Free to Worship is an album from Contemporary Gospel

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

 singer Fred Hammond

Fred Hammond

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. The album was recorded on April 14, 2006 and released on October 31, 2006 through Verity Records

Verity Records

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Track listing

1. "My Heart Is for You" (Fred Hammond, Roderick Long
   Roderick Long
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   ) - 5:04
2. "He'll Do It!" (Hammond, Jason Jordan) - 5:33
3. "Lord Your Grace" (Derek "DC" Clark, Hammond) - 5:32
4. "This Is the Day" (Everett Jr. Williams) - 4:49
5. "More of You" (PamKenyon M. Donald, Hammond, Jerome Harmon, Ericka Warren, Caltomeesh "Candy" West) - 5:05
6. "Every Time I Think" (Patrick Dopson, Hammond, Bobby Sparks) - 5:11
7. "Keep on Praisin'" (Donald, Hammond, Sparks, Warren, West) - 5:57
8. "No Greater Love" (Noel Hall, Hammond, Kim Rutherford) - 6:11
9. "L.O.U.D. L.O.U.D." (Hammond) - 6:00
10. "There Is No Place" (Warren Campbell, Hammond) - 3:19
11. "Thank You (I Won't Complain)" (Donald, Hammond, Shelton Summons, Warren) - 6:15
12. "Simply Put" (Hammond, Hallerin Hilton Hill) - 6:38
13. "And We Worship You" (Hammond, Long) - 5:11

Credits

Producer:

• Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond is a gospel music singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.-Musical career:Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist...
  
  

Executive Producers:

• Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond is a gospel music singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.-Musical career:Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist...
  
  
• Max Siegel

Arrangers:

• Calvin Rodgers - Arranger
• Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond is a gospel music singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.-Musical career:Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist...
  
   - Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Vocal Arrangements

Worship Leader:

• Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond is a gospel music singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.-Musical career:Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist...
  
  

Musicians:

• Calvin Rodgers – Drums, Music Direction
• Shelton Summons – Fender Rhodes
• Steve Goldsmith - Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Kermit Wells - Keyboards
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• Darius Fentress - Percussion, Drum Programming
• Darryl Dixon - Guitar
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• Steve Lewis III - Flute
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  , Keyboards
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  , Strings
• Jerome Harmon - Keyboards
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• Shaun Martin - Fender Rhodes
• Maxx Frank - Organ
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• Warryn Campbell - Piano
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• Todd Parsnow – Guitar
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• Jason Jordan – Keyboards
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• Tim Pitchford – Trombone
  Trombone
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• Matt Cappy – Trumpet
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• Charles Laster, Jr. - Keyboards
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• Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond is a gospel music singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.-Musical career:Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist...
  
   – Bass
  Bass guitar
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  , Flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , Strings, Drum Programming, Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Bobby Sparks - Organ
  Organ (music)
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  , Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , Moog Synthesizer
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Vocals:

• Davey Hammond
• Tillunda Lawson
• Michael Bethany
• Lisa Robinson
• Frank Lawson
• Nakisha Bethany
• Dynna Wilson Wells
• Patrick Dopson
• Adrian Smith
• Charles Laster, Jr.

Engineers

• Chris Athens - Mastering
• Darius Fentress - Assistant Engineer
• Steve Lewis III - Engineer
• Fred Hammond - Engineer, Mixing,
• Ray Hammond - Engineer, Mixing, Mixing Engineer, Sound Reinforcement, Sound Technician
• John Jaszcz - Engineer
• Timothy Powell - Engineer
• Chris Godbey - Engineer
• Kevin Wilson - Audio Engineer

Awards

At the 38th GMA Dove Awards, Free to Worship was nominated for a Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year.

Chart performance

The album peaked at #1 on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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s Christian and Gospel Albums charts. It spent 46 weeks on the latter

External links

• Free to Worship in Amazon.com
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