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*Quad Studio, [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
* [[Quad Studios Nashville|Quad Studio]] and OmniSound Studios ([[Nashville, Tennessee]])
* [[Bill Gaither (gospel singer)|Gaither Studios]] ([[Alexandria, Indiana]])
*OMNI Studios, Nashville, TN
*Gaither Studios, [[Alexandria, Indiana]]
* Castle Oaks Studios ([[Calabasas, California]])
*Castle Oaks Studios, [[Calabasas, California]]
* Integrity Music Studios ([[Calumet City, Illinois]])
*Integrity Music Studios, [[Calumet City, Illinois]]
| genre = [[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]], [[Christian pop]], [[inspirational music|inspirational]]
| genre = [[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]], [[Christian pop]], [[inspirational music|inspirational]]
| length = 42:24
| length = 42:24
| label = [[Reunion Records]]
| label = [[Reunion Records|Reunion]]
| producer = Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff
| producer = * Peter Bunetta
* Rick Chudacoff
| prev_title = [[Sounds of Heaven]]
| prev_title = [[Sounds of Heaven]]
| prev_year = 1995
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Corner of Eden
| next_title = [[Corner of Eden]]
| next_year = 1998
| next_year = 1998
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'''''Love & Mercy''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Christian]] singer-songwriter [[Kathy Troccoli]]. It was released on April 29, 1997 on [[Reunion Records]].<ref name=Album>{{cite work|title=Kathy Troccoli: Love & Mercy|date=1997|publisher=[[Reunion Records]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite work |url=
'''''Love & Mercy''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Christian]] singer-songwriter [[Kathy Troccoli]]. It was released on April 29, 1997 on [[Reunion Records]].<ref name=Album>{{cite work|title=Kathy Troccoli: Love & Mercy|date=1997|publisher=[[Reunion Records]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite work |url=
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Billboard_Guide_to_Contemporary_Chri/VzFZZ4yi3DMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kathy+troccoli+love+%26+mercy+billboard&pg=PA259&printsec=frontcover|last=Alfonso |first=Barry |title=The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002|url-access = registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/billboardguideto0000alfo/page/259/mode/2up 259-60]|publisher=[[Billboard Books]] |isbn=0-8230-7718-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Inc |first=Nielsen Business Media |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA79&dq=love+%26+mercy+kathy+troccoli+billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuiPX2-O_7AhUinWoFHQlxA_MQuwV6BAgFEAY#v=onepage&q=love%20%26%20mercy%20kathy%20troccoli%20billboard&f=false |title=Billboard |date=1997-06-07 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> The lead single "Love One Another" features Troccoli and 40 plus Christian artists like [[Amy Grant]], [[Sandi Patty]], [[Michael W. Smith]] and [[Carman (singer)|Carman]]. The song was released commercially as a CD single on March 18, 1997 to Christian retail stores in advance of the album's release and the single's proceeds went to His Touch Ministries in [[Houston, Texas]], which is a non-profit organization that was established to educate the church, provide support groups for [[HIV]] victims, create teams to visit [[AIDS]] patients and provide housing for men, women and children suffering from the illness. The album's third single "A Baby's Prayer" is a [[pro-life]] song that Troccoli and Scott Brasher wrote that explores the [[abortion]] issue from the perspective of an unborn child.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Inc |first=Nielsen Business Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=kathy+troccoli+love+%26+mercy+billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTi_7n7O_7AhX8l2oFHcjIA2AQuwV6BAgFEAY#v=onepage&q=kathy%20troccoli%20love%20%26%20mercy%20billboard&f=false|title=Billboard |date=1997-05-10 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> "A Baby's Prayer" would give Troccoli her first two Dove Award wins for Inspirational Song of the Year (one as artist, the other as writer, shared with co-writer Brasher) at the [[29th GMA Dove Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doveawards.com/awards/past-winners/|title=Dove Awards Past Winners}}</ref> ''Love & Mercy'' reached number 7 on the [[Top Christian Albums]], number 6 on the [[Heatseekers Albums]] and number 170 on the [[Top 200 Albums]] charts in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, giving Troccoli her first crossover chart appearance on the latter.
https://books.google.com/books?id=VzFZZ4yi3DMC&dq=kathy+troccoli+love+%26+mercy+billboard&pg=PA259|last=Alfonso |first=Barry |title=The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002|url-access = registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/billboardguideto0000alfo/page/259/mode/2up 259-60]|publisher=[[Billboard Books]] |isbn=0-8230-7718-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Inc |first=Nielsen Business Media |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fg8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=love+%26+mercy+kathy+troccoli+billboard&pg=PA79 |title=Billboard |date=1997-06-07 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> The lead single "Love One Another" features Troccoli and 40 plus Christian artists like [[Amy Grant]], [[Sandi Patty]], [[Michael W. Smith]] and [[Carman (singer)|Carman]]. The song was released commercially as a CD single on March 18, 1997 to Christian retail stores in advance of the album's release and the single's proceeds went to His Touch Ministries in [[Houston, Texas]], which is a non-profit organization that was established to educate the church, provide support groups for [[HIV]] victims, create teams to visit [[AIDS]] patients and provide housing for men, women and children suffering from the illness. The album's third single "A Baby's Prayer" is a [[pro-life]] song that Troccoli and Scott Brasher wrote that explores the [[abortion]] issue from the perspective of an unborn child.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Inc |first=Nielsen Business Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=kathy+troccoli+love+%26+mercy+billboard&pg=PA10|title=Billboard |date=1997-05-10 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> "A Baby's Prayer" would give Troccoli her first two Dove Award wins for Inspirational Song of the Year (one as artist, the other as writer, shared with co-writer Brasher) at the [[29th GMA Dove Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doveawards.com/awards/past-winners/|title=Dove Awards Past Winners}}</ref> ''Love & Mercy'' reached number 7 on the [[Top Christian Albums]], number 6 on the [[Heatseekers Albums]] and number 170 on the [[Top 200 Albums]] charts in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, giving Troccoli her first crossover chart appearance on the latter.


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
#"I Call Him Love" (Ty Lacy, Kevin Stokes, Joanna Carlson) - 4:07
#"I Call Him Love" (Ty Lacy, Kevin Stokes, Joanna Carlson) - 4:07
#"Water into Wine" (Grant Cunningham, Matt Huesmann) - 3:38
#"Water into Wine" (Grant Cunningham, Matt Huesmann) - 3:38
#"Love One Another" ([[Kathy Troccoli]], Bill Cuomo, Robert White Johnson) - 5:47
#"Love One Another" ([[Kathy Troccoli]], Bill Cuomo, [[Robert White Johnson]]) - 5:47
#"How Would I Know" (Jackie Gouché-Ferris) - 5:01
#"How Would I Know" (Jackie Gouché-Ferris) - 5:01
#"A Baby's Prayer" (Troccoli, Scott Brasher) - 3:49
#"A Baby's Prayer" (Troccoli, Scott Brasher) - 3:49
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#"Call Out to Me" ([[Diane Warren]]) - 3:51
#"Call Out to Me" ([[Diane Warren]]) - 3:51
#"Help Me God" (Allen Shamblin, Madeline Stone) - 2:51
#"Help Me God" (Allen Shamblin, Madeline Stone) - 2:51

== Personnel ==
* Kathy Troccoli – vocals
* Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 7)
* Michael Eckhart – programming (2, 9)
* Dane Noel – programming (2, 9)
* Brad Cole – acoustic piano (4), programming (4), additional keyboards (6, 10)
* Scott Brasher – keyboard programming (5, 8), arrangements (5), string programming (8)
* [[Bill Elliott (musician)|Bill Elliott]] – acoustic piano (8, 10)
* [[Michael Thompson (guitarist)|Michael Thompson]] – electric guitars (1, 7), guitars (3, 6, 9)
* Monty Byrom – acoustic guitars (2, 7)
* Vail Johnson – bass (1, 3, 6, 7)
* [[John Robinson (drummer)|John Robinson]] – drums (1, 3, 6, 7)
* Tony Morra – drum programming (2)
* Evan Stone – drum programming (9)
* [[Lenny Castro]] – percussion (1, 3, 6, 7)
* Jackie Gouché-Farris – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
* Charlotte Gibson – backing vocals (1, 7)
* Ellis Hall – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
* [[Amy Keys]] – backing vocals (2-4, 6, 9)

'''Special guest vocals on "Love One Another"'''
* [[Aaron Jeoffrey]]
* [[Third Day|Tai Anderson]] (of [[Third Day]])
* [[Carolyn Arends]]
* [[Susan Ashton]]
* [[Audio Adrenaline]]
* [[Lisa Bevill]]
* Beyond the Blue
* [[Carman (singer)|Carman]]
* [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]]
* [[Christafari]]
* [[Beverly Crawford]]
* [[Clay Crosse]]
* [[First Call]]
* [[4Him]]
* Billy and Sarah Gaines
* [[Vestal Goodman]]
* [[Amy Grant]]
* [[Sarah Hart (musician)|Sarah Hart]]
* Jackson Finch
* [[Sarah Jahn]]
* [[Phil Joel]]
* [[Scott Krippayne]]
* [[Greg Long (singer)|Greg Long]]
* [[Mark Lowry]]
* [[Sarah Masen]]
* [[Babbie Mason]]
* [[Out of the Grey]]
* [[Janet Paschal]]
* [[Sandi Patty]]
* [[Truth (American band)|Peter Penrose]]
* [[Phillips, Craig & Dean]]
* [[Jonathan Pierce]]
* [[Reality Check (band)|Reality Check]]
* [[Sierra (group)|Sierra]]
* [[Kevin Max Smith]]
* [[Michael W. Smith]]
* Tim Taber
* Paul Vann
* [[Jaci Velasquez]]
* [[Tony Vincent]]

== Production ==
* Peter Bunetta – producer
* Rick Chudacoff – producer
* Leon Johnson – recording
* Eric Rudd – additional recording
* Chuck Harris – 4Him vocal recording (3)
* Jeff Wood – Sandi Patty vocal recording (3)
* June Murakawa – assistant engineer
* Glenn Spinner – assistant engineer
* Eric Sarafin – mixing at [[O'Henry Sound Studios]] (Burbank, California) and [[The Village Recorder]] (Los Angeles, California)
* Eric Greedy – mix assistant
* Brett Swain – mix assistant
* Brian Young – mix assistant
* [[Dave Collins (audio engineer)|Dave Collins]] – mastering at [[A&M Studios|A&M Mastering Studios]] (Hollywood, California)
* Diana Lussenden – art direction
* Russ Harrington – photography


== Charts ==
== Charts ==
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!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
| US Top Christian Albums (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-07.pdf|title=Top Christian LPs|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 7, 1997|page=56}}</ref>
| US Top Christian Albums (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-07.pdf|title=Top Christian LPs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 7, 1997|page=56}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|-
| US Top Heatseekers Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-05-24.pdf|title=Heatseekers LPs|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 24, 1997|page=26}}</ref>
| US Top Heatseekers Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-05-24.pdf|title=Heatseekers LPs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 24, 1997|page=26}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|-
| US Top 200 Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1997-05-24/|title=Top 200 LPs|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 24, 1997}}</ref>
| US Top 200 Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name=":2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1997-05-24/|title=Top 200 LPs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 24, 1997}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|170
| style="text-align:center;"|170
|}
|}
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|-
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| 1997
| 1997
| "He'll Never Leave Me"
| "He'll Never Leave Me"
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|27<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1997-07-19/|title=Billboard Adult Contemporary|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 19, 1997}}</ref>
|align="center"|27<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1997-07-19/|title=Billboard Adult Contemporary|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 19, 1997}}</ref>
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| "I Call Him Love"
| "I Call Him Love"
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|-
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|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| "A Baby's Prayer"
| "A Baby's Prayer"
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| "All Glory to God"
| "All Glory to God"
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| "Water into Wine"
| "Water into Wine"
|align="center"|40
|align="center"|40
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|—
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[[Category:Kathy Troccoli albums]]
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[[Category:Reunion Records albums]]
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Latest revision as of 10:55, 20 January 2024

Love & Mercy
Studio album by
Kathy Troccoli
ReleasedApril 29, 1997
Studio
GenreCCM, Christian pop, inspirational
Length42:24
LabelReunion
Producer
  • Peter Bunetta
  • Rick Chudacoff
Kathy Troccoli chronology
Sounds of Heaven
(1995) 		Love & Mercy
(1997) 		Corner of Eden
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Cross Rhythms[2]

Love & Mercy is the seventh studio album by Christian singer-songwriter Kathy Troccoli. It was released on April 29, 1997 on Reunion Records.[3][4][5] The lead single "Love One Another" features Troccoli and 40 plus Christian artists like Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, Michael W. Smith and Carman. The song was released commercially as a CD single on March 18, 1997 to Christian retail stores in advance of the album's release and the single's proceeds went to His Touch Ministries in Houston, Texas, which is a non-profit organization that was established to educate the church, provide support groups for HIV victims, create teams to visit AIDS patients and provide housing for men, women and children suffering from the illness. The album's third single "A Baby's Prayer" is a pro-life song that Troccoli and Scott Brasher wrote that explores the abortion issue from the perspective of an unborn child.[6] "A Baby's Prayer" would give Troccoli her first two Dove Award wins for Inspirational Song of the Year (one as artist, the other as writer, shared with co-writer Brasher) at the 29th GMA Dove Awards.[7] Love & Mercy reached number 7 on the Top Christian Albums, number 6 on the Heatseekers Albums and number 170 on the Top 200 Albums charts in Billboard magazine, giving Troccoli her first crossover chart appearance on the latter.

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "I Call Him Love" (Ty Lacy, Kevin Stokes, Joanna Carlson) - 4:07
  2. "Water into Wine" (Grant Cunningham, Matt Huesmann) - 3:38
  3. "Love One Another" (Kathy Troccoli, Bill Cuomo, Robert White Johnson) - 5:47
  4. "How Would I Know" (Jackie Gouché-Ferris) - 5:01
  5. "A Baby's Prayer" (Troccoli, Scott Brasher) - 3:49
  6. "He'll Never Leave Me" (Dawn Thomas) - 5:25
  7. "All Glory to God" (Troccoli, Cuomo, Johnson) - 3:55
  8. "Faithful to Me" (Troccoli) - 3:57
  9. "Call Out to Me" (Diane Warren) - 3:51
  10. "Help Me God" (Allen Shamblin, Madeline Stone) - 2:51

Personnel

[edit]
  • Kathy Troccoli – vocals
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 7)
  • Michael Eckhart – programming (2, 9)
  • Dane Noel – programming (2, 9)
  • Brad Cole – acoustic piano (4), programming (4), additional keyboards (6, 10)
  • Scott Brasher – keyboard programming (5, 8), arrangements (5), string programming (8)
  • Bill Elliott – acoustic piano (8, 10)
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitars (1, 7), guitars (3, 6, 9)
  • Monty Byrom – acoustic guitars (2, 7)
  • Vail Johnson – bass (1, 3, 6, 7)
  • John Robinson – drums (1, 3, 6, 7)
  • Tony Morra – drum programming (2)
  • Evan Stone – drum programming (9)
  • Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 3, 6, 7)
  • Jackie Gouché-Farris – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
  • Charlotte Gibson – backing vocals (1, 7)
  • Ellis Hall – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
  • Amy Keys – backing vocals (2-4, 6, 9)

Special guest vocals on "Love One Another"

Production

[edit]
  • Peter Bunetta – producer
  • Rick Chudacoff – producer
  • Leon Johnson – recording
  • Eric Rudd – additional recording
  • Chuck Harris – 4Him vocal recording (3)
  • Jeff Wood – Sandi Patty vocal recording (3)
  • June Murakawa – assistant engineer
  • Glenn Spinner – assistant engineer
  • Eric Sarafin – mixing at O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California) and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
  • Eric Greedy – mix assistant
  • Brett Swain – mix assistant
  • Brian Young – mix assistant
  • Dave Collins – mastering at A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Diana Lussenden – art direction
  • Russ Harrington – photography

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Top Christian Albums (Billboard)[8] 7
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 6
US Top 200 Albums (Billboard)[10] 170

Radio singles

[edit]
Year Singles Peak positions
CCM AC
[11] 		CCM CHR
[12] 		US AC
1997 "Love One Another" 1 12 —
1997 "He'll Never Leave Me" — — 27[13]
1997 "I Call Him Love" 4 — —
1997 "A Baby's Prayer" 9 — —
1998 "All Glory to God" 4 — —
1998 "Water into Wine" 40 — —

Accolades

[edit]

GMA Dove Awards

Year Winner Category
1998 "A Baby's Prayer" Inspirational Song of the Year

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Kathy Troccoli – Love & Mercy at AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Rimmer, Mike. "Review: Love & Mercy - Kathy Troccoli". Cross Rhythms.
  3. ^ Kathy Troccoli: Love & Mercy. Reunion Records. 1997.
  4. ^ Alfonso, Barry (2002). The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music. Billboard Books. p. 259-60. ISBN 0-8230-7718-7.
  5. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1997-06-07). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1997-05-10). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Dove Awards Past Winners".
  8. ^ "Top Christian LPs" (PDF). Billboard. June 7, 1997. p. 56.
  9. ^ "Heatseekers LPs" (PDF). Billboard. May 24, 1997. p. 26.
  10. ^ "Top 200 LPs". Billboard. May 24, 1997.
  11. ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 - 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 215. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0.
  12. ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 166. ISBN 0-8230-7718-7.
  13. ^ "Billboard Adult Contemporary". Billboard. July 19, 1997.
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