The Hurt & the Healer

by MercyMe

Overview

Award-winning, Texas-based Christian rockers MercyMe's eighth studio album, The Hurt & The Healer, is billed as a "celebration of that moment when these two worlds collide... the deep need for healing and the God who provides it." That sentiment is most affecting on the title cut, a soaring, midtempo ballad that ponders "I'm alive/even though part of me has died/you take my heart and breathe it back to life," but it's not the only sure-to-be fan favorite to be found here. The emotive, reverent "You Are I Am" and the bluesy "Take the Time," the latter of which features guest vocals from Bear Rinehart of fellow CCM superstars Needtobreathe, are both first spin highlights, and the propulsive, upbeat opener "You Know Better" sets the pace and mood with a road trip-ready chorus set against a driving, alt-rock backbeat. The Hurt & The Healer may not deviate much from the fairly predictable, anthem-heavy template of previous outings, but few bands in the genre are as adept as MercyMe when it comes to implementing that sound effectively. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	05/22/2012
Label:	Columbia / Fair Trade Services
UPC:	0736211602091
Rank:	69806

Tracks

1. You Know Better
2. You Don't Care at All
3. The Hurt & the Healer
4. To Whom It May Concern
5. You Are I Am
6. Take the Time
7. Don't Give Up on Me
8. Hold On
9. Best of Me
10. The First Time

Album Credits

Performance Credits

MercyMe   Primary Artist
Nathan Cochran   Vocals (Background)
Mike Scheuchzer   Vocals (Background)
Barry Graul   Vocals (Background)
Bart Millard   Vocals (Background)
Dan Muckala   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Seth Mosely   Composer
Brown Bannister   Producer,Overdub Engineer,Composer
Ted Jensen   Mastering
Dan Deurloo   Drum Editing,Drum Technician
F. Reid Shippen   Mixing,Engineer
Erik "Keller" Jahner   Assistant
Dan Muckala   Editing,Composer,Producer,Programming,Overdub Engineer
Bear Rinehart   Composer
MercyMe   Composer
Seth Bolt   Vocal Engineer
David Molnar   Photography
Brody Harper   Art Direction,Package Design
David Muckala   Assistant
Nate Farro   Package Design
Jason Ingram   Composer