''Third Verse'' is the third album of

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band

Smalltown Poets Smalltown Poets is a Christian rock band formed in 1996. It was formed in Tifton, Georgia by high school friends Michael Johnston (guitars/vocals), Danny Stephens (keyboards), and Byron Goggin (drums), along with (then) Nashville musicians Kevin ...

. It was released in 2000.

Track listing

# "Every Reason" (Michael Johnston, Miguel DeJesus,

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, Danny Stephens) - 3:43 # "Any Other Love" (Johnston, DeJesus, Goldman) - 4:05 # "Firefly" (Johnston, Goldman) - 3:37 # "Clean" (Johnston, Goldman) - 4:37 # "The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes and the Pride of Life" (

Michael Roe Michael Roe (born October 12, 1954) is an American, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member of the band the 77s and the Lost Dogs and has recorded several solo albums. Career Although he has released several solo album ...

) - 4:18 # "Waterfall" (Johnston, DeJesus) - 4:15 # "Beautiful, Scandalous Night" (

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) - 3:55 # "No Kinder Savior" (Johnston, DeJesus) - 4:20 # "That Line" (Johnston) - 4:59 # "100 Billion Watts" (Johnston, DeJesus, Stephens) - 3:34

Tracks

* "The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes and the Pride of Life" is a cover from

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Personnel

Smalltown Poets * Michael Johnston – vocals, acoustic guitar * Terry Flannigan – guitars (2, 4, 9) * Miguel DeJesús – guitars, bass, backing vocals *

– guitars (3, 7), drums, percussion, loops Additional musicians * Paul Ebersold –

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, guitars (1, 10) * Charlie Wood –

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(7, 8),

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(7, 8) *

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– lead guitar (1) * Bobby Watkins – guitars (2, 5, 10) * Kirk Smothers – baritone saxophone (10), tenor saxophone (10) * Kevin Paige – strings (4, 8), backing vocals (8) * Todd Hale – backing vocals (8)

Production

Dana Key Dana Key (December 30, 1953June 6, 2010) was an American Christian rock guitarist, singer, and producer who was co-founder of the Christian rock group DeGarmo and Key with keyboardist Eddie DeGarmo, best friends since the first grade. Key grew up ...

– executive producer * Patrick Scholes – executive producer * Michael Johnston – producer * Miguel DeJesús – producer * Paul Ebersold – producer * Matt Martone – engineer * Jason Latshaw – second engineer * Matt Goldman –

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Brad Blackwood Brad Blackwood is an American audio mastering engineer. He has mastered albums for artists such as Maroon 5, Against Me!, Lamb of God, Black Eyed Peas, Sara Bareilles, and is an 19 time Grammy nominee and 3-time winner, as well as having multiple n ...

– mastering * Disciple Design – art direction, design * Lamar Sorrento – illustration * Allen Clark – photography * Thunder Image Group – photography * The Mark Hollingsworth Company – management

References

Smalltown Poets albums 2000 albums {{christian-album-stub