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.
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Released | 1984 | |||
Studio | Fingerprint Recorders, Montrose, California | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Label | Home Sweet Home | |||
Producer | Mark Heard | |||
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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
- "The Winds Of Time" – 3:59
- "True Confessions" – 3:31
- "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" – 3:38
- "Washed to the Sea" – 3:23
- "We Believe So Well" – 3:34
Side two
- "Straw Men" – 4:01
- "Age of the Broken Heart" – 4:16
- "Can't See Light" – 4:59
- "Threw It Away" – 4:06
- "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
- Ashes and Light at AllMusic
- Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 407. ISBN 978-1565636798.
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