This Moment (album)

Personnel

Steven Curtis Chapman: vocals, guitars, piano

Eric Schermerhorn: electric guitars

Lyle Workman: electric guitars

Paul Moak: guitars

Jerry McPherson: guitar (3, 7)

Tony Lucido: bass guitar (1, 9)

Chris Chaney: bass guitar (2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11)

James Gregory: bass guitar (5, 6, 8)

Ben Phillips: drums (1, 5, 8, 9, 11)

Abraham Laboriel Jr.: drums (2, 3, 4, 7, 10)

Will Franklin Chapman: drums (6)

Eric Darken: percussion

Patrick Warren: keyboards, string arrangements and conductor

Brian Gocher: programming

F. Reid Shippen: additional programming

Solomon Olds: additional programming (5)

Jeremy Bose: programming (10)

Robin Ghosh: additional programming (11)

Shari Sutcliffe: string contractor

Joel Derouin: concertmaster

String players: Daphne Chen, Larry Corbett, Joel Derouin, Andrew Duckles, Tamara Hatwan, Leah Katz, Peter Kent, Natalie Leggett, Darrin McCann, Robin Olson, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Katia Popov, Harry Shirinian, Daniel Smith, Vanessa Freebarin-Smith, Christina Soule, Josephine Vergara, John Wittenberg, Evan Wilson and Ian Walker.

Scott Sheriff: backing vocals

Caleb Chapman: vocal (6)

Choir (4, 6, 9, 11): Julia Anderson, Caleb Chapman, Emily Clanton, Courtney Gott, Meredith Hardin, Betsey Long, Wes Nelson, Will Nelson, Melissa Northup, Scott Sheriff and Robert Wise.

Production

Producers: Matt Bronleewe and Steven Curtis Chapman

A&R: Brad O'Donnell

Mixed by F. Reid Shippen at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN), assisted by Buckley Miller.

Recorded at Conway Studios (Los Angeles, CA).

Additional recording at Bletchley Park Studio, Pentavarit and The Smoakstack (Nashville, TN); The Laundry Room and Emack (Franklin, TN).

Engineer, Editing: Rusty Varenkamp

Assistant Engineer: Valente Torrez

Additional Engineering: Andy Hunt, Danny Northup, Ben Phillips and Aaron Swihart.

Additional Editing: Ben Phillips

Strings recorded by Jess Sutcliffe at Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, CA).

Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York City, NY).

Production Coordination by Dave Stuenebrink and Lani Crump for Showdown Productions.

A&R Administration: Jess Chambers

Photography: Mark Delong

Wardrobe: Amber Lehman

Grooming: Megan Thompson

Creative Director: Jan Cook

Art Direction: Tim Frank and Boerhaus

Design: Adam Moore at Boerhaus

Special Edition Acoustic Tracks

Additional production, recording and mixing: Ed Cash

Mastered by Bob Boyd at Ambient Digital

Critical reception

This Moment was well received by critics. Jared Johnson, of AllMusic, gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "You get the feeling that the man with the most Dove Awards in the history of the Gospel Music Association could write this stuff in his sleep. He's that good, and the tunes are that well done." John DiBiase, of Jesus Freak Hideout, gave the album 4 out of 5 stars calling it "a relevant and inspiring album that proves Steven Curtis Chapman still has plenty to offer the world of music twenty years after his debut."

Chart performance

This Moment peaked at No. 47 on Billboard's Digital Albums chart. The songs "Cinderella" and "Miracle of the Moment" both peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart.

Awards

In 2009, the song "Cinderella" was nominated for two Dove Awards - Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year - at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.

This Moment: Cinderella Edition

On May 27, 2008, Sparrow Records released This Moment: Cinderella Edition. This edition has four additional tracks, including the acoustic version of the single "Cinderella". This version gained notoriety for being released days after the death of Chapman's youngest daughter, Maria Sue, who was one of the inspirations behind the song. The studio claims that there were plans for this edition a month before the accident.