Streams (1999 album)

Streams is a 1999 album by various artists in the contemporary Christian music genre. Streams is a loose concept album focusing on the themes of pain and healing. In addition to the vocalists, the Irish Film Orchestra contributes instrumental scores to the album.

Track listing

1. "Job" (Cindy Morgan, Loren Balman) – 5:04; performed by Cindy Morgan
2. "Don't Give Up" (Peter Gabriel) – 6:52; performed by Maire Brennan and Michael McDonald
3. "Breathe" (Leigh Nash) – 4:03; performed by Sixpence None the Richer
4. "Sanctuary" (Balman, Mark Harris, Michael W. Smith) – 4:32; performed by Chris Rodriguez
5. "Hold On" (Brent Bourgeois, Morgan) – 4:25; performed by Michelle Tumes
6. "The Only Thing I Need" (Bourgeois) – 5:01; performed by 4Him and Jon Anderson
7. "Find Me In the River" – (Martin Smith) – 5:48; performed by Delirious? and Amy Grant
8. "I Will Rest In You" (Bourgeois, Tumes) – 5:11; performed by Jaci Velasquez
9. "From Above" (Steven Delopoulos) – 5:15; performed by Burlap to Cashmere
10. "Forever On and On" (Gordon Kennedy, Jimmie Lee Sloas) – 5:29; performed by Point of Grace
11. "Orchestral Suite: For Cova" (Morgan, Carl Marsh) – 5:16; performed by The Irish Film Orchestra
12. "Orchestral Suite: Abigail" (Marsh, Michael W. Smith) – 4:43; performed by The Irish Film Orchestra
13. "Orchestral Suite: Delaney McDowell" (Marsh, Martin Smith) – 5:02; performed by The Irish Film Orchestra
14. "Orchestral Suite: Streams (for John Cole)" (Marsh, Morgan) – 5:48; performed by The Irish Film Orchestra

Personnel

• Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1, 14)
• Brent Bourgeois – keyboards (2, 5, 6, 8), backing vocals (2, 4, 5), acoustic piano (3, 10, 13), arrangements (13)
• Michael W. Smith – keyboards (4), programming (4), loops (4)
• Kent Hooper – additional keyboards (5, 8)
• Tim Jupp – keyboards (7)
• Tedd T – programming (7)
• Michael Quinlan – additional programming (7)
• Josh Zandman – acoustic piano (9)
• Phil Madeira – Hammond B3 organ (10)
• Robin Crow – acoustic guitar (2, 6, 8, 13)
• Chris Rodriguez – electric guitar (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals (4)
• Matt Slocum – electric guitar (3)
• Stuart Garrard – electric guitar (7)
• Martin Smith – electric guitar (7), lead vocals (7)
• Jon Anderson (of Yes (band)) - lead vocals (6)
• Steve Delopoulos – acoustic guitar (9), lead vocals (9)
• Johnny Philippides – acoustic guitar (9), backing vocals (9)
• Tom Hemby – acoustic guitar (10)
• Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
• Phil Keaggy – Ebow (13)
• Larry Tagg – bass (2, 5, 6, 8)
• Justin Cary – bass (3)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (4, 10)
• Jon Thatcher – bass (7)
• Craig Young – bass (9)
• Chris McHugh – drums (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
• Dale Baker – drums (3)
• Stewart Smith – drums (7), percussion (7)
• Aaron Smith – drums (9)
• Steve Brewster – drums (10)
• Eric Darken – percussion (2, 3, 5, 6, 8–11, 13)
• Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes (2, 9, 13), low whistle (2, 9, 13)
• Carl Marsh – arrangements and conductor (11–14)
• Caitriona Walsh – string contractor
• The Irish Film Orchestra – strings
• Maire Brennan – backing vocals (2, 11, 13)
• Leigh Nash – lead vocals (3)
• Michelle Tumes – backing vocals (3–6, 8, 13)
• Shelley Breen – backing vocals (5, 8)

Production

• Brent Bourgeois – producer
• Delirious? – producer (7)
• Lynn Nichols – producer (7)
• Brown Bannister – producer (10)
• Loren Balman – co-producer, executive producer
• Linda Bourne Wornell – A&R coordinator
• David Schober – engineer (1–9, 11–14)
• Steve Bishir – engineer (10)
• Julian Kindred – additional engineer
• Jim McCaslin – additional engineer
• Mike Elsner – additional string engineer
• Rob Evans – additional string engineer
• David Rand Martin – additional string engineer
• Darren Moran – additional string engineer
• Greg Parker – additional string engineer
• David Schober – mixing
• Dark Horse Recording Studio, Franklin, Tennessee – recording studio (1–6, 8, 9, 11–14)
• Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California – recording studio (7)
• Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee – recording studio (10)
• Antenna Studios, Franklin, Tennessee – additional recording location
• Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland – string recording location
• Dark Horse Recording – mixing location
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Loren Balman – art direction
• Chuck Hargett – art direction, design
• Robert M. Ascroft – talent photography
• Loren Balman – cover and streams photography
• Robin Geary – hair and make-up
• Tracy Kujawa – styling

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