Vital Signs (White Heart album)

Vital Signs
Studio album by White Heart
Released	1984
Genre	Christian rock
Label	Home Sweet Home / Myrrh
Producer	White Heart
White Heart chronology
White Heart (1982) Vital Signs (1984) Hotline (1985)

Vital Signs is the second album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with vocalist Scott Douglas.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sing Unto The Lamb" (Billy Smiley, Dann Huff, Mark Gersmehl) – 3:15
2. "Draw The Line" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Dwight Liles) – 4:38
3. "Walking In The Light" (Smiley, Gersmehl)– 3:56
4. "Carried Away (Safe On The Wings Of The Lord)" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Steve Chapman) – 4:19
5. "Quiet Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:52
6. "Following The King" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:05
7. "Let Your First Thought Be Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Huff)– 3:51
8. "Undercover" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:54
9. "Vital Signs" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Huff, Gary Lunn) – 3:50
10. "We Are His Hands" (Gersmehl) – 4:13

Personnel

• Billy Smiley - piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (9), arrangements
• David Huff - drums, percussion
• Gary Lunn - bass guitars
• Mark Gersmehl - synthesizers, piano, synth solo (6), backing vocals (1-7, 9), lead vocals (2, 8, 9), arrangements
• Dann Huff - rhythm and lead guitars, guitar solo (2, 4, 8, 9), acoustic guitar, lead vocals (3-7), arrangements
• Scott Douglas - lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4-6)
• Steve Green - backing vocals (7, 10)

Additional musicians

• Dennis Holt - drums (1), Simmons drums (6, 8), percussion (6)
• The Nashville String Machine - strings (5)
• Ronn Huff - string arrangements (5)
• Phil Naish - keyboards (10)
• Choir on "We Are His Hands" - Bob Bailey, Wesley Brown, Gary Chapman, Chris Christian, Jovonne Douglas, Scott Douglas, Bob Farrell, Amy Grant, Steve Green, David Meece, Billy Smiley, Debi Smiley, Russ Taff, Kathy Troccoli and Tricia Walker.

Production

• Producer - White Heart
• Executive Producer - Chris Christian
• Recorded by Jeff Balding
• Assistant Engineer - Doug Sarrett
• Additional Engineering - Bill Deaton, Brent King and Mike Psanos
• Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig
• Recorded and Mixed at Gold Mine Studio (Nashville, TN).
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Art Direction and Design - Bill Brunt
• Cover Concept - Bill Brunt, Mark Tucker and Kent Hunter
• Vital Signs Logo - Ellen Hodnett and Ken Wolgemuth
• Photography - Mark Tucker

References

• Vital Signs. Home Sweet Home Records
• Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, Hendrickson Publishers. pp.1033-5. ISBN 1-56563-679-1