Love Beyond Reason

Love Beyond Reason
Studio album by Randy Stonehill
Released	1985
Recorded	Fingerprint Recorders
Genre	Rock pop folk rock contemporary Christian
Label	Myrrh
Producer
Randy Stonehill chronology
Celebrate This Heartbeat (1984) Love Beyond Reason (1985) The Wild Frontier (1986)

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Love Beyond Reason is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1985, on Myrrh Records.

The album contained the hit single, "I Could Never Say Goodbye," which was a duet with singer Amy Grant. Grant had recently become one of the biggest names in Christian music, and had crossed over into the mainstream with her Unguarded album.

Stonehill also released a Love Beyond Reason Video collection in 1985 on VHS and Beta, which included videos of "Love Beyond Reason," "Until Your Love Broke Through," "Hymn," "You're Loved Tonight," "Still Small Voice," (from Stonehill's Celebrate this Hearbeat album) and "The Gods of Men."

Track listing[]

All songs written by Randy Stonehill except where otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "I Could Never Say Goodbye" (Duet With Amy Grant) – 3:34
2. "Love Beyond Reason" – 3:36
3. "The Gods of Men" – 4:12
4. "Bells" – 4:19
5. "You're Loved Tonight" – 5:47

Side two

1. "Until Your Love Broke Thru" (Keith Green, Todd Fishkind, Randy Stonehill)– 4:01
2. "Hymn" – 2:46
3. "Angry Young Men" – 3:36
4. "Judgement Day" – 4:54
5. "Cross That Line" (Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard) – 3:31

• • Bonus track, available only on cassette and CD version

1. "The Gods of Men" (Extended Version)

Personnel[]

• Randy Stonehill: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• : guitar
• Don Griffin: guitar
• Steve Wilkinson: bass guitar
• David Raven: drums
• : Fairlight CMI
• Amy Grant: second lead vocals on "I Could Never Say Goodbye"
• Danny Jacob: lead guitars, guitar solo
• : congas, bongos, claves, tambourine, cabasa, percussion
• Denver Smith: additional synthesizers and MIDI technician
• : Fairlight CMI, orchestral arrangement, programming
• Barry "The Bear" Liss: harmonica solo
• Jay Leslie: soprano sax solo
• Mark Heard: additional guitar
• Background vocals: Randy Stonehill, Caryn Robin, Táta Vega, Bryan Duncan, Richie Furay and Tonio K.

Production notes[]

• Produced and arranged By Barry Miller Kaye
• Engineered and mixed by Mark Heard at Fingerprint Recorders
• Executive Producers: Ray Ware and Tom Willett
• Second Engineer: Dan Reed
• Basic Tracks recorded using the Fingerprint Recorders Mobile Unit at the Sound Vault Studios, Sunland, California
• Simmons drum programming: Tim "Repo Man" Aller
• Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) programming: Andrea Saparoff
• All Fairlight CMI textures developed by Barry, Andrea and Randy at the Computer Music Lab, California State University, Northridge, California
• Fairlight CMI Technicians: Jeff Forehan at Byte Size Productions for High Tech Instruments; and Bob Garrett at C.S.U.N.
• Mastered By Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems
• Art Direction & Design: Roland Young
• Cover Photography: Lisa Powers
• Make-up: Dolli Melaine
• Group photo taken by Rose Berger at the La Brea Studios, Hollywood, California
• Additional Photos By Ray Ware

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