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''Change Your World'' is a 1992 studio album by
Contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Chri ...
artist
Michael W. Smith Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in This Worl ...
released by
Reunion Records Reunion Records is a contemporary Christian record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee, that operates under the Provident Label Group. It was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton. History The label was formed by Amy Grant's manager ...
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Track listing


Personnel

* Michael W. Smith – lead vocals, keyboards (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11),
Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...
(4), synthesizer (7), acoustic piano (7) * Mark Heimmerman – additional keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9), drum programming (1, 4, 6, 10), backing vocals (2, 3, 8-11), keyboards (10) * Brian Tankersley – additional programming (1, 6), drum programming (9) *
Mike Lawler Michael Vincent Lawler (born September 9, 1986) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district since 2023. From 2021 to 2022, he was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly fr ...
– additional keyboards (2, 3, 9, 10) *
Phil Madeira Philip Kamm Madeira (born April 9, 1952) is an American songwriter, producer, musician, and singer. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island, and graduated from Taylor University in 1975. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. His songs have been ...
Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...
(4, 6, 9) * Scott McLeod – synthesizer (7), synth bass (7), drum programming (7) * Trace Scarborough – synthesizer (7), synth bass (7), drum programming (7) *
Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio guitarist, and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004 ...
– guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11) * George Cocchini – guitar (1, 10) * Jerry McPherson – guitar (2, 5, 7-9) * Jackie Street – bass (1, 6-8, 10) *
Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the popular ...
– bass (2, 9) * Gary Lunn – bass (3, 5, 11) *
Tommy Sims Tommy Sims is an American bassist, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. Music career From 1987 to 1989 Sims was the bassist for the Christian rock band White Heart, which he left to become a Session musician, studio musician and pro ...
– bass (4) * Joe Houge – drum programming (2) * Mark Hammond – drum programming (3, 11) * Steve Brewster – drums (4, 5, 8) *
Toby McKeehan Kevin Michael McKeehan (born October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City. Widely regarded as one of the most ...
– drum programming (4, 10), vocal flavor (10) *
Terry McMillan Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist known for her vivid portrayals of African American women's lives, relationships, and journeys of self-discovery. Her best-selling works, including ''Waiting to Exhale'' and ''How S ...
– percussion (1, 3, 6, 9, 11) *
Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, M ...
– saxophones (4) * Barry Green – trombone (3, 6) * Chris McDonald – trombone (3, 6), horn arrangements (3, 6) * Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (4) * Mike Haynes – trumpet (3, 6) * George Tidwell – trumpet (3, 6) * Gary Grant – trumpet (4) *
Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...
– trumpet (4), horn arrangements (4) *
The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...
– strings (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) * Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) * Michael Black – backing vocals (1-4, 7-10) * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 2) * Donna McElroy – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 10) * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 11) * Chris Harris – backing vocals (2, 3, 8-11), *
Wayne Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Greenville, MS, who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter and d ...
– backing vocals (2, 3, 11) *
Chris Willis Christopher Kevin Willis (born February 26, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Although initially a gospel music, gospel singer, he later received international attention for his collaborations with French house music ...
– backing vocals (4) * The Music City Mass Choir – choir (4) *
Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "Honorific ...
– lead vocals (5) * Greg Barnhill – backing vocals (6) *
Bob Carlisle Robert Mason Carlisle (born September 29, 1956) is an American Contemporary Christian singer and songwriter. He performed with several bands, most notably Allies and Billy Thermal, before launching a solo career where he received a Grammy Award a ...
– backing vocals (6) * Joey Jelf – backing vocals (6) * Carl Lucero – backing vocals (7) * Angelo Petrucci – backing vocals (7) * Veronica Petrucci – backing vocals (7) *
Lisa Bevill Lisa Bevill (born June 24, 1961) is an American contemporary Christian musician. Bevill has released five albums: ''My Freedom'' (1992), ''All Because of You'' (1994), ''Love of Heaven'' (1996), ''Lisa Bevill'' (2000), and ''When the Healing Com ...
– backing vocals (9) * Ricky D – backing vocals (9) * Jan Harris – backing vocals (9) * Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (9) *
Kevin Max Smith Kevin Max Smith (born August 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk. As a solo artist following the band going on hiatus, he has recorded 12 full-length stud ...
– backing vocals (9) * Kim Smith – backing vocals (9) *
Michael Tait Michael DeWayne Tait (born May 18, 1966) is an American contemporary Christian music artist. Tait met Toby McKeehan in 1984 when he was in high school. Both Tait and McKeehan and Michael met Kevin Max while attending Liberty University in the ...
– backing vocals (9) * The Christ Church Choir – choir (9)


Production

* Executive Producer – Michael Blanton * Producers – Mark Heimmerman and Michael W. Smith *
John Kalodner John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R (artists and repertoire) executive. History John David Kalodner was born in Philadelphia; he was a writer and photographer at ''Concert'' magazine. Then by 1972 he became a photographer for various re ...
John Kalodner John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R (artists and repertoire) executive. History John David Kalodner was born in Philadelphia; he was a writer and photographer at ''Concert'' magazine. Then by 1972 he became a photographer for various re ...
* Vocal Production – Wayne Kirkpatrick * Additional production on "Out of This World" – Trace Scarborough and Scott McLeod * Engineered by James "JB" Baird * Additional Engineers – Keith Compton, Lynn Fuston,
Humberto Gatica Humberto Gatica is a Chilean and American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Cher and Michael Bublé. Gatic ...
, Patrick Kelly, Brent King, Bryan Lenox, Alejandro Rodriguez, Tony Sheppard, Penn Singleton, Brian Tankersley and Bill Warner. * Assistant Engineers – Jeff Baggett, Mark Capps, David Hall, Keith Kregsi, David Murphy, Greg Parker, Darren Smith, Aaron Swihart and Martin Woodlee. * Strings recorded by JB and Brent King * Horns on "Color Blind" recorded by Humberto Gatica * Mixed by Humberto Gatica * Mix Assistant – Alejandro Rodriguez * Mastered by
Greg Fulginiti Gregory Fulginiti (born 1951) is an American recording and mastering engineer. He was nominated for the TEC Awards by '' Mix'' magazine six times, in 1985 and 1987–1991. Career Fulginiti grew up in Wildwood, New Jersey, and graduated from Wi ...
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Masterdisk Masterdisk is an American multimedia company in New York, located at 8 John Walsh Boulevard in Peekskill. They provide production services such as audio mastering, vinyl cutting and enhanced CD and DVD production. Their clients include such n ...
(New York, NY). * Mastering Supervisor – David Donnelly * Creative Direction – Robin Sloane * Art Direction – Janet Wolsborn * Photography – Timothy White * Photography Coordination – Sofie Howard


Chart performance


References


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Michael W. Smith albums 1992 albums Reunion Records albums {{christian-album-stub