The Great Adventure (album)

The Great Adventure is the fifth album released by Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. The album was released on June 19, 1992 by Sparrow Records. It went Gold in just under one year, being certified.

The Great Adventure
Studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman
Released	June 19, 1992
Genre	Contemporary Christian
Length	49:43
Label	Sparrow
Producer	Phil Naish
Steven Curtis Chapman chronology
For the Sake of the Call (1990) The Great Adventure (1992) The Live Adventure (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[2]

The album was listed at No. 33 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. It brought Chapman several Gospel Music Association awards at the 24th GMA Dove Awards in 1993, including Song of the Year (with Geoff Moore), Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, and Short Form Music Video of the Year for the title song, and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. The album also won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.

The album features guest appearances by artists like Toby McKeehan (dc Talk), BeBe Winans, and Ricky Skaggs. Also, the song "Maria" was co-written by Chapman's wife.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted.

1. "Prologue" (instrumental) (J.A.C. Redford) – 2:37
2. "Great Adventure" (Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:35
3. "Where We Belong" (Chapman) – 4:19
4. "Go There With You" (Chapman) – 5:21
5. "That's Paradise" (Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 4:59
6. "Don't Let the Fire Die" (Chapman) – 4:48
7. "Got to B Tru" (Chapman) (featuring Toby McKeehan) – 4:18
8. "Walk With the Wise" (Chapman, Brent Lamb) – 4:34
9. "Maria" (S. Chapman, Mary Beth Chapman, James Isaac Eliott) – 5:01
10. "Still Called Today" (Chapman) (featuring BeBe Winans) – 6:00
11. "Heart's Cry" (Chapman, Phil Naish) – 3:11

Personnel

Musicians

• Steven Curtis Chapman – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars on "Got to B Tru", background vocals ("The Great Adventure", "Where We Belong", "Still Called Today", "Maria", "That's Paradise", "Got to B Tru", "Walk With the Wise", "Don't Let the Fire Die"), yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Dann Huff – guitars
• Jerry McPherson – guitars
• Rusty Young – lap steel, additional dobro
• Scott Sanders – dobro
• Phil Naish – keyboards, yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Cheryl Rogers – piano on "Prologue"
• Jo-El Sonnier – accordion on "Walk With the Wise"
• Jackie Street – bass guitar
• Paul Leim – drums
• Mark Hammond – drum programming on "Maria" and "Got to B Tru"
• Mark Douthit – soprano sax solo on "Still Called Today"
• The Nashville String Machine – orchestra on "Prologue", "Go There With You" and "Heart's Cry"
• Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
• J.A.C. Redford – composer, arranger, and conductor on "Prologue"; strings and brass arrangement on "Go There With You"
• Don Wyrtzen – string arrangement on "Heart's Cry"
• BeBe Winans – duet vocal on "Still Called Today"
• Toby McKeehan – rap on "Got to B Tru"
• Kip Raines – background vocals ("The Great Adventure", "Where We Belong", "Still Called Today")
• Brent Lamb – background vocals ("The Great Adventure", "Where We Belong", "Still Called Today")
• Trace Balin – background vocals ("Maria", "That's Paradise")
• Chris Rodríguez – background vocals ("Maria", "That's Paradise")
• Mark Heimermann – background vocals ("Got to B Tru"
• Herb Chapman – background vocals ("Got to B Tru"), yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Ricky Skaggs – background vocals ("Walk With the Wise")
• Lionel Cartwright – background vocals ("Walk With the Wise")
• Marty Funderburky – yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Chris Moore – yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Chad Ballantyne – yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Steve Charles – yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Todd Robbins – yells on "Got to B Tru"
• Jason Cole – yells on "Got to B Tru"
• James Isaac Elliot – yells on "Got to B Tru"

Production

• Phil Naish – producer
• Peter York – executive producer
• Ronnie Brookshire – engineer, mixer
• Bill Deaton – mixer
• Patrick Kelly – additional engineer, assistant engineer
• Carry Summers – additional engineer
• Steve Bishir – additional engineer
• John Kunz – assistant engineer
• Todd Robbins – assistant engineer
• Studio at Mole End, Franklin, Tennessee – recording location, mixing location
• Nightingale Studio, Nashville, Tennessee – track recording location
• Quad Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – additional recording location
• Omni Sound, Nashville, Tennessee – additional recording location
• Skylab, Nashville, Tennessee – additional recording location
• Great Circle Sound, Nashville, Tennessee – strings recording location
• Carol Bobolts for Red Herring Design – design
• Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography
• Helena Occhipinti – hair and make-up
• Jeffrey Tay Stylists – stylists

References

1. The Great Adventure at AllMusic
2. "Steven Curtis Chapman, The Great Adventure Review". www.jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.