Whispered and Shouted
Whispered and Shouted is the second studio album released by Contemporary Christian musician, Aaron Shust. It was released on June 5, 2007, and debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200.
Background
Aaron Shust said of the meaning behind the album's title; "I chose the title for the project as I considered how God reveals himself to us. He whispers in the wind and shouts in the waves that he loves us and hears us."Release
Whispered and Shouted was released in the United States on June 5, 2007. It debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200 and No. 17 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart. The first single released from the album was the song, "Give Me Words to Speak".Accolades
In 2008, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.Personnel
- Aaron Shust – vocals, acoustic piano, guitars, harmonica
- Dan Hannon – keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, slide guitar, drums, percussion, acoustic piano, Ebow electric guitar, Silvertone organ
- John Carozza – Hammond C3 organ
- Pat Malone – bass
- Tim Gibson – bass
- Scott Meeder – drums
- Jon Chalden – drums
- Bryan Lopes – saxophones, horn arrangements
- Adam Mewherter – trombone
- Karl Libratore – trumpet
- Dustin Ahkoui – backing vocals
- Ashley Appling – backing vocals
- Rosie Iraheta – backing vocals
- Mike Gleason – string arrangements and conductor
- P. David Hancock and Charae Krueger – cello
- Amy Chang and Tania Maxwell Clements – viola
- Carolyn Hancock, Sheela Iyengar, Jeanne Johnson and William Pu – violin
- Thomas Dickerson, Eric Gilbert, Mike Gleason, Rosie Iraheta, Eryn McHugh, Sarah Shust, Kristian Stanfill, Kristin Turney-Jones and Jeff Wreyford
Production
- Steve Jones – executive producer
- Mike McQuarry – executive producer, design
- Dan Hannon – producer, recording, mixing
- Nick Kirk – additional recording
- Jeremiah Edmond – additional engineer
- John Carozza – C3 organ recording
- Bobby James – recording assistant, intern
- Megan O'Connell – recording assistant, intern
- Billy Williams – recording assistant, intern
- J. Gilman – art direction, design
- Aaron Shust – design
- Harrison Hudson – photography Madros by I.G. Martini – cover image, booklet cropsSturm im Atlantic by Martin Schöne – interior image
- Blanton Harrell Cooke & Corazine – management