You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)

You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer) is the twenty-first studio album and third gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1979.

Track listing

1. "Using Things and Loving People" (Hal David, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:27
2. "Jesus on My Mind" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:18
3. "You Gave Me Love" (Archie P. Jordan, Claire Cloninger) - 3:26
4. "The Faith of a Little Child" (Donna McLaughlin) - 4:20
5. "I'm Gonna See Jesus" (Archie P. Jordan) - 2:45
6. "Lord, I'm Just a Baby" (Archie P. Jordan, Teddy Wilburn) - 2:52
7. "What Your Love Did for Me" (Claire Cloninger, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:06
8. "I Need to Be Still (And Let God Love Me)" (Archie P. Jordan, Naomi Martin) - 2:45
9. "Love Has Arrived" (Kent Robbins) - 3:09
10. "He's Walking in My Shoes" (Hank Martin, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:07

Personnel

• B.J. Thomas – vocals
• Carl Greeson, Archie Jordan and Bobby Wood – keyboards
• Reggie Young – guitars
• Mike Leech – bass
• Jerry Kroon and Larrie Londin – drums
• Farrell Morris – bells, vibraphone
• Billy Puett – baritone saxophone, flute
• Buddy Skipper – tenor saxophone
• Bobby Taylor – oboe
• Roger Bissell and Dennis Good – trombone
• Don Sheffield and George Tidwell – trumpet
• Tom McAninch – French horn
• Roy Christensen – cello
• Marvin Chantry and Gary Vanosdale – viola
• George Binkley, Carl Gorodetzky, Shelly Kurland, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Pamela Vanosdale and Stephanie Woolf – violin
• Mary Boone, Tom Brannon, Janie Fricke, Hank Martin, Donna McElroy, Donna McLaughlin, Donna Sheridan and Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
• Students of David Lipscomb Elementary School – children's choir
• Ann Elizabeth Lokey – choir director

Production

• Archie P. Jordan – producer, arrangements
• Joe Wilson – engineer
• Glaser Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording and mixing location
• Jim Loyd – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Doug Abdelnour – photography
• Dennis Hill – design

Chart performance

You Gave Me Love peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Best Selling Inspirational LPs in July 1980.

Awards

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance in 1980.

References