Healing Rain
Healing Rain is Michael W. Smith's nineteenth album, released in 2004 and debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart. It is a departure from his previous two albums which are live worship albums. Healing Rain is a pop CCM album, in a similar vein to his 1999 album This Is Your Time. The album was reissued as a DualDisc in 2005. Some of the album's tracks were recorded at George Lucas' Skywalker Sound, located in Marin County, California.
Track listing
Awards
In 2005, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. The title song also received three nominations for Song of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, and Worship Song of the Year.Personnel
- Michael W. Smith – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes, programming, additional guitars
- Matt Bronleewe – various random additional and supplemental sonic material
- Jeremy Bose – programming
- F. Reid Shippen – additional programming
- Taylor Harris – programming
- Paul Moak – guitars, synth pad, various sound effects, electric guitar, EBow guitar, pedal steel drone, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, vibraphone, sitar, Moog synthesizer, child's piano
- Glenn Pearce – guitars
- Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
- Sam Ashworth – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Slocum – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- James Gregory – bass
- Anthony Sallee – bass
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
- Raymond Boyd – drums, percussion
- Lindsay Jamieson – drums
- Ken Lewis – percussion
- The [City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra] – strings
- Keith Getty – orchestration and conductor
- Joni McCabe – strings technical production
- Christa Black – violin
- Mark Lekas – cello
- Monisa Angell – viola
- David Angell – violin
- David Davidson – violin
- Charlie Peacock – string arrangement
- Sheree Brown – backing vocals
- Darwin Hobbs – backing vocals
- Leanne Palmore – backing vocals
- Ugandan Children's Choir – choir
- Michael W. Smith – producer at Skywalker Sound, Marion County, California, Deer Valley Studios, Franklin, Tennessee, Dark Horse Recording Studio, Franklin, Tennessee, Ocean Way Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee
- Matt Bronleewe – producer at Dark Horse Recording
- Sam Ashworth – producer at Blackbird Studio, Art House and Laser Fox Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, additional production
- Rob Burrell – engineer, mixing The Fishbowl at Dark Horse Recording
- Richie Biggs – engineer
- Taylor Harris – engineer
- Clayton Wood – technical engineer at Skywalker Sound
- Marius Perron III – choir engineer at Studio M, San Antonio, Texas
- Judy Kirschner – assistant engineer
- Joseph Logsdon – assistant engineer
- Marc Meeker – assistant engineer
- Michael Modesto – assistant engineer
- Dann Thompson – assistant engineer
- André Zweers – assistant engineer
- Aaron Swihart – engineer at Pentavarit, Nashville, Tennessee, Deer Valley Studios
- Justin Loucks – additional engineering at The Smoakstack, Nashville, Tennessee
- Randy LeRoy – digital editing at Final Stage Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee
- F. Reid Shippen – mixing at Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
- Lee Bridges – mixing assistant
- Shane D. Wilson – mixing at Pentavarit
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
- Michael Blanton – executive producer
- Robert Beeson – executive producer
- Alice Smith – production coordination for Showdown Productions
- Michelle Pearson – A&R production
- Stephanie McBrayer – art direction
- Bert Sumner – cover and packaging design for Ground Level Design
- Pamela Springsteen – photography
- Sabrina Poole – hair, make-up
- Maude – stylist
Chart performance
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