Speaking Louder Than Before
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Speaking Louder Than Before is the sixth studio album from contemporary Christian
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 musician Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...

. It was released on November 25, 2008, and entered the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 at #38. The album's first single, "There Will Be a Day
There Will Be a Day
"There Will Be a Day" is the lead single by CCM musician Jeremy Camp from his fifth studio album, Speaking Louder Than Before. It was released to radio in mid-September 2008 and as a digital download on September 23, 2008....

", was released to Christian radio two months before, and became a number one hit by the end of November.

Background

In May 2008, Camp went in to the studio to begin recording the album. Speaking Louder Than Before was recorded over five days, with Camp spending 12 hours in the studio each day. He co-produced the album with Brown Bannister
Brown Bannister
Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...

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Camp has said that Speaking Louder Than Before has a different theme to his previous releases and that he has "a more clear-cut purpose and vision of what I'm meant to do ... I see the hurt, the lack of direction, in this new generation. I always had a passion for youth, but this album is really aimed at them." Referring to the album's title and theme, he said, "I have walked through the valleys, the mountains, and plains. That's why I'm speaking up, that's why I'm speaking now and loud."

Promotion and release

The first single "There Will Be a Day
There Will Be a Day
"There Will Be a Day" is the lead single by CCM musician Jeremy Camp from his fifth studio album, Speaking Louder Than Before. It was released to radio in mid-September 2008 and as a digital download on September 23, 2008....

" was released around early September. It was the most-added song at R&R
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R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...

's AC and CHR
Christian CHR
Christian CHR is a radio format that is common in the United States and Australia focusing on playing current and recent music as determined by the Christian Top 40....

 charts, and it was also the highest-debuting track in its first week of entering the chart. The song was digitally released on September 23.

The album itself was subsequently released in the United States on November 25, 2008. It debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, with 32,700 copies sold in the first week. Speaking Louder Than Before also reached number one at Billboards Top Christian Albums, and in its first week became Camp's highest-charting album to date. "There Will Be a Day" reached number one at Christian CHR
Christian CHR
Christian CHR is a radio format that is common in the United States and Australia focusing on playing current and recent music as determined by the Christian Top 40....

 radio on November 28, and stayed at the top of the chart for two weeks.

A special edition of the album was released on December 5, which included a DVD with an hour of in-studio video footage, a booklet containing journal entries from Camp, a sticker, three art cards and a silicone bracelet.

Track listing

  1. "Slow Down Time" – 4:34
  2. "Capture Me" – 4:05
  3. "Speaking Louder Than Before" – 3:26
  4. "There Will Be a Day
    There Will Be a Day
    "There Will Be a Day" is the lead single by CCM musician Jeremy Camp from his fifth studio album, Speaking Louder Than Before. It was released to radio in mid-September 2008 and as a digital download on September 23, 2008....

    " – 4:39
  5. "I Know Who I Am" – 3:37
  6. "I'm Alive" – 3:49
  7. "You Will Be There" – 3:42
  8. "Healing Hand of God" – 4:24
  9. "So in Love" – 4:48
  10. "My Fortress" – 4:19
  11. "Giving You All Control" – 2:51
  12. "Surrender" – 4:32
  13. "Christ Is Come" – 3:44 (iTunes Bonus Track)

Awards

In 2010, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards
41st GMA Dove Awards
The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 21, 2010 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2009. The show was held at the The Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Bart Millard....

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