Spreadin' Like Wildfire
Spreadin’ Like Wildfire was The Archers' only album released on MCA.
At the Grammy Awards of 1981, Spreadin' Like Wildfire was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary. The Archers performed George Ratzlaff's "Everyday I've Got To Sing Some" on the Grammy Awards.
Title list
- "Spreadin' Like Wildfire" 4:01
- "I Never Knew Love" 4:02
- "Sooner of Later" 4:22
- "Back in Your Arms" 4:45
- "Everyday I've Got To Sing Some" 4:11
- "Runnin' Too Long" 4:13
- "Care" 4:33
- "Nothing Can Separate Us" 4:15
- "Merry-Go-Round" 5:19
- "Never Say Goodbye" 3:53
Personnel
- Larrie Londin and Alex Acuña - drums and percussion
- Abraham Laboriel – bass
- Shane Keister and Dony McGuire – synthesizers
- Hadley Hockensmith - electric guitars
- Bill Kenner – mandolin
- Tony Sena - electric overdubs on "Merry-Go-Round" and "Never Say Goodbye."
- Strings by the Shelly Kurland Strings: Sheldon Kurland, George Binkley, John David Boyle, Marvin D. Chantry, Roy Christensen, Conni L. Ellisor, Carl J. Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Dennis W. Molchan, James R. Skipper, Samuel Terranova, Gary Vanasdale
- Horns: Dennis Solee, Buddy Skipper, George Tidwell, Roger Bissell.
- Piano and Rhodes - Dan Cutrona
Production
- Produced by Dony McGuire
- Track and vocal arrangements by Dony McGuire
- Strings and horns arranged by Buddy Skipper
- Recording and mixing engineers - Warren Peterson and George Michael Psanos
- Recorded at MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California
- Vocal overdubs recorded by Willie Harlan at IAM, Irvine, California
- Remixed at Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
- Mastered by Steve Hall at MCA Whitney Mastering Studios, Glendale, California
- Photography by Bob Duffy
- Art direction by George Osaki
- Design by Randy Moses