Going Public is the fifth studio album

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 by Christian

Contemporary Christian music

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 pop rock

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 band Newsboys

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, released in 1994

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. The album was the band's second commercial success (following Not Ashamed

Not Ashamed

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), and it featured "Shine," one of their most popular songs.

The album was recognized with two Dove Awards at the 25th GMA Dove Awards

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, one for "Rock Album of the Year", and the other "Rock Recorded Song of the Year" for "Shine", as well as nominations for Short Form Music Video of the Year ("Shine") and Song of the Year ("Shine"). Going Public was also nominated for a Grammy, for Best Rock Gospel Album.

In 2001, Going Public was recognized by CCM Magazine

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as one of the 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music, and in 2006, "Shine" was included in the top ten of CCM's 100 Greatest Songs of Christian Music.

The CD was recently included as the first in a series of influential Christian albums in Blaze magazine's Blast from the past section, saying that modern Christian artists owe a lot to the path this album created, because it "...showed music from a Godly perspective could sound extremely catchy, have lyrics that were honest and still glorify God".

According to the liner notes the cover photo was taken at a 1948 Post-World War II meeting in Germany which was conducted by the Rev. George A Palmer for the European Evangelical Crusade.

Track listing

1. "Real Good Thing" – 2:53 Lead Vocals: Peter Furler
2. "Shine" – 3:42 Lead Vocals: Peter Furler
3. "Spirit Thing" – 3:27 Lead Vocals: Peter Furler
4. "Let It Rain" – 4:17 Lead Vocals: Peter Furler
5. "Going Public" – 3:30 Lead Vocals: John James
6. "Truth and Consequences" – 2:58 Lead Vocals: Peter Furler
7. "Lights Out" – 3:09 Lead Vocals: John James
8. "Be Still" – 3:19 Lead Vocals: John James
9. "When You Called My Name" – 4:02 Lead Vocals: John James
10. "Elle G." – 5:12 Lead Vocals: Peter Furler

Radio singles

• "Shine" is the first single
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   from Going Public. The song is one of the band's best known songs and it was given a Dove Award for Rock song of the year. The song also appears on WOW 1996
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• "Spirit Thing"
• "Truth and Consequences"
• "Real Good Thing"
• "Let It Rain"
• "Going Public"
• "Be Still"

Personnel

• John James - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Peter Furler - lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, programming
• Kevin Mills - bass, backing vocals
• Duncan Phillips - keyboards, backing vocals
• Jody Davis - guitar, backing vocals

• Jeff Frankenstein - touring, keyboards, additional programming (Note: Jeff joined the band during the final recording stages of the album, and didn't really get to play on any of the tracks, but yet he is still mentioned in the album's liner notes.)