Love Beyond Reason is the eighth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Randy Stonehill, released on June 17, 1985 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced and arranged by Barry Miller Kaye with engineering and mixing by Stonehill's friend and folk rock singer - songwriter Mark Heard.
The album peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Love Beyond Reason became very successful in the strength of its lead single, "I Could Never Say Goodbye." The track is a vocal duet with popular CCM singer -
songwriter Amy Grant. Grant had just released her first mainstream album Unguarded at the time of Stonehill's release, with the duet track and Grant's "Find a Way" both climbing up the Christian radio charts at the same time. "I Could Never Say Goodbye" earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group. It was Stonehill's only sole Grammy nomination.
The rest of Love Beyond Reason is a pop/rock album. Highlights include an uptempo version of "Until Your Love Broke Through," a song Stonehill co-wrote with Jesus Music legend Keith Green back in 1976, "The Gods of Men" with Bryan Duncan providing backing vocals, the title song and "Hymn." To go along with the audio release, Stonehill also put out a collection of music videos on VHS titled Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album with five videos from this album plus "Still Small Voice" from Celebrate This Heartbeat. The cassette and CD versions also contain an extended version of "The Gods of Men."
Track listing of the CD Version
All songs were written by Randy Stonehill, except where noted.
1. I Could Never Say Goodbye (duet with Amy Grant) -3:44
2. Love Beyond Reason -3:36
3. The Gods of Men -4:14
4. Bells -4:15
5. You're Loved Tonight -5:51
6. Until Your Love Broke Through (Randy Stonehill, Keith Green, Todd Fishkind)
-4:04
7. Hymn -2:47
8. Angry Young Man -3:36
9. Judgement Day -4:55
10. Cross That Line (Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard) -3:31
11. The Gods of Men (extended version) -6:12
Radio singles
1985 "I Could Never Say Goodbye" -#4 Christian CHR, #9 Christian AC
1985 "Until Your Love Broke Through" -#6 Christian CHR
1986 "The Gods of Men" -#7 Christian CHR
1986 "Hymn" -#14 Christian AC
Previous release: Stonehill (EP) (1985) (U.K. release)
Next release: The Wild Frontier (1986)
Watch the music video collection Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album here:
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