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Show Me Your Way (1991)

Where the lyrics of Show Me Your Way take you, and where it was really made.

An American singer's 1991 album holds a Dove Award winner: 'Where Shadows Never Fall', sung as a duet with Kelly Nelon Thompson, took the Best Southern Gospel Song prize.

Key places

Recording at Creative Recording in Berry Hill (1991)

Recording site Creative Recording — The album is linked to Creative Recording in Berry Hill, Tennessee, as its recording studio. The point is placed at city-center level, so the exact building is not fixed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Show Me Your Way: 48th album by American singer and guitarist Glen Campbell
• Released in 1991
• Ten tracks; the listed durations add up to about 38 minutes
• Built around gospel and Christian songs
• Duets: Russ Taff on The Greatest Gift of All, Anne Murray on the title track, Kelly Nelon Thompson on Where Shadows Never Fall
• Two songs by Jimmy Webb: Where I Am Going and The Four Horsemen
• The Four Horsemen, at 5:05, is the longest track and closes the album

Background

• Album is Campbell's 48th
• Songs come from many writers, including Phil Driscoll, Lari Goss, Geoff Thurman, Jamie Page, Phillip Sandifer, Bob Bennett, Craig Fall, Jerry Crutchfield, Steve Hardin, Carl Jackson and Jim Weatherly
• Opening track The Greatest Gift of All was written by T.J. Kuenster
• Jesus and Me was written by Phil Driscoll and Lari Goss
• Bill Gaither is credited as executive producer

Recording

• Producers: Jonathan David Brown, Ken Harding, Bergen White
• Recorded by Jonathan David Brown
• Arranged by Bergen White
• Assistant engineers: Patrick Kelly and Todd Robbins
• Studio recording linked to Creative Recording in Berry Hill, Tennessee
• Lineup: Glen Campbell on vocals and acoustic guitar, Tom Hemby on acoustic guitar, Dann Huff on electric guitar
• Keyboards by Shane Keister and Phil Nash; drums by Paul Leim
• Bass by Gary Lunn and David Hungate; percussion by Farrell Morris; synthesizer by Carl Morris
• Strings by The 'A' Strings
• Background vocals by Wendy Suit Johnson, Lisa Silver, Bergen White, Geoff Thurman, Chris Harris, Christ Church Choir and Chris Rodriguez

Cover

• Photography by Peter Nash
• Art direction by Larry Newlon and Powell Creative Group

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas; began as a session guitarist in Los Angeles from 1960.
• Joined the studio group later known as The Wrecking Crew and played on recordings by many major artists.

Career

• Began a solo career in 1961; breakthrough hits included "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and "Wichita Lineman" in 1967–1968.
• Hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
• Released 64 albums across five decades and sold over 45 million records worldwide.
• Hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" in the mid-1970s were both US number one songs.
• Won four Grammys in 1967 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Personal and final years

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011; retired in 2013 after recording his final song.
• Died August 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in 1991 as Campbell's 48th album
• Opens with The Greatest Gift of All, a duet with Russ Taff
• Title track is a duet with Anne Murray
• Track 9, Where Shadows Never Fall, is a duet with Kelly Nelon Thompson
• Closes with Jimmy Webb's The Four Horsemen, 5:05
• Other writers include Geoff Thurman and Jamie Page for The Wayward Son, and Phillip Sandifer with Bob Bennett for Unto the Least of These
• A Few Good Men was written by Steve Hardin

Records

• 'Where Shadows Never Fall' won a Dove Award for Best Southern Gospel Song in 1991
• The source lists singles on the US CCM charts, with no chart positions given
• Album credits include a choir (Christ Church Choir) and string section (The 'A' Strings)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track is a duet with Anne Murray.
• Where Shadows Never Fall, sung with Kelly Nelon Thompson, won a Dove Award for Best Southern Gospel Song in 1991.
• Russ Taff sings the duet on The Greatest Gift of All.
• Jimmy Webb wrote two songs on the album: Where I Am Going and The Four Horsemen.
• Peter Nash took the photography; Larry Newlon and Powell Creative Group handled art direction.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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