''Over and Underneath'' is the first major label studio album from Christian
pop rock
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band
Tenth Avenue North
Tenth Avenue North is an American contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. The band released a total of fifteen original music projects, including eight full-length studio albums (six of which reached the Billboard 200, i ...
. It was released on May 20, 2008, and peaked at No. 130 on the
''Billboard'' 200 in April 2009. The album features two No. 1 singles: "Love Is Here" and "
By Your Side". It has been certified Gold status selling over 500,000 copies.
Release
''Over and Underneath'' was released on May 20, 2008, through
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 ...
. In April 2009, it peaked at No. 130 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
The album's
lead single
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A similar term, "debut ...
, "Love Is Here", was released in early 2008 and reached No. 1 on Christian
contemporary hit radio
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(CHR) charts that year. According to
Nielsen SoundScan
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, Tenth Avenue North ended 2008 as the best-selling new Christian music artist, and the only new artist to sell 100,000 digital copies of their album by the end of the year.
"
By Your Side", the album's second single, was released in late August 2008; it also became a No. 1 song, staying at the top of
''R&R'''s Christian CHR radio chart for three consecutive weeks in late January and February 2009.
"Hold My Heart" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2011 film ''
October Baby''. In February 2016, it was announced that the album had been certified as Gold, selling more than 500,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
Tenth Avenue North
*
Mike Donehey
Michael Morgan Donehey (born September 30, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist primarily known for his work in the contemporary Christian band Tenth Avenue North. After amicably disbanding in 2021, the band reformed with t ...
– lead vocals, acoustic guitars
* Jeff Owen – electric guitars, backing vocals
* Scott Sanders – bass
* Jason Jamison – drums
Additional musicians
*
Jason Ingram
Jason David Ingram is an American Christian music producer and songwriter. He has been a songwriter for many Christian artists, including Bebo Norman and Point of Grace.
Career
Around the end of 2001, he was the first artist to be signed to ...
– programming, backing vocals
*
Rusty Varenkamp – programming
*
Paul Moak
Paul Moak (born July 8, 1979) is an American producer, engineer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee.
Biography
Paul Greer Moak, III was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1979. He learned music at ...
– electric guitars
* Tony Lucido – bass
*
Chris Carmichael – strings
* David Henry – strings
*
Phillip LaRue
Phillip LaRue (born October 9, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, artist and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released four studio albums with his band LaRue, formed by his sister Natalie LaRue and himself, and two studio albu ...
– backing vocals
Production
* Terry Hemmings – executive producer
* Jordyn Thomas – A&R
* Jason Ingram – producer
* Phillip LaRue – producer
* Rusty Varenkamp – producer, engineer, editing, drum editing, mixing (10)
* Tom Laune – mixing (1-9, 11)
* Ben Phillips – drum editing
* Matt West – drum editing
* Heather Hetzler – A&R production
* Bekka Blackburn – art direction
* Tim Parker – art direction, design
* Kristin Barlowe – photography
* Samantha Roe – styling
* Showdown Management – management
Charts
Weekly charts
Trivia
* On the cover, the lyrics to "Times" are displayed on the blue wall behind the artists. Also, the album is named for this song's lyrics: "My love is over. It's underneath. It's inside. It's in between."
References
External links
Tenth Avenue North's official website
2008 albums
Tenth Avenue North albums
Reunion Records albums
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