Celebrate This Heartbeat is the seventh studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Randy Stonehill, released on April 25, 1984 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Barry Miller Kaye.
It is the first of two albums that Stonehill and producer Kaye have collaborated on (the other being his next album Love Beyond Reason), as Stonehill's sound on this album was more pop/rock. The album's highlight is "Who Will Save the Children," a vocal duet featuring fellow musician and friend Phil Keaggy. The track serves as a charity song for Compassion International to help children from poverty, even predating the 1985 charity single "Do Something Now" as performed by the Christian all-star collective The CAUSE. The album liner notes on Celebrate This Heartbeat includes a sign up form to sponsor a child.
The other songs include the title track and "Still Small Voice." A music video was made for the latter to promote the album and is found in the video collection Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album on VHS. Celebrate This Heartbeat debuted and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.
The album is not released on CD and is not available digitally, although some tracks from Celebrate This Heartbeat are available digitally on compilation albums by Stonehill. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article.
Track listing
All songs were written by Randy Stonehill, except where noted.
1. Overture: Celebrate This Heartbeat (instrumental) (Randy Stonehill, Tom
Howard) -3:25
2. Still, Small Voice -4:03
3. Celebrate This Heartbeat -4:07
4. Modern Myth -3:52
5. Who Will Save the Children (vocal duet with Phil Keaggy) -5:28
6. When I Look to the Mountains -3:42
7. Allison -3:20
8. Whatcha Gonna Do About That -3:19
9. Stop the World -4:33
10. I'll Remember You -4:27
Radio singles
1984 "When I Look to the Mountains" -#7 Christian AC/CHR
1984 "Who Will Save the Children -#11 Christian AC/CHR
Next release: Stonehill (EP) (1985) (U.K. release)
Listen to the album Celebrate This Heartbeat here:
Watch the music video of "Still Small Voice" here:
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