Freedom (White Heart album)

Freedom is the sixth album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the last of the band's albums with Sparrow Records.[1] Produced by Brown Bannister, it was also the last album for Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Chris McHugh, although McHugh returned as a session musician for Tales of Wonder.

Freedom
Studio album by White Heart
Released	1989
Genre	Christian rock
Label	Sparrow
Producer	Brown Bannister
White Heart chronology
Emergency Broadcast (1987) Freedom (1989) Powerhouse (1990)

Track listing

1. "Bye Bye Babylon" (Rick Florian, Mark Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims, Billy Smiley) – 4:09
2. "Sing Your Freedom" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Sims, Smiley) – 4:53
3. "Let the Kingdom Come" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Sims, Smiley) – 5:03
4. "Over Me" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Sims, Smiley, Chris McHugh) – 5:15
5. "Eighth Wonder" (Florian, Gersmehl, Kennedy, McHugh, Smiley) – 4:18
6. "Power Tools" (Kennedy, McHugh, Smiley) – 4:21
7. "Invitation" (Kennedy, Sims) – 4:52
8. "The River Will Flow" (Gersmehl, Smiley) – 6:52
9. "Set The Bridge On Fire" (Florian, Gersmehl, Kennedy, Smiley) – 4:33 (CD version only)
10. "Let It Go" (Gersmehl, Kennedy, Sims, Smiley) – 4:11
11. "I'll Meet You There" (Gersmehl, Sims) – 4:18

Personnel

White Heart

• Rick Florian – lead vocals (1–7, 9, 10, 11), backing vocals
• Mark Gersmehl – keyboards, backing vocals, 1st lead vocal (3), lead vocals (8)
• Billy Smiley – guitars, backing vocals
• Gordon Kennedy – guitars, backing vocals, 2nd lead vocal (4), 3rd lead vocal (7)
• Tommy Sims – bass guitar, backing vocals, 1st lead vocal (7)
• Chris McHugh – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tommy Dorsey – additional keyboards (3)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (2, 3, 6)
• Stan Armor – backing vocals (8)
• Margaret Becker – backing vocals (8)
• Steven Curtis Chapman – backing vocals (8)
• Eddie DeGarmo – backing vocals (8)
• Dave Perkins – harmony vocals (8)

Production

• Brown Bannister – producer
• Peter York – executive producer
• Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
• Byron House – additional engineer
• Steve Bishir – assistant engineer
• Shawn McLean – assistant engineer
• Paula Montondo – assistant engineer
• Todd Moore – assistant engineer
• Mark Nevers – assistant engineer
• Carry Summers – assistant engineer
• Kevin Twit – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
• Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn – art direction
• Larry Virgin – art direction, design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• The Bennett House – recording location
• The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee – recording location
• Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
• OmniSound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location

References

1. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 1033–5. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.

• Freedom . Sparrow Records. SPD 4191