Return to Paradise (Randy Stonehill album)

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Return to Paradise
Studio album by Randy Stonehill
Released	1989
Recorded	February–June 1989
Studio	Fingerprint Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Neverland Studios
Genre	Contemporary Christian, folk rock
Label	Myrrh
Producer	Mark Heard
Randy Stonehill chronology
Can't Buy a Miracle (1988) Return to Paradise (1989) Until We Have Wings (1990)

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Return to Paradise is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1989, on Myrrh Records. The title is a reference to Stonehill's earlier album, Welcome to Paradise.

This album was listed at No. 76 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Randy Stonehill except as otherwise noted.

Side one[]

1. "Starlings" – 5:00
2. "Stand Like Steel" – 4:55
3. "I Don't Ever Want to Live Without You" (Pierce Pettis) – 4:10
4. "This Friend of Old" (David Edwards) – 4:00
5. "You Can Still Walk Tall" – 5:00
6. "True Blood" – 5:02

Side two[]

1. "Strong Hand of Love" (Mark Heard) – 2:54
2. "" – 5:53
3. "Love Tells No Lies" – 4:20
4. "Weight of the Sky" – 3:28
5. "Ready To Go" – 4:44

Personnel[]

• Randy Stonehill – acoustic guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals on "I Don't Ever Want To Live Without You", co-producer
• Doug Matthews – drums
• Bill Batstone – fretless bass
• David Miner – acoustic bass
• Tom Willett – bass guitar on "Strong Hand of Love"
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel, lap steel
• Joe Weed – fiddle and viola
• Phil Keaggy – classical guitar on "I Don't Ever Want To Live Without You", 12-string guitars on "Love Tells No Lies", backing vocals
• David Baker – percussion
• Pam Dwinell – backing vocals
• Mark Heard – mandolin, accordion, electric guitars, bass guitar on "Stand Like Steel" and "Love Tells No Lies", tambourine on "Strong Hand of Love", producer, audio engineer, mixing
• Tom Willett – executive producer
• Fingerprint Recorders – mixing location
• Neverland Studios – recording location
• Gary Gerhart – second engineer
• Dan Reed – second engineer
• Stephen Padgett – second engineer
• Derri Daugherty – second engineer
• Dave Hackbarth – second engineer
• Linda Krikorian – photography

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