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This Is Your Time (Michael W. Smith album)

Field	Value
name	This Is Your Time
type	Studio
artist	Michael W. Smith
cover	thisisyourtime.jpg
released	November 23, 1999
recorded	1997, 1999
genre	Contemporary Christian music, pop
length	50:25
label	Reunion
prev_title	Christmastime
prev_year	1998
next_title	Freedom
next_year	2000

Deer Valley Studio and Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
Ocean Way Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Michael W. Smith
Bryan Lenox

This Is Your Time is Michael W. Smith's fourteenth studio album, released on November 23, 1999. All the songs from this album, except "This Is Your Time" and "This Is Your Time (Reprise)", were originally recorded for his previous studio album Live the Life, but did not make the final cut for the album.

Background

The title track was inspired by the initial news report that Columbine shooting victim Cassie Bernall was killed for answering "yes" to the question "Do you believe in God?" Smith co-wrote the song with Wes King, having enlisted his help knowing that he wanted to write about Columbine but did not want to exploit a tragedy. The music video features a short video clip of Bernall talking about her religious beliefs and how she wanted to spread the word of God at the beginning.

Track listing

Personnel

Michael W. Smith – vocals, keyboards, programming, acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic guitar
Bryan Lenox – keyboards, programming, drums, percussion
Mark Baldwin – guitars, acoustic guitar
Chris Graffagnino – guitars, acoustic guitar
Wes King – acoustic guitar
Chris Rodriguez – guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (9)
Matt Pierson – bass guitar
Craig Young – bass guitar
Raymond Boyd – drums, percussion
Eric Darken – drums, percussion
Scott Williamson – drums, percussion
Hunter Lee – Illyan pipes
Greg Cutcliffe – bagpipes
Jay Dawson – bagpipes
Mike Orrick – bagpipes
Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor
Carl Gorodetzsky – contractor
The Nashville String Machine – strings
David Davidson – string arrangements and contractor (5, 8, 10)
The Love Sponge Strings – additional strings (5, 8, 10)
John Elefante – backing vocals (2)
Nik Kershaw – backing vocals (2)
Joanna Carlson – backing vocals (4)
Chris Eaton – backing vocals (4, 11)
Anna Smith – backing vocals (5)
Whitney Smith – backing vocals (5)
Lisa Bevill – backing vocals (7, 9)
Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (9)
Mark Pogue – backing vocals (9)

The "Franklin Boys Glee Club" on "Worth It All"

Eric Elwell, Terry Flowers, Bryan Lenox, Fred Paragano and Michael W. Smith

The "Choir" (5, 6 & 8)

Angela Cruz, Natalie Grant, Darwin Hobbs, Gale Mayes-West, Tiffany Palmer, Leanne Palmore, Dwayne Starling and Terry White

Production

Michael Blanton – executive producer
Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer
Bryan Lenox – producer, engineer, mixing, string recording
Eric Elwell – additional engineer, technical coordinator, production coordinator
Terry Flowers – additional engineer, assistant engineer, production assistant
Patrick Kelly – additional engineer
Matt Weeks – additional engineer, string recording assistant
Rob Burrell – assistant engineer
Ron Jagger – assistant engineer
Scott Lenox – assistant engineer
Chad Brown – string recording assistant
Melissa Mattey – string recording assistant
Fred Paragano – Pro Tools engineer
Hank Williams – sequencing, editing and mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
Mary Adcock – production assistant
Alicia Claxton – production assistant
Morgan Daneker – production assistant
Surupa Mafia – production assistant
Whitney Smith – production assistant
Ben Pearson – photography
Diana Lussenden – layout

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak
position

References

[{{AllMusic
Rice, Mark. (July 23, 2012). "Michael W. Smith, "This Is Your Time" Review".
Parker, Mike. "Story Behind the Song: Michael W. Smith". Today's Christian Music.
Smith, Michael W.. ""This Is Your Time" official music video". [[Reunion Records]].

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