Pictures In The Sky is the second solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins

Rich Mullins

Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....

 and was released in 1987 on Reunion Records

Reunion Records

Reunion Records is a Christian music record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee and operating under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.-History:...

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The single "Screen Door" became a long-time concert favorite among Rich Mullins fans. When performed in concert, Mullins and band would sing the lyrics and perform the song's unique rhythm by hitting plastic cups on a table in a synchronized pattern.

Side one

1. "When You Love" (Rich Mullins) – 3:25
2. "It Don't Do" (Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth) – 3:37
3. "Verge Of A Miracle" (Rich Mullins) – 4:02
   • Appeared on compilation Songs
     Songs (Rich Mullins album)
     Songs is a compilation of well-known songs by American singer/songwriter Rich Mullins, released on July 30, 1996. It was the last album to be released by Mullins before his death in a car accident on September 19, 1997...
     
     1996
4. "Pictures In The Sky" (Rich Mullins) – 3:53
5. "Be With You" (Rich Mullins and Justin Peters) – 2:50
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999

Side two

1. "Screen Door" (Rich Mullins) – 1:23
   • Full-length radio version appeared on compilation Songs
     Songs (Rich Mullins album)
     Songs is a compilation of well-known songs by American singer/songwriter Rich Mullins, released on July 30, 1996. It was the last album to be released by Mullins before his death in a car accident on September 19, 1997...
     
     1996
2. "What Trouble Are Giants" (Rich Mullins) – 3:54
3. "Steal At Any Price" (Rich Mullins) – 4:15
4. "Could Be A Celebration" (Rich Mullins/Gary Jones/Renee Garcia/Reed Arvin
   Reed Arvin
   Reed Arvin is an American record producer, keyboardist and author, best known for his work producing music for singer Rich Mullins.In the early 1980s, Arvin toured as Amy Grant's keyboard player, before teaming up with Mullins in 1986...
   
   /Lang Bliss) – 3:25
5. "Love That Knows No Bounds" (Rich Mullins) – 3:35

Radio singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"Verge of a Miracle"	U.S. Christian Christian radio Christian radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with a Christian message. In the United States, where it is more established, many such broadcasters play popular music of Christian influence, though many programs have talk or news programming covering...	5
1987	"Screen Door"	U.S. Christian	2
1987	"Pictures in the Sky"	U.S. Christian	4

Personnel

• Rich Mullins
  Rich Mullins
  Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....
  
  : vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
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• Reed Arvin
  Reed Arvin
  Reed Arvin is an American record producer, keyboardist and author, best known for his work producing music for singer Rich Mullins.In the early 1980s, Arvin toured as Amy Grant's keyboard player, before teaming up with Mullins in 1986...
  
  : synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  s, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , Footsteps, Fingersnaps and Handclaps.
• Jerry McPherson: guitar
  Guitar
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• Keith Edwards: drums
  Drum kit
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• Gary Lunn: Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   Guitars.
• Tim Marsh: percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
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• Background Vocals by: Chris Harris, Chris Rodriguez
  Chris Rodriguez
  -Biography:Rodriguez was born on March 7, 1960, in Bronx New York, and moved to Nashville, becoming a veteran of the scene in the early 1990s. His debut album, Beggar's Paradise, was released by Sony in 1999, by which time he had collaborated on projects with country and CCM acts such as Amy Grant,...
  
  , Mark Heimermann, Kim Fleming, Donna McElroy, Lisa Bevill
  Lisa Bevill
  Lisa Bevill is an American Contemporary Christian musician best known for Christian radio hits such as No Condemnation, Only a Saviour and Hold On...
  
  , and Renee Garcia.

Production notes

• Procuced by Reed Arvin.
• Executive Producers: Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell.
• Recorded at Center Stage, Nashville, Tennessee
  Nashville, Tennessee
  Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
  
  , Hummingbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, The Gold Mine, Brentwood, Tennessee
  Brentwood, Tennessee
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,445 people, 7,693 households, and 6,808 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,889 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.63% European American, 1.89% African American,...
  
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• Engineered and Mixed by Brent King.
• Mastered by Hank Williams at Master Mix, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Additional Drum Programming by Dave Adams.