Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek

Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek (sometimes abbreviated to Music Through Heartsongs) is the third studio album by the American country music singer Billy Gilman, released on April 15, 2003, on Epic Records Nashville. It is his final album for that label. The songs on this album are based on poems written by the child poet Mattie Stepanek, who died of muscular dystrophy one year after the album's release.

Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)
GenreCountry
LabelEpic
ProducerAngela Bacari, Charles Calello, Sandy Linzer, David Malloy, Bruce Roberts
Billy Gilman chronology
Dare to Dream
(2001)
Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek
(2003)
Everything and More
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For Our World"Mattie Stepanek, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols3:24
2."About Things That Matter"Stepanek, Angela Lauer3:12
3."Morning Gift"Stepanek, James T. Slater2:13
4."I Am/Shades of Life"Stepanek, Malloy, Bruce Roberts4:40
5."It Happened Anyway"Stepanek, Tom Douglas3:30
6."Possession"Stepanek, Randle Chowning, Mark Morton2:49
7."Songs of the Wind"Stepanek, Richard Leigh2:24
8."Making Real Sense of the Senses"Stepanek, Roberts3:39
9."The Gift of Color"Stepanek, Slater3:19
10."I Could… If They Would"Stepanek, Jon Stone2:50
11."About Memories"Stepanek, Angela Bacari, Billy Gilman, Sandy Linzer4:34
12."About Watches"Stepanek, Bacari, Gilman, Linzer3:13

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 109
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 15

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