A Reason to Live (album)

A Reason To Live is the second album from Contemporary Christian music singer Cindy Morgan. It was released in 1993 by Word Records and earned Morgan a Dove award nomination as Female Vocalist of the Year.[1] The song "I Will Be Free" also received a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 25th GMA Dove Awards in 1994.

A Reason To Live
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 10, 1993
StudioThe Bennett House and North Beach Studio (Franklin, Tennessee).
GenreCCM
Length46:59
LabelWord
ProducerMark Hammond
Cindy Morgan chronology
Real Life
(1992)
A Reason To Live
(1993)
Under the Waterfall
(1995)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Cindy Morgan, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Picture Me In Paradise"Grant CunninghamMark Hammond5:35
2."The Days of Innocence"Cindy MorganMark Hammond4:36
3."Storybook"Cindy Morgan; Grant CunninghamMark Hammond4:10
4."Reaching In"  4:27
5."We Can Live Together"Cindy MorganMark Hammond5:14
6."Love's Still Love"Grant CunninghamMark Hammond4:07
7."A Reason To Live"  5:31
8."Let Somebody Love You"Cindy Morgan; Mark HammondMark Hammond3:38
9."Someone Believes In You"  4:47
10."I Will Be Free"  4:54
Total length:46:59

Personnel

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  • Cindy Morgan – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–9)
  • Mark Hammond – keyboard programming (1–9), bass and drum programming (1–9), arrangements (1–10), backing vocals (2–5, 8), programming (10)
  • Brian Green – keyboards (9), acoustic piano (9, 10), programming (10), strings (10), arrangements (10)
  • Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (5), guitars (7)
  • Billy Crockett – gut-string guitar (5)
  • Jackie Street – bass guitar (2)
  • Craig Nelson – bass guitar (9)
  • John Hammond – drums (9)
  • Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (1)
  • Michael Mellett – backing vocals (3, 5)
  • Geoffrey Thurman – backing vocals (6)
  • Chris Willis – backing vocals (6)
  • Tina Hutchison – backing vocals (7)
  • Tabitha Fair – backing vocals (8)
  • Vicky Vaughn – backing vocals (8)
Choir on "We Can Live Together"
  • Grant Cunningham, Tina Hutchinson, Michael Mellett, Cindy Morgan and Kip Raines


Production

  • John Mays – executive producer
  • Mark Hammond – producer
  • Ronnie Brookshire – recording, mixing
  • Dave Dillbeck – additional engineer, assistant engineer
  • Todd Robbins – additional engineer
  • Shawn McLean – assistant engineer
  • Paul Skaife – assistant engineer
  • Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Brent Lenthall – production assistance
  • Kim Sagmiller – production coordination, art direction
  • Loren Balman – art direction
  • Randall Lockwood – design
  • Patrick Pollei – design
  • Mark Tucker – photography
  • Claudia McConnell-Fowler – stylist
  • Alvaro Alarcon – hair, make-up
  • Mike Atkins – management

References

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