The Wonders of His Love

The Wonders of His Love
Studio album by Philip Bailey
Released	1984
Genre	Gospel
Length	43:49
Label	Myrrh Records
Producer	Philip Bailey
Philip Bailey chronology
Continuation (1983) The Wonders of His Love (1984) Chinese Wall (1984)

The Wonders of His Love is the second studio album by Philip Bailey released in 1984 on Myrrh Records. This was his first gospel album peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and No. 17 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Musician	(favourable)

The Wonders of His Love was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Inspirational Performance.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Will No Wise Cast You Out"	music: Skip Scarborough, Tony Haynes; lyrics: Philip Bailey	4:41
2.	"I Want to Know You"	music: George Duke; lyrics: Philip Bailey	4:32
3.	"God Is Love"	Leonard Caston	4:58
4.	"Sing a New Song"	music: Jerry Peters; lyrics: Annester Davis, Jerry Peters	4:58
5.	"Safe in God's Love"	Leonard Caston	3:45

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"I Am Gold"	music: Jerry Peters, Philip Bailey; lyrics: Terri McFaddin, Philip Bailey	5:04
7.	"He Don't Lie"	Skip Scarborough	4:59
8.	"The Wonders of His Love"	music: Eduardo del Barrio, Philip Bailey; lyrics: Teri DeSario Purse	5:05
9.	"Make Us One"	music: Jerry Peters, Terri McFaddin; lyrics: Terri McFaddin	5:47

Personnel

Musicians

• Philip Bailey – lead and backing vocals
• Alan Pasqua – synthesizers (1, 5, 7, 9)
• Skip Scarborough – keyboards (1, 7)
• Jerry Peters – horn arrangements (1, 6, 9), string arrangements (1, 6, 7, 9), keyboards (3, 4), organ (3, 4), synthesizers (4)
• George Duke – keyboards (2, 8), synthesizers (2)
• Leonard Caston – backing vocals (3, 5), keyboards (5), synthesizer arrangements (5)
• Charles Williams – keyboards (6, 9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 3-8)
• Dann Huff – guitars (2)
• James Jamerson, Jr. – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9)
• Freddie Washington – bass (4, 6)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (8)
• Jerry Brown – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 6, 8)
• Ralph Johnson – percussion (3, 7)
• Don Myrick – saxophone (1)
• Andrew Woolfolk – saxophone (2)
• Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet (8)
• Charles Veal – concertmaster (1, 6, 7, 9)
• Carl Carwell – backing vocals (1-7, 9)
• Jeanette Hawes – backing vocals (1-7, 9), lead vocals (3)
• Carolyn Caston – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Margaret Briggs – backing vocals (4, 6)
• Gwen Brown – backing vocals (4, 6, 9)
• Julia Tillman – backing vocals (4, 6, 9)
• Greg Walker – backing vocals (4, 6, 9)
• Winston Ford – backing vocals (7)
• Teri DeSario – lead and backing vocals (8)

Production

• Producer – Philip Bailey
• Recording Engineer – Jack Joseph Puig
• Second Engineers – Steven Ford, Ross Palone and David Schober.
• Recorded at Bill Schnee Studio, Mama Jo's Recording Studio and Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
• Mixed by Ross Palone at Hollywood Sound Recorders, assisted by Mike Wuellner.
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Liner Notes – Julius West

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums	13
	Billboard Top Gospel Albums	17