For the Sake of the Call (album)

For the Sake of the Call
Studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman
Released	December 13, 1990
Genre	CCM, rock, pop
Length	44:25
Label	Sparrow
Producer	Phil Naish
Steven Curtis Chapman chronology
More to This Life (1989) For the Sake of the Call (1990) The Great Adventure (1992)

For the Sake of the Call is the fourth album released by contemporary Christian music singer Steven Curtis Chapman. The album was released in 1990 by Sparrow Records.^[1]

It won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and the Gospel Music Association award as Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year^[2] and was RIAA-certified as Gold on December 6, 1994.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted.

1. "For the Sake of the Call" – 5:29
2. "What Kind of Joy" – 4:36
3. "Busy Man" – 4:28
4. "Lost In the Shadow"(Chapman, James Isaac Elliot) – 5:00
5. "Higher Ways"(Chapman, Phil Naish) – 4:20
6. "Blind Lead the Blind"(Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:46
7. "You Know Better"(Chapman, Bob Sauer) – 3:43
8. "When You Are a Soldier" – 3:34
9. "No Better Place"(Chapman, Naish) – 3:50
10. "Show Yourselves to Be" – 4:26
11. "For the Sake of the Call" (reprise) – 1:15

Personnel

• Steven Curtis Chapman: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar (3), mandolin, classical guitar (5)
• Dann Huff: electric guitars (1-6,9)
• Jackie Street: bass guitar (1-6,9)
• Paul Leim: drums (1-7,9)
• Phil Naish: keyboards (1-6,8,9)
• Craig Nelson: acoustic bass (7)
• Chris McDonald: horn arrangements (2,6)
• Horns (2,6): Barry Green (trombone), Mike Haynes (trumpet), Chris Mc Donald (trombone) and George Tidwell (trumpet)
• Strings (5,8,10,11): Carl Gorodetzsky and The Nashville String Machine
• Don Wyrtzen: string arrangements and conductor
• Background vocals: Steven Curtis Chapman (2-7,9,10), Chris Rodriguez (2-7,9,10), Herb Chapman (2-7,9,10) Bob Sauer (also whistle, 7) and Brent Lamb (9)
• Choir (1): Christ Church Choir

Production

• Producer: Phil Naish
• Executive producer : Peter York
• Recorded by Ronnie Brookshire
• Assistant engineers: Jim DeMain, Patrick Kelly, Patrick Hutchinson, Gary Paczosa, Ed Simonton and Carry Summers
• Studios: Nightingale, OmniSound, Digital Recorders, Hummingbird and Treasure Isle (Nashville, TN)
• Mixed by Jeff Balding at Digital Recorders, assisted by John Hurley
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA)
• Production manager: Cindy Wilt
• Art direction: Barbara Hearn
• Design: Nick Newton
• Photography: Alan Dockery

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