Powerhouse_(White_Heart_album)

<i>Powerhouse</i> (White Heart album)

Powerhouse (White Heart album)

1990 studio album by White Heart

Powerhouse is the seventh album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the first with Brian Wooten on guitars, Anthony Sallee on bass guitar and the first album on the Star Song label, and the band's only album with Mark Nemer on drums.[2][3] It was released in late 1990. White Heart continues their arena rock sound from their previous album Freedom with the title song and "Independence Day" becoming hits on Christian Rock radio while their ballads like "Desert Rose" and "Lay It Down" were hits on Christian radio (AC/CHR) stations. Powerhouse peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

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White Heart also released a 25-minute video on VHS called Live at the Power House featuring concert footage, music videos for "Independence Day" and "Desert Rose" and interviews.

Track listing

  1. "Independence Day" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian) – 5:37
  2. "Powerhouse" (Sallee, Smiley, Wooten, Gersmehl, Nemer) – 4:30
  3. "Desert Rose" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian) – 4:41
  4. "Lovers and Dreamers" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian, Tommy Sims) – 4:35
  5. "Nailed Down" (Smiley, Wooten, Gersmehl, Dale Oliver) – 5:09
  6. "Messiah" (Gersmehl) – 5:19
  7. "A Love Calling" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Nemer) – 6:24
  8. "Answer the Call" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:44
  9. "Storyline" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:20
  10. "Lay It Down" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:57

Personnel

White Heart

Additional musicians

Production

  • Darrell A. Harris – executive producer
  • Bill Drescher – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mark Gersmehl – co-producer
  • Billy Smiley – co-producer
  • Barry Dixon – assistant engineer
  • Richard Engstrom – assistant engineer
  • Roy Gamble – assistant engineer
  • Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer
  • Shawn McLean – assistant engineer
  • Malcolm Greenwood – project coordinator, management
  • Toni Thigpen – art direction
  • Tufts Design Studio – design and layout
  • Bob Forti – cover photography
  • Mark Tucker – back cover photography
  • The Bennett House, Franklin, Tennessee – recording location
  • Quad Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
  • Midtown Tone & Volume, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
  • Studio 55, Los Angeles, California – mixing location

Charts

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Radio singles

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References

  1. [1]
    "Powerhouse – WhiteHeart AllMusic". Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 1033–5. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
  3. [3]
    White Heart: Powerhouse. Star Song Records. 1990.
  4. [4]
    "Top Christian LPs" (PDF). Billboard. February 9, 1991. p. 71.
  5. [5]
    Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001. AuthorHouse. pp. 228, 229. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0.
  6. [6]
    Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-8230-7718-7.
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