Number 7 (album)

''Number 7'' is the seventh album by the American urban contemporary gospel group Commissioned, released in 1991 on Benson Records.

At the time of the album's release, Commissioned's line-up included four of its six original members (Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Mike Williams and Karl Reid) along with newer members Marvin Sapp, Maxx Frank and Eddie Howard.

Track listing

# "Second Chance" (Anson Dawkins, Eric Dawkins, Eddie Howard Jr.) – 5:37
# "Love U With the Rest of My Life" (Fred Hammond, Maxx Frank) – 5:51
# "We Are Overcomers" (Anson Dawkins, Mitchell Jones) – 5:40
# "I Really Love the Lord (Interlude)" (Hammond, Frank) – 0:51
# "Hold Me" (Jones, Parkes Stewart) – 5:56
# "King of Glory" (Hammond) – 5:57
# "Please You More" (Hammond, Frank) – 6:29
# "Be an Example" (Hammond, Anson Dawkins) – 5:23
# "I Can't Live Without U" (Hammond, Eric Dawkins) – 4:34
# "Secret Place" (Hammond, Anson Dawkins, Eddie Howard Jr.) – 4:15
# "I Really Love the Lord" (Hammond, Frank) – 2:42
# "I Love Thinking of U" (Jones, Stewart) – 4:39
# "Please You More nstrumental (Hammond, Frank) – 6:26

Chart positions

Album

Personnel

Commissioned
* Fred Hammond – vocals, bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11), drum programming (1, 2, 6–9, 12, 23), arrangements (1), vocal arrangements (3), keyboards (7–9, 13)
* Mitchell Jones – vocals, keyboards (3, 5, 12), drum programming (3, 5), vocal arrangements (3, 5)
* Karl Reid – vocals
* Marvin Sapp – vocals
* Maxx Frank – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6–13), string overdub (5), acoustic piano solo (7, 13)
* Eddie Howard, Jr. – synth bass (1), keyboards (10, 12)
* Michael Williams – drum overdubs (1), drums (2, 10), drum programming (7, 13), cymbal overdubs (7, 13)

Additional Musicians
* Paul Allen – keyboard programming (1, 8)
* Dave Ward – keyboard programming (1, 8), drum programming (1)
* Eric Dawkins – arrangements (1), keyboards (2, 9)
* Valdez Brantley – keyboards (3, 5), drum programming (3, 5)
* Bernard Wright – keyboards (6, 8–10), keyboard bass (6), drum programming (6)
* Randy Poole – keyboard programming (8)
* Anson Dawkins – drum programming (1, 3, 8, 9), vocal arrangements (3)
* Skip Pruitt – saxophone (7, 13)
* Parkes Stewart – vocal arrangements (3, 5)
* Transformation Crusade – rap (6)

Production

* Dan Cleary – executive producer
* Fred Hammond – executive producer, producer (1, 2, 4, 6–13)
* Maxx Frank – co-producer (1, 2, 4, 7–11, 13)
* Mitchell Jones – producer (3, 5, 12)
* Bernard Wright – producer (6)
* John Jaszcz – engineer, mix engineer
* Dave Ward – engineer (1)
* Randy Poole – engineer (2, 4, 6, 7, 10–13)
* Mike Grace – engineer (3, 5)
* Scott Morgan – engineer (5)
* Kevin Wright – engineer (6, 10), additional engineer
* Eric Morgeson – engineer (10), additional engineer
* Raymond Hammond – sampling
* Connie Harrington – art direction
* Joel Anderson – cover concept, design
* David Thomas – cover concept, design
* Russ Harrington –photography

References

Commissioned (gospel group) albums
1991 albums

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