The Heart of Me (album)

The Heart of Me is the twelfth studio album by Christian singer-songwriter Kathy Troccoli. It was released on September 24, 2002, by Reunion Records. The album earned Troccoli her third Grammy nomination (her first since 1988) for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album at the 45th Grammy Awards. The Heart of Me debuted and peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

Note: (*) - tracks produced by Christopher Harris; all remaining tracks produced by Nathan DiGesare.

Personnel

• Kathy Troccoli – vocals
• Nathan DiGesare – synthesizer programming, arrangements, string arrangements
• Bernie Herms – synthesizer programming, string arrangements
• Mike Lorello – synthesizer programming
• Kent Hooper – keyboards, programming
• Pat Coil – acoustic piano
• Gary Burnette – guitars, resonator guitar
• David Cleveland – guitars
• Jerry McPherson – guitars
• Mark Hill – bass
• Chris Kent – bass
• Craig Nelson – bass
• Jackie Street – bass
• Dan Needham – drums, hand drums, percussion
• Scott Williamson – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Taylor Harris – percussion
• Craig Alea – string arrangements
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Alisa Gyse – backing vocals
• Leann Albrecht – backing vocals
• Matt Baugher – backing vocals
• Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
• Chris Harris – backing vocals
• Felicia Sorensen – backing vocals
• Justin Unger – backing vocals

Production

• Matt Baugher – executive producer
• Dean Diehl – executive producer
• Jason McArthur – A&R
• Nathan DiGesare – producer (1, 4–7, 9), engineer
• Christopher Harris – producer (2, 3, 8, 10)
• David Schober – engineer, mixing
• Kent Hooper – engineer, mixing
• Todd Robbins – engineer
• Dave Dillbeck – engineer
• Kevin Pickle – assistant engineer
• PJ Heimmernman – production coordinator (2, 3, 8, 10)

Critical reception

Trevor Kirk of Cross Rhythms rated The Heart of Me 9 out of 10 saying that "throughout the album, every song is a strong one. Kathy has several songwriting credits, notably on 'Heaven Knows' and the closer, 'You're Still God,' a five minute-plus paean of praise to her Saviour. Definitely recommended."

Charts

Radio singles

References