American Prodigal is the second studio album by Crowder released on September 23, 2016. It was released in partnership with

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and

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, imprints of

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Awards and accolades

On August 9, 2017, it was announced that ''American Prodigal'' would be nominated for a

GMA Dove Award A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee exce ...

in the Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and the Recorded Music Packaging of the Year categories at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

Track listing

Personnel

* David Crowder – vocals, keyboards (1), programming (1, 6, 14), backing vocals (2, 5, 9, 12, 14), all sounds (3), acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6), drums (14) * Hank Bentley – keyboards (1, 7, 12, 14), programming (1, 7, 14),

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(1), electric guitars (4, 10, 14), guitars (5, 7, 9, 12), additional keyboards (9),

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(9), backing vocals (9, 12, 14), drums (14) * David Garcia – keyboards (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), programming (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), drums (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), backing vocals (2, 5) *

Buddy Greene Buddy Greene (born October 30, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, guitar player and harmonica player. Most of his recordings consist of gospel music with a distinctly Southern gospel flavor. Much of his music is influenced by country musi ...

– harmonium (2),

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(5) *

Solomon Olds FF5 (formerly known as Family Force 5, The Phamily, Ground Noise and The Brothers) is an American Christian rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band was formed in 2004 by brothers Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds, Joshua "Fatty" Olds, and Jac ...

– all sounds (3), programming (6) *

Ed Cash Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is an American record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. AllMusic/ref> He has produced or written for artists including Steven Curtis Chapman, Dolly Parton, and Chris Tomli ...

– acoustic piano (4, 8, 10), programming (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), guitars (4, 8, 10),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

(4, 8), bass (4, 8, 10, 11), backing vocals (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), keyboards (11), electric guitars (11), acoustic guitar (13) * Kenny Hutson – guitars (5, 9, 12) *

Oz Fox Richard Alfonso Martinez (born June 18, 1961), better known by the stage name Oz Fox, is the lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. Martinez' high school friends called him ''Oz'' in honor of Ozzy Osbourne due to his ability to ...

– acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6), ganjo (6) * Kevin Howren – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6) *

Bill Kelliher William Breen Kelliher (born March 23, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Mastodon (band), Mastodon, and being the only band member who doesn't share the lead vocal duty (exc ...

– electric guitar (6) * Chelsey Lowe – banjo (6) * Rebecca Lovell –

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(6) * Paul Mabury – drums (4) * Christian Paschall – drums (6) *

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey E. Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he w ...

–

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(2, 5, 7, 9, 12) * Mercy Stevens – backing vocals (2, 7) * KB – rap (5) *

Tedashii Tedashii Lavoy Anderson (born March 8, 1977), known simply as Tedashii, is an American Christian hip hop artist and member of the hip-hop troupe 116 Clique. He also hosted the NGEN Radio show "Serium". Tedashii has released five solo albums, ' ...

– rap (9) * Nickie Conley – choir vocals (10) * Jason Eskridge – choir vocals (10) * Maureen Murphy – choir vocals (10)

Production

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– executive producer * Shelley Giglio – executive producer, art direction, management * Brad O'Donnell – executive producer * David Crowder – producer (1, 3, 6, 14-17), engineer (1, 6, 14) * Hank Bentley – producer (1, 7, 12, 14-174), engineer (1, 7, 12, 14) * David Garcia – producer (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), engineer (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), mixing (2, 3) * Solomon Olds – producer (3, 6) * Ed Cash – producer (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), engineer (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), mixing (10, 11) * Brian "BT" Transeau – producer (17) * Jon Kaplan – mixing (1, 6, 7, 13, 14) * Paul Rossetti – engineer (2, 5, 9, 12), mix assistant (2) * Mark Endert – mixing (4, 8) * Sean Moffitt – mixing (5, 9, 11) * Tom Tapley – engineer (6) * Neal Avron – mixing (12) * Warren David – mix assistant (5, 9, 11) * Nick Lobel – mix assistant (5, 9, 11) * Scott Skrzynski – mix assistant (12) * Joe LaPorta – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Leighton Ching – art direction, design * Toni Crowder – art direction * Mike McCloskey – art direction, management * Andrew Schoultz – cover painting * Mary Caroline Mann – photography * Eric Brown – photography

Chart performance

Album

References

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