Love Beyond Reason is an album by Randy Stonehill

Randy Stonehill

Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer-songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called "fathers of contemporary Christian music". His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but he has assayed other styles, with various albums focused on...

, released in 1985, on Myrrh Records

Myrrh Records

Myrrh Records, also known as Myrrh Worship, is a Christian music record label. According to Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for Contemporary Christian music as the label that first published music by Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of...

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The album contained the hit single, "I Could Never Say Goodbye," which was a duet with singer Amy Grant

Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...

. Grant had recently become one of the biggest names in Christian music

Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....

, and had crossed over into the mainstream with her Unguarded

Unguarded

Unguarded is the ninth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1985 on A&M Records. It is Amy's first album released by A&M....

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Stonehill also released a Love Beyond Reason Video collection in 1985 on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 and Beta, which included videos of "Love Beyond Reason," "Until Your Love Broke Through," "Hymn," "You're Loved Tonight," "Still Small Voice," (from Stonehill's Celebrate this Hearbeat album) and "The Gods of Men."

Side one

1. "I Could Never Say Goodbye" (Duet With Amy Grant) – 3:34
2. "Love Beyond Reason" – 3:36
3. "The Gods of Men" – 4:12
4. "Bells" – 4:19
5. "You're Loved Tonight" – 5:47

Side two

1. "Until Your Love Broke Thru" (Keith Green
   Keith Green
   Keith Gordon Green was an American gospel singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. Beyond his music, Green is best known for his strong devotion to Christian evangelism and challenging others to the same...
   
   , Todd Fishkind, Randy Stonehill)– 4:01
2. "Hymn" – 2:46
3. "Angry Young Men" – 3:36
4. "Judgement Day" – 4:54
5. "Cross That Line" (Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard
   Tom Howard (musician)
   Tom Howard was an American pianist, musical arranger and orchestral conductor.In 1983, Howard helped the rock band Daniel Amos form the Alarma! Records label....
   
   ) – 3:31
   • • Bonus Track, Available only on Cassette and CD Version**
6. "The Gods of Men" (Extended Version)

Personnel

• Randy Stonehill: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
• Milo Carter: Guitar.
• Don Griffin
  Don Griffin
  Donald Frederick Griffin is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 176-lb. cornerback from Middle Tennessee State University.-Career:Griffin played in 11 NFL seasons from 1986 to 1996...
  
  : Guitar.
• Steve Wilkinson
  Steve Wilkinson
  Steve Wilkinson is a former professional football player who played as a striker for five different clubs in The Football League. He is now head of the football development centre at Loughborough College....
  
  : Bass.
• David Raven: Drums.
• Barry Miller Kaye: Fairlight C.M.I.
• Amy Grant
  Amy Grant
  Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
  
  : Second lead vocals on "I Could Never Say Goodbye."
• Danny Jacob: Lead Guitars, Guitar Solo, Sweaty, Golden, Guitars.
• Rick Geragi: Congas, Bongos, Claves, Tambourine, Cabasa & Percussion.
• Denver Smith: Additional Synthesizers And M.I.D.I. Technician.
• Andrea Saparoff: Fairlight C.M.I., Orchestral Arrangement & Programming
• Barry "The Bear" Liss: Harmonica Solo.
• Jay Leslie: Soprano Sax Solo
• Mark Heard
  Mark Heard
  John Mark Heard was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, USA....
  
  : Additional Guitar
• Background vocals: Randy Stonehill, Caryn Robin, Táta Vega, Bryan Duncan
  Bryan Duncan
  Bryan Duncan is an American CCM musician. he is best known for his role in the Sweet Comfort Band and subsequent solo career that, combined, spanned more than twenty-five years...
  
  , Richie Furay
  Richie Furay
  Richie Furay is an American singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member who is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner...
  
  , Tonio K..

Production notes

• Produced And Arranged By Barry Miller Kaye.
• Engineered and mixed by Mark Heard
  Mark Heard
  John Mark Heard was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, USA....
  
   at Fingerprint Recorders
  Fingerprint Recorders
  Fingerprint Recorders was a recording studio owned by Mark Heard, where he recorded most of his own records. The studio was located in Montrose, California....
  
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• Executive Producers: Ray Ware and Tom Willett.
• Second Engineer: Dan Reed.
• Basic Tracks recorded using the Fingerprint Recorders Mobile Unit at the Sound Vault Studios, Sunland, California.
• Simmons Drum Programming: Tim "Repo Man" Aller.
• Fairlight C.M.I. (Computer Musical Instrument) Programming: Andrea Saparoff.
• All Fairlight C.M.I. textures developed by Barry, Andrea and Randy at the Computer Music Lab, California State University
  California State University
  The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
  
  , Northridge, California.
• Fairlight C.M.I. Technicians: Jeff Forehan at Byte Size Productions for High Tech Instruments; and Bob Garrett at C.S.U.N.
• Mastered By Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Inc.
• Art Direction & Design: Roland Young.
• Cover Photography: Lisa Powers.
• Make-up: Dolli Melaine.
• Group photo taken by Rose Berger at the La Brea Studios, Hollywood, California.
• Additional Photos By Ray Ware