Side by Side (Imperials album)

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Side by Side
Main front cover featuring Jim Murray (left) and David Will
Studio album by
The Imperials
Released1983
Studio
Genre
Length1:16:22
Keith Thomas, Neal Joseph
The Imperials chronology
Stand by the Power
(1982) 		Side by Side
(1983) 		The Imperials Sing the Classics
(1984)
Alternative cover
Back cover featuring Armond Morales (left) and Paul Smith

Side by Side is the 29th studio album by

Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.[3] Side by Side peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Top Inspirational Albums
chart.

Track listing

Jim Murray; produced by Neal Joseph

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sound His Praise"Melodie Tunney3:01
2."Even the Praise Comes from You"Claire Cloninger, Lynn Keesecker2:35
3."Behold the Man"David Baroni, Niles Borop4:00
4."Built to Last"Steven Curtis Chapman3:43
5."I Need to Feel Your Touch Again"Tricia Walker4:12

David Will; produced by Neal Joseph and

Keith Thomas

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Need"Paul Smith, John Rosasco4:21
2."You're the Only Jesus"Gordon Jensen4:08
3."Best of My Life"P. Smith, K. Thomas3:34
4."Jesus Never Fails"Gary Driskell4:13
5."Through Your Eyes"Billy Smiley, Bob Farrell3:57

Armond Morales; produced by Neal Joseph

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Shepherd"P. Smith, Dick Tunney2:47
2."Keepin' My Eyes on You"Twila Paris2:59
3."Once and For All"C. Cloninger, L. Keesecker2:57
4."They See God There"Dan Keen, Jim Weber2:40
5."Great Is Your Faithfulness"T. Walker, Dawn Rodgers4:37

Paul Smith; produced by Keith Thomas

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wait Upon the Lord"P. Smith, K. Thomas, Ragan Courtney4:24
2."Here on the Rock"P. Smith, K. Thomas4:23
3."Make My Heart Your Home" (duet with Leslie Phillips)P. Smith, K. Thomas3:53
4."Promise to Promise"P. Smith, K. Thomas4:06
5."All Because You Love Me"P. Smith, Scott Wesley Brown, Phil Naish4:58

Personnel

The Imperials

  • Paul Smith – lead vocals, backing vocals (17, 20)
  • Jim Murray – tenor, lead vocals
  • David Will – baritone, lead vocals
  • Armond Morales – bass, lead vocals

Musicians

  • Mitch Humphries – acoustic piano (1-5), Rhodes Chroma (1)
  • Wurlitzer electric piano
    (4)
  • Keith Thomas – acoustic piano (6, 7, 9, 10), backing vocals (6-9, 17), Fender Rhodes (7, 8, 10), synthesizers (8, 10, 17), keyboards (16, 18, 19, 20), vocoder (16, 17)
  • David Huntsinger – acoustic piano (11, 13, 14), Fender Rhodes (11-14)
  • Alan Steinberger – synthesizers (11, 12)
  • Tricia Walker – acoustic piano (15)
  • Jon Goin – guitars (1-5, 11, 12, 17, 19, 20), guitar solo (8)
  • Dann Huff – lead guitar (6), guitars (8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20), "midget" guitar (16), guitar solo (17)
  • Bruce Dees – guitars (6, 10), electric guitar (7)
  • Brent Rowan – guitars (6, 10, 13, 14, 15), acoustic guitar (7)
  • Mike Brignardello – bass (1-5, 8, 9, 20)
  • Bob Wray – bass (6, 7, 10)
  • Gary Lunn – bass (11-15)
  • David Hungate – bass (16)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (17, 18, 19)
  • Mark Hammond – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 16)
  • Larrie Londin – drums (7, 9-14, 17, 19)
  • David Huff
    – drums (18)
  • Farrell Morris – percussion (1-5, 11-15)
  • Terry McMillan – percussion (6, 8, 9, 16-19)
  • Sam Levine – saxophone solo (10)
  • Mark Douthit – saxophone (19)
  • Bobby Taylor – oboe (15)
  • Cindy Reynolds – harp (15)
  • Terry Mead – flugelhorn (16)
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5)
  • Alan Moore – string arrangements (7, 9, 10)
  • Don Hart – string arrangements (12, 13, 15)
  • John Darnall – string arrangements (18, 20)
  • The Kris Wilkinson Strings – strings (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20)
  • Beverly Darnall – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 9)
  • Neal Joseph – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12)
  • Melodie Tunney
    – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 20)
  • Steve Green – backing vocals (6, 7, 8)
  • Gary Pigg – backing vocals (6)
  • Beverly Baxter – backing vocals (12)
  • Donna McElroy – backing vocals (14, 19)
  • Steve Taylor – backing vocals (14)
  • Marty McCall – backing vocals (17, 19)
  • Leslie Phillips – lead vocals (18)
  • Patti Leatherwood – backing vocals (19)
  • Denny Henson – backing vocals (20)

Production

  • Neal Joseph – producer (1-15)
  • Keith Thomas – producer (11-20)
  • Jeff Balding – engineer
  • Scott Hendricks – engineer
  • Jim Baird – engineer (1-15)
  • Travis Turk – engineer (1-5, 16-20)
  • Steve Fralick – engineer (6-10, 16-20)
  • Brent King – engineer (6-15)
  • Danny Mundhenk – engineer (6-10), assistant engineer (11-20)
  • Kyle Lehning – engineer (16-20)
  • Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer (6-10)
  • Phil Diehl – assistant engineer (11-20)
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bill Brunt – album design
  • Mark Tucker – photography

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Top Inspirational Albums (Billboard)[4] 10

Radio singles

Year Singles Peak positions
CCM AC[5]
1983 "Wait Upon the Lord" (Paul Smith) 2
1983 "You're the Only Jesus" (David Will) 20
1984 "Make My Heart Your Home" (Paul Smith & Leslie Phillips) 13

Accolades

GMA Dove Awards

Year Winner Category
1984 Side by Side Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

References

  1. DaySpring Records
    . 1983.
  2. AllMusic
  3. ^ "Dove Awards Past Winners". Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Inspirational LPs" (PDF). Billboard. December 10, 1983. p. 32.
  5. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0
    .
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