The Lazarus Heart is the 13th studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Randy Stonehill. It was released independently in the fall of 1994 on Stonehill's label Street Level Records, with distribution by REX Music. It is the first of two albums to credit under his last name Stonehill.
After more than a decade on Word Records, Stonehill decided to release The Lazarus Heart independently. The album is produced by Jimmie Lee Sloas, formerly of The Imperials, who also produced the Christian rock band PFR. Stonehill wrote the whole album with some songwriting assistance with Rick Elias, Cheri Keaggy (Phil Keaggy's niece-in-law and a CCM artist), Terry Scott
Taylor, Phil Maderia and Dave Perkins. The album is a temporary return to his commercial sound reminiscent of his mid 1980s releases, but catering to a 1990s audience. The lead single "I Turn to You," with harmony vocals by Christine Denté of Out of the Grey, became Stonehill's first and only number one Christian radio hit.
The second single "In Jesus' Name" features guest vocals by Michael W. Smith, who also plays keyboards. A music video was made for the track featuring Stonehill and Smith. Other guest artists and musicians who helped on the album include Bob Carlisle, Gary Chapman, David Robertson, Riki Michele, Jerry Chamberlain and Gordon Kennedy among others. Incidentally, Kennedy and Sloas would later form the Christian rock band Dogs of Peace in 1995.
Track listing
1. A Promise Made is a Promise Kept (Randy Stonehill, Rick Elias) -5:45
2. I Turn to You (Randy Stonehill, Cheri Keaggy) -3:28
3. In Jesus' Name (featuring Michael W. Smith) (Randy Stonehill, Phil
Maderia) -4:27
4. Under the Rug (Randy Stonehill, Dave Perkins, Terry Scott Taylor) -3:40
5. Remember My Name (Randy Stonehill, Rick Elias) -4:56
6. That's Why We Don't Love God (Randy Stonehill) -5:18
7. When I'm Afraid (Randy Stonehill) -3:39
8. Shadow Man (Randy Stonehill, Dave Perkins) -3:35
9. Zurich in the Snow (instrumental) -0:18
10. Troubles (Randy Stonehill) -3:23
11. Lazarus Heart (Randy Stonehill) -4:17
Radio singles
1994 "I Turn to You" -#1 Christian CHR for 2 weeks, #1 Christian AC for 2 weeks
1995 "In Jesus' Name" (featuring Michael W. Smith) -#11 Christian CHR, #2
Christian AC
1995 "A Promise Made is a Promise Kept" -#3 Christian AC
1995 "Remember My Name" -#37 Christian AC
Previous release: Stories (1993) (compilation album)
Next release: Our ReCollections (1996) (compilation album)
Watch the music of "In Jesus' Name" featuring Michael W. Smith here:
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