Contents

Track listing

Recording

Personnel

Songs

References