Ashes and Light

Ashes and Light is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records.[2] According to the liner notes, Heard recorded Mosaics first, but the record company wanted this album released first.

Ashes and Light
Studio album by
Mark Heard
Released1984
StudioFingerprint Recorders, Montrose, California
GenreFolk rock
LabelHome Sweet Home
ProducerMark Heard
Mark Heard chronology
Eye of the Storm
(1984)		 Ashes and Light
(1984)		 Mosaics
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The cover reads, "This album is dedicated to the memory of Francis A. Schaeffer, whose love for truth and whose understanding of the arts has helped me more than I can say, in my desire to interweave the two."

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Threw It Away" written by Mark Heard and Pat Terry.

Side one

  1. "The Winds Of Time" – 3:59
  2. "True Confessions" – 3:31
  3. "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" – 3:38
  4. "Washed to the Sea" – 3:23
  5. "We Believe So Well" – 3:34

Side two

  1. "Straw Men" – 4:01
  2. "Age of the Broken Heart" – 4:16
  3. "Can't See Light" – 4:59
  4. "Threw It Away" – 4:06
  5. "In Spite of Himself" – 3:09

Personnel

The band

  • Mark Heard – acoustic guitars, electric 6- and 12-string guitars, slide guitars, synthesizer on "True Confessions", bass guitar on "Washed to the Sea" and "Threw It Away", harmonica, accordion, vocals, backing vocals
  • Dave McSparran – drums
  • Bill Batstone – bass guitar
  • Carl Pickhardt – Hammond organ
  • David Mansfield – fiddle, dobro, lead guitar on "Age Of The Broken Heart"
  • Pat Terry – electric guitar on "Washed to the Sea", acoustic guitar on "Threw It Away"; synthesizer on "Straw Men", "We Believe So Well" and "In Spite of Himself", general camaraderie and comic relief
  • Tom Howard – synthesizer on "Can't See Light", "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" and "We Believe So Well"
  • Harry Stinson – percussion
  • Dave de Coup-Crank – backing vocals
  • Dori Howard – backing vocals

Production notes

  • Mark Heard – producer, engineer, mixing at Fingerprint Recorders, Montrose, California, arranger, cover concept
  • Dan Reed – assistant engineer on basic tracks
  • Mylo Carter – punch-ins
  • Janet Heard – punch-ins
  • Pat Terry – punch-ins
  • Tim Alderson – punch-ins
  • Dave de Coup-Crank – punch-ins
  • Stewart Ivester – cover photography, artwork, cover concept
  • Tim Alderson – art director

References
  1. Ashes and Light at AllMusic
  2. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 407. ISBN 978-1565636798.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.