Return to Paradise (Randy Stonehill album)

Return to Paradise is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1989, on Myrrh Records. The title is a reference to Stonehill's earlier album, Welcome to Paradise.

Return to Paradise
Studio album by
Randy Stonehill
Released1989
RecordedFebruary–June 1989
StudioFingerprint Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Neverland Studios
GenreContemporary Christian, folk rock
LabelMyrrh
ProducerMark Heard
Randy Stonehill chronology
Can't Buy a Miracle
(1988)		 Return to Paradise
(1989)		 Until We Have Wings
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

This album was listed at No. 76 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Stonehill except as otherwise noted.

Side one
  1. "Starlings" – 5:00
  2. "Stand Like Steel" – 4:55
  3. "I Don't Ever Want to Live Without You" (Pierce Pettis) – 4:10
  4. "This Friend of Old" (David Edwards) – 4:00
  5. "You Can Still Walk Tall" – 5:00
  6. "True Blood" – 5:02

Side two
  1. "Strong Hand of Love" (Mark Heard) – 2:54
  2. "Christmas at Denny's" – 5:53
  3. "Love Tells No Lies" – 4:20
  4. "Weight of the Sky" – 3:28
  5. "Ready To Go" – 4:44

Personnel
  • Randy Stonehill – acoustic guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals on "I Don't Ever Want To Live Without You", co-producer
  • Doug Matthews – drums
  • Bill Batstone – fretless bass
  • David Miner – acoustic bass
  • Tom Willett – bass guitar on "Strong Hand Of Love"
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel, lap steel
  • Joe Weed – fiddle and viola
  • Phil Keaggy – classical guitar on "I Don't Ever Want To Live Without You", 12-string guitars on "Love Tells No Lies", backing vocals
  • David Baker – percussion
  • Pam Dwinell – backing vocals
  • Mark Heard – mandolin, accordion, electric guitars, bass guitar on "Stand Like Steel" and "Love Tells No Lies", tambourine on "Strong Hand of Love", producer, audio engineer, mixing
  • Tom Willett – executive producer
  • Fingerprint Recorders – mixing location
  • Neverland Studios – recording location
  • Gary Gerhart – second engineer
  • Dan Reed – second engineer
  • Stephen Padgett – second engineer
  • Derri Daugherty – second engineer
  • Dave Hackbarth – second engineer
  • Linda Krikorian – photography

References
  1. Return to Paradise at AllMusic
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