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The Great Adventure (Steven Curtis Chapman album)

The Great Adventure is the fifth album released by Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. The album was released on June 19, 1992, by Sparrow Records. It went Gold in just under one year, being certified.

The Great Adventure

June 19, 1992

49:43

Phil Naish

The album was listed at No. 33 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. It brought Chapman several Gospel Music Association awards at the 24th GMA Dove Awards in 1993, including Song of the Year (with Geoff Moore), Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, and Short Form Music Video of the Year for the title song, and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. The album also won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.


The album features guest appearances by artists like Toby McKeehan (dc Talk), BeBe Winans, and Ricky Skaggs. Also, the song "Maria" was co-written by Chapman's wife.

Steven Curtis Chapman – lead vocals (2-10), backing vocals (2, 3, 5-10), acoustic guitars (2-10), electric guitar (7)

Cheryl Rogers – acoustic piano (1)

Phil Naish – keyboards

accordion (8)

Jo-El Sonnier

– guitars

Dann Huff

Jerry McPherson – guitars

Scott Sanders –

dobro

lap steel guitar, additional dobro

Rusty Young

Jackie Street – bass

– drums

Paul Leim

Mark Hammond – drum programming (7, 9)

Mark Douthit – soprano sax solo (10)

– orchestra (1, 4, 11)

The Nashville String Machine

Carl Gorodetzky – contractor (1, 4, 11)

– composer, arranger and conductor (1); string and brass arrangements (4)

J.A.C. Redford

Don Wyrtzen – string arrangements (11)

Brent Lamb – backing vocals (2, 3, 10)

Kip Raines – backing vocals (2, 3, 10)

Trace Balin – backing vocals (5, 9)

– backing vocals (5, 9)

Chris Rodríguez

Herb Chapman – backing vocals (7)

Mark Heimermann – backing vocals (7)

– rap (7)

Toby McKeehan

– backing vocals (8)

Lionel Cartwright

– backing vocals (8)

Ricky Skaggs

– lead vocals (10)

BeBe Winans

Yells on "Got to B Tru"

Phil Naish – producer

Peter York – executive producer

Ronnie Brookshire – engineer, mixing (7-11)

Bill Deaton – mixing (1-6)

Steve Bishir – additional engineer

Patrick Kelly – additional engineer, assistant engineer

Carry Summers – additional engineer

John Kunz – assistant engineer

Todd Robbins – assistant engineer

Studio at Mole End () – recording location, mixing location

Franklin, Tennessee

Nightingale Studio () – track recording location

Nashville, Tennessee

(Nashville, Tennessee) – additional recording location

Quad Studios

OmniSound (Nashville, Tennessee) – additional recording location

Skylab Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – additional recording location

Great Circle Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) – strings recording location

Carol Bobolts for Red Herring Design – design

Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography

Helena Occhipinti – hair and make-up

Jeffrey Tay Stylists – stylists