The Second Decade (1993–2003)
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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 ...
's eighteenth album. This is Smith's second greatest hits compilation album, picking up where his first greatest hits compilation, '' The First Decade (1983–1993)'', left off.


Track listing


Missing hits

As with ''The First Decade (1983–1993)'', several songs that charted on ''CCM'' magazine's CHR, Adult Contemporary, and Inspirational charts were omitted from this compilation due to time constraints. These hit singles were: *"I'll Be Around" (No. 3 on CHR, No. 1 on AC) *"A Little Stronger Everyday" (No. 5 on CHR, No. 2 on AC) *"Someday" (No. 3 on CHR, No. 5 on AC) *"Jesus Is the Answer" (No. 9 on CHR, No. 4 on AC, No. 11 on Inspo) *"Christmastime" (No. 12 on AC) *"Let Me Show You the Way" (No. 16 on CHR, No. 1 on AC) *"I Will Be Your Friend" (No. 2 on AC, No. 7 on Inspo) *"I Still Have the Dream" (No. 7 on CHR) *"Worth It All" (No. 7 on CHR, No. 4 on AC) *"Breathe" (No. 1 on Inspo) *"Step by Step/Forever We Will Sing" (No. 21 on ''Billboard''
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The Second Decade DVD

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version of the album was also released, which included ''The Second Decade DVD''. This disc contained the following music videos: The 'extras' section includes a discography, as well as the following features:


Personnel

Signs * Michael W. Smith – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards,
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, acoustic guitar * Glenn Pearce – electric guitars * Anthony Sallee – bass * Raymond Boyd – drums, percussion Raging Sea * Michael W. Smith – vocals, acoustic piano *
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–orchestra * David Hamilton – orchestra arrangements and conductor * Carl Gorodetzky – contractor * Eberhard Ramm – music copyist * Nirva Dorsaint – backing vocals


Production

* Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer (1, 2, 4-7, 11, 12, 14, 15) * Mark Heimmerman – producer (2, 5-7) *
Patrick Leonard Patrick Ray Leonard (born March 14, 1956) is an American songwriter, keyboardist, film composer, and music producer, best known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna. His work with Madonna includes her albums '' True Blue'' (1986), '' Who ...
– producer (3, 8-10) * Bryan Lenox – producer (4, 14) * Tom Laune – producer (11) *
Brown Bannister Elliott Brown Bannister III (born August 15, 1951) is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) producer and songwriter. Biography Bannister released one album of his own, ''Talk to One Another'', in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reuni ...
– producer (13) * Rob Burrell – recording (1, 15), mixing (1, 15), remixing (8) * Hank Williams – mastering * Jason McArthur – A&R * Laurie Melick – A&R production * Scott Hughes – art direction * Stephanie McBrayer – art direction, styling * Tim Parker – cover design, graphic design * Ron Roark – graphic design * Andrew Southam – photography * Russ Harrington – additional photography * Sheila Davis – make-up * Traci Sgrnoli – hair stylist * Carol Maxwell – additional hair styling and make-up * Blanton Harrell Cooke & Corzine – management * Recorded and Mixed at
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(Marin County, California); Deer Valley Studio and The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee). * Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee). The Second Decade DVD * Ken Carpenter – producer, DVD design * Rod Carpenter – DVD design, DVD authoring * Stephanie McBrayer – visual media director * Laurie Melick – production manager


Chart performance


References

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