Come Walk with Me (album)

Come Walk with Me is the sixth studio album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1997.

Come Walk with Me
Studio album by Oleta Adams
Released	June 17, 1997
Recorded	Vanguard Recording Complex (Detroit, MI).
Genre	Gospel, Christian
Length	54:21
Label	Harmony Records
Producer	Michael J. Powell, Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams chronology
The Very Best of Oleta Adams (1996) Come Walk with Me (1997) All the Love (2001)

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History

Come Walk with Me is Adams' first gospel music album. Adams, being the daughter of a minister, had been trained in singing gospel music since she was a child, and sang at her local church choir. Gospel music was always a strong influence in her previous recordings, but it was never fully explored as in this album.

It was her first album after leaving Mercury Records, which had released her previous three studio albums and a compilation. Adams signed to Christian music label Harmony Records to release the album. The record was co-produced by Adams and Michael J. Powell, who had also produced some songs on Adams' previous album Moving On.

The album was well-received critically, and charted in the top 10 of the US Billboard Gospel and Christian charts. The songs "Holy Is the Lamb" and "This Love Won't Fail" were released as radio-only singles.

Adams contributed the Christmas song "A Child Was Born Into My Life" for a compilation album titled Christmas Harmony in 1998, after which she left Harmony Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Holy Is the Lamb"	Fred White	4:41
2.	"I Will Love You"	Oleta Adams	5:30
3.	"What Price"	Kevin Bond	7:03
4.	"Come and Walk with Me"	Adams	6:06
5.	"If You're Willing"	Adams, Raymel Menefee	4:39
6.	"This Love Won't Fail"	Raina Bundy, Skip Scarborough	5:34
7.	"Wash, O God, Our Sons & Daughters"	Ruth Duck, Benjamin Franklin White, Ronald A. Nelson	3:29
8.	"The Captain of My Ship"	Adams, Menefee	5:38
9.	"Never Far Away"	Adams	6:28
10.	"Beams of Heaven"	Charles Albert Tindley	5:06
Total length:			54:14

Personnel

• Oleta Adams – piano, additional keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals (4, 5, 8), arrangements, producer, liner notes
• Van Cephus – Hammond organ (5, 9, 10)
• Vernon D. Fails – synthesizer (1-8, 10), piano, Fender Rhodes (1-8, 10)
• Curtiss Boone – Moog synthesizer
• Michael J. Powell – guitar, percussion, keyboards, programming, arrangements, producer, mixing
• Al Turner – bass guitar
• John Cushon – drums, percussion, drum programming
• LeJuene Thompson – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Eric Young – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Michael A. Young – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Rodney Barber – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Derrick L. Brown – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Tami Y. Spann – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Vanessa Durrah – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Sharla L. Reed – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Lajuana B. Henderson – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Erica McCollough – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Arnetta Murill-Crooms – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Donald Lawrence – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Sandra Hudson – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Iva Johnson – choir vocals (1, 6)
• Kayla D. Parker – backing vocals (2), BGV arrangement (2)
• Special Gift – backing vocals (2)
• Meri Thomas – backing vocals (2)
• LaTonya Holman – backing vocals (2)
• Donyle Jones – backing vocals (2)
• Leslie Ferguson – backing vocals (5, 8)
• Jerry Davis – backing vocals (5, 8)
• Eric Dawkins – vocals (4)
• Gallin Morey Associates – management
• Greg Henley – assistant engineer
• J. Edward Hoy – arrangements (10)
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Paul Riser – string arrangements and conductor (7)
• Gerard Smerek – engineer, mixing
• David Bett – art direction
• Raina Bundy – executive producer
• Danny Clinch – photography

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Billboard Top Gospel Albums	4
Billboard Top Contemporary Christian	10
Dutch album chart	78