''Small Sacrifice'' is the sixteenth studio album by

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singer-songwriter

Twila Paris Twila Paris (born December 28, 1958) is a contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, author and pianist. Since 1980, Paris has released 22 albums, amassed 33 number one Christian Radio singles, and was named the Gospel Music Association Fem ...

. It was originally released independently on Paris' Mountain Spring Music imprint available at her website and at LifeWay Christian Stores in late 2007. The album married the two parts of her career by including both inspirational pop/adult contemporary songs and original praise and worship compositions. Her first radio single from the album "Live to Praise" climbed to number 3 on ''

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Christian Inspirational chart. ''Small Sacrifice'' was released for wider distribution by

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on February 24, 2009. Production was handled by John Hartley, who produced Paris' 2001 Dove Award winning

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album '' Bedtime Prayers: Lullabies and Peaceful Worship''.

Track listing

All songs written by Twila Paris. #"We Know Love" - 4:32 #"I Can Do All Things" - 4:28 #"You Lead Me" - 3:42 #"Small Sacrifice" - 3:31 #"Lord I Need You" - 4:06 #"Live to Praise" - 3:57 #"Not Forgotten" - 5:42 #"There Is a Plan" - 5:16 #"You Are a Great God" - 4:14 #"Alleluia" - 4:38

Personnel

* Twila Paris – vocals * Jamie Kenney – keyboards * Gary Burnette – guitars * Chris Graffagnio – guitars * Chris Donohue – bass * Dennis Holt – drums, percussion * Ken Lewis – drums, percussion * Chris Eaton – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals *

Michelle Tumes Michelle Louise Tumes (born 1971) is an Australian contemporary Christian musician from Adelaide. In 1993, she moved to the United States and has released four studio albums, ''Listen'' (1998), ''Center of My Universe'' (2000), ''Dream'' (2001) ...

– backing vocals Production * John Hartley – producer * Colin Heldt – engineer * David Schober – engineer, mixing * John Mayfield – mastering * Susannah Parrish – graphic design * Michael Gomez – cover photography * Norman Miller – management

Critical reception

Mark Lawrence of

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said of ''Small Sacrifice'' that the album "combines songs for congregational worship such as the piano-driven, hymn-like 'I Can Do All Things' and the upbeat pop of 'We Know Love' with more adult contemporary tracks such as the folksy/Celtic infused 'There Is A Plan' and the hauntingly beautiful ballad 'You Lead Me' which takes the listener on a journey through Psalm 23." Lawrence mentions that the title song and "Lord I Need You" are the quieter tracks "where her voice lifts and gives life to the simple melodies. At times the balladry slips squarely into the middle-of-the-road and the congregational worship songs are just a hotch-potch of tired clichés such as on 'Live To Praise.' But overall Twila sounds as fresh now as she did 25 years ago."

Radio singles

References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Twila Paris albums MNRK Music Group albums