The Maranatha! Singers – Abba: 18 Songs to the Father

Description

Abba, sub-titled 18 Songs to the Father, is a praise & worship album by the American vocal combo The Maranatha! Singers (the in-house choir of praise & worship label Maranatha! Music – a revolving ensemble known as The Maranatha! Singers), released on Maranatha! Music in 1988, distributed by The Benson Company. Released as a part of Maranatha’s The Words Of Worship Series. (The series gives direction to worship. Each release in the series focuses on one particular word of our worship vocabulary, and offers the listener a deeper understanding of the worship process.) The album was recorded by Chris Taylor and Rob Klein at 41B Studios and by Steve Hallmark at Hallmark Productions in Westlake Village, and by Steve Smith at Take One Studios in Burbank, California; with Dan Willard producing. Mixed by Jim Scheffler and Dan Willard at Take One Studios in Burbank, California. Track arrangements by Bill Batstone and Tom Howard. Orchestrations by Howard and Tom Keene.

Abba: 18 Songs to the Father – Discover the love of your Heavenly Father. Abba. When no other word can express your thirst for the Father’s love.

Featuring the vocals of Jamie Owens-Collins, Kelly Willard, Bobbi White, Dan Collins, Walt Harrah, John Barbour, Teri DeSario, and Buddy Owens, with lead vocals provided by Dan Collins, Jamie Owens-Collins, Bob Bennett, Kelly Willard, and Teri DeSario.

The studio band features Smitty Price on keyboards (with John Andrew Schreiner sitting in on track B3), Hadley Hockensmith on guitar (with Jay Leach sitting in on track B3), Dave Coy on bass, Ron Tutt on drums (with Dave Spurr sitting in on track B3), and Alex Acuna on percussion.

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LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Cry Out” – 3:27
A2. “Everlasting Father” – 3:50
A3. We Approach You Medley: “Abba Father, We Approach You” / “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” / “Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven” / “Holy, Holy” – 7:20
A4. “My God And Father” (Duet by Bob Bennett and Kelly Willard) – 4:38
A5. We Worship You Medley: “Abba Father” / “Father God” / “We Worship You” / “Abba” – 6:50

Side Two
B1. “Abba Father (We Give You Glory)” – 6:01
B2. “Hallelujah, My Father” – 2:20
B3. We Are One In You Medley: “Father Make Us One” / “The Servant Song” (Soloist: Teri DeSario) / “We Being Many” (Soloist: Jamie Owens-Collins) – 7:03
B4. “You Are Our Father” (Duet by Dan Collins and Jamie Owens-Collins) – 4:56
B5. “Sing To The Father” – 3:40

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette, 12-inch vinyl LP, and CD by Maranatha! Music. “Our deepest thanks to Dr. Ronald Allen, whose instruction laid the theological foundation for this project. (Dr. Ronald B. Allen is Professor of Hebrew Scripture, Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon.)”

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