Live the Life is an album by Michael W. Smith.[2] One notable song on this album was "In My Arms Again," which Michael W. Smith wrote for the film Titanic. There were 26 songs written and completed for the album, whose release date was pushed back twice as Smith wasn't fully satisfied with the track list. Along with the 12 songs which eventually made it on the album, the tracks "Greater Than We Understand" and "Evening Show" were released on the B-sides of the CD singles for "Live the Life" and "Love Me Good" respectively. The remaining 12 songs appeared in some form on Smith's 1999 album This Is Your Time.
"Song for Rich" is an instrumental tribute to Rich Mullins who died in a car crash in September 1997.[3]
Choir (2): George Pendergrass, Mark Heimmerman, Micah Wilshire, Lori Wilshire, Da'dra Crawford, Nicole C. Mullen, Scat Springs and Vicki Hampton
Production[]
Producers: Mark Heimmerman and Michael W. Smith (1–5, 8, 9, 11, 12), Michael W. Smith (6, 10), Stephen Lipson (7).
Executive Producer: Michael Blanton
Engineers: Todd Robbins, Tom Laune, Bryan Lenox, Keith Compton and Heff Moraes.
Assistant engineers: Shawn McLean, Dave Dillbeck, Alan Litten, Patrick Kelly, Tim Putnam, Rob Burrell and Robert "Void" Caprio.
Recorded at Deer Valley, Fun Attic, The Bennett House and Dark Horse Recording Studio (Franklin, TN); The Tracking Room (Nashville, TN); The Aquarium (London, England).
Mix engineers: Joe Baldridge, Bryan Lenox and Heff Moraes; assisted by Joe Costa and Adam Hatley.
Mixed at Deer Valley and The Playground (Franklin, TN); 16th Avenue Sound (Nashville, TN); The Aquarium (London, England).
Computer editing: Dan Rudin
Mastering: Hank Williams at Master Mix (Nashville, TN).