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Martin Smith (songwriter)
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Martin James Smith (born 6 July 1970) is an English
England
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vocalist, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, and songwriter. He was the front man of the Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
and worship
Worship
Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. The word is derived from the Old English worthscipe, meaning worthiness or worth-ship — to give, at its simplest, worth to something, for example, Christian worship.Evelyn Underhill defines worship thus: "The absolute...
band Delirious?
Delirious?
Delirious? were an English Christian rock and worship band. For the majority of their career, the lineup featured Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stu G on guitar and backing vocals, Jon Thatcher on bass guitar, Tim Jupp on keys and piano, and Stew Smith on drums and percussion...
He co-wrote three songs on Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
's 2004 album Healing Rain
Healing Rain
Healing Rain is Michael W. Smith's nineteenth album.- Track listing :# "Here I Am"# "Healing Rain"# "Live Forever"# "Hang On"# "Fly To The Moon"# "Human Spark"# "We Can't Wait Any Longer"# "I Am Love"# "Bridge Over Troubled Water"...
and is going to be collaborating with Michael W. Smith on his upcoming album. Martin also co-wrote two songs on Matt Redman
Matt Redman
Matt Redman is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton.He has worked with Newfrontiers, Passion Conferences, Hillsong London, Soul Survivor, is an artist for Sixstepsrecords and is a member of Compassionart a charity founded by Martin Smith.He appeared with...
's 2006 album Beautiful News
Beautiful News
Beautiful News is an album by Christian worship artist Matt Redman. Two songs were written in collaboration with Martin Smith, lead singer with Christian band Delirious? and one was written in collaboration with worship artist Paul Baloche."All Over The World" was covered by Tree63 on their...
(" Take it to the streets" and "All over the World"). Some of the most recognised songs by Delirious? include "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever
The single version of the song was released to the UK Singles Charts on 10 December 2001. As with most previous Delirious? singles, the song received no airplay on Radio One, the UK's largest pop station...
", "History Maker
History Maker
"History Maker" is the eleventh track on English Christian rock band Delirious?'s album King of Fools. It has become one of the band's best-known songs, and represents King of Fools in almost every one of their live setlists, along with the single "Deeper"...
", "My Glorious", "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?", "Shout To The North", "Deeper
Deeper (song)
"Deeper" is the second single from Delirious?'s debut album, King of Fools, on which it is the second track. It is one of the band's most famous songs and, along with "History Maker", almost universally represented King Of Fools in live setlists until 2005...
", "Majesty (Here I Am)", and "What A Friend I've Found". In 1995, Martin was involved in a near-fatal car accident, and during the weeks of his recovery, he decided to become a full-time musician. This inspired him to write the song "August 30" which appeared on the King of Fools album from Delirious?. Smith was one of the founding members of Delirious? along with Stewart Smith (no relation) and Tim Jupp, when they formed the band as The Cutting Edge.
Smith also collaborated with the other members of Delirious? for the book I Could Sing of Your Love Forever.
Family
Martin Smith is married to Anna, sister of Delirious? band-member Jon Thatcher. Together with their six children, they live in the seaside village of RustingtonRustington
Rustington is a seaside resort and civil parish near Littlehampton in West Sussex. Rustington is centrally situated on the West Sussex coast almost midway between the cathedral city of Chichester and Brighton. For local government purposes, it forms part of the Arun district of the administrative...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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When Jon and Anna's uncle died, Martin wrote a song to his memory called "Mountains High" which can be heard on the album World Service
World Service (Delirious? album)
World Service is the fifth studio album by English Christian rock band Delirious?. It was released in 2003. Although it is more of a worship-oriented album as was Glo, Delirious? released two singles to the German market: "Inside Outside" and "Every Little Thing"...
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Later on when his wife was pregnant they lost the baby and he went onto write a song called "I'll see you when I get there" in its memory. This song has been sung at many funerals.
Career
Before Delirious? went full-time, Martin was employed by ICC studios in Eastbourne as a sound engineer.The band announced that they would be taking a break at the end of 2009 to focus on things close to them. Martin said that he wanted more time to spend with his family and devote more time to the CompassionArt project. The band later confirmed that they were breaking up permanently after a final concert in November 2009.
CompassionArt
Compassionart
CompassionArt is a charity based in Littlehampton, England founded by songwriter Martin Smith and his wife Anna, with the aim of generating income from works of art to assist in the relief of suffering around the planet.-Retreat in Scotland:...
is an art and International development
International development
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charity headed by Martin and his wife.
Discography
Martin Smith has an extensive discography, including collaborations with many prominent artists in the CCM industry.As a solo artist
- 1998 - The People's Album (Compilation Album) - 2 Songs
- 1999 - The People's Album 2 (Compilation Album) - 1 Song
- 2002 - Your Love Broke Through (Compilation Album) - 1 Song
With CompassionArt
- 2009 - CompassionArtCompassionArt (album)CompassionArt is a studio album by the songwriters' charity of the same name. It features the entire CompassionArt song writing team, Paul Baloche, Chris Tomlin, Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, Darlene Zschech, Israel Houghton, Michael W. Smith, Graham Kendrick, Andy Park, Steven Curtis Chapman, Stu...
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With Delirious?
- 1993 - Cutting EdgeCutting Edge (recordings)Cutting Edge is a series of recordings made by the British rock band Delirious?. The songs were originally written for a regular youth event, Cutting Edge, in the band's home town of Littlehampton...
1 - 1994 - Cutting Edge 2
- 1995 - Cutting Edge 3: Red Tape
- 1995 - Cutting Edge Fore
- 1996 - Live & In The CanLive & In the CanLive & In The Can was the first live album released by Delirious? in 1996, and was packaged in a tin can.-Track listing:# "Spontaneous I" - 1:06# "I'm Not Ashamed" - 6:35# "Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble?" - 5:25# "Spontaneous II" - 3:17...
- 1997 - King of Fools
- 1998 - d:tour
- 1999 - MezzamorphisMezzamorphisMezzamorphis is the second studio album by the Christian rock band Delirious?. Released in 1999, it represented a large step towards a more electronic and mainstream sound for the band and received a mostly positive critical reception...
- 2000 - GloGloGlo is the third full studio album by the band Delirious?. It was released in 2000, just over a year after their previous album Mezzamorphis. It was the best-selling Christian album for eight months.-Track listing:...
- 2000 - Roaring Lambs (Compilation Album) - 1 Song
- 2001 - Audio Lessonover?Audio Lessonover?Audio Lessonover? is the fourth studio album by the Christian rock band Delirious?, released in August 2001. It gathered considerably less critical acclaim than previous Delirious? albums, both musically and in its lack of overtly Christian lyrics...
- 2002 - Deeper
- 2002 - LibertadLibertad (Delirious? album)Libertad is a compilation album by Delirious?, released in 2002. The songs on this album are all taken from the Cutting Edge albums, released in the early 1990's, although lead singer Martin Smith returned to record new vocals in Spanish for each song....
- 2002 - TouchTouch (Delirious? album)Touch is an album released by Delirious? in 2002. It is essentially a clone of album Audio Lessonover? released in North America. The cover for the album featured a black thermosensitive plate which would reveal a photograph of the band when it became warm...
- 2002 - Access:DAccess:d-Disc one:# "Access:d " – 1:44# "Deeper" – 4:19# "God's Romance" – 5:54# "My Glorious" – 6:22# "Access:d " – 4:00...
- 2003 - World ServiceWorld Service (Delirious? album)World Service is the fifth studio album by English Christian rock band Delirious?. It was released in 2003. Although it is more of a worship-oriented album as was Glo, Delirious? released two singles to the German market: "Inside Outside" and "Every Little Thing"...
- 2004 - In the Name of Love: Artists United for AfricaIn the Name of Love: Artists United for AfricaIn the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa is a benefit album, recorded by Christian bands, with a portion of the proceeds going to help cure the AIDS pandemic in Africa...
(Compilation Album) - 1 Song - 2005 - The Mission BellThe Mission BellThe Mission Bell is the sixth studio album by Delirious?. It was released in the UK on 7 November 2005. It was released in the US on December 27, 2005.-Singles:...
- 2006 - Now Is The TimeNow Is the Time - Live at Willow CreekNow Is the Time is the fourth full live album by the band Delirious?. In June 2006, Delirious? attended Willow Creek Community Church to record a live concert DVD...
- 2008 - Kingdom of ComfortKingdom of ComfortKingdom of Comfort is the ninth and last studio album by the British Christian rock band Delirious?, released in the United States on April 1, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2008.-History:...
- 2009 - My Soul SingsMy Soul SingsMy Soul Sings is a live album by the band Delirious?. In September 2008, Delirious? attended the MCI Convention Centre in Bogota, Colombia to record a live concert album and DVD. 15,000 fans attended the event over two nights. The album was released on 16 March 2009. It will likely be the band's...
- 2010 - Farewell Show - Live in London
With Delirious? and Hillsong
- 2004 - UP: Unified PraiseUP: Unified PraiseUP: Unified Praise is a live praise and worship album of Christian Contemporary music by the Australian Hillsong Church and English band Delirious?.-Making of the album:...
CD - 2004 - UP: Unified Praise DVD
With Delirious? and André Valadão
- 2008 - Unidos
With Delirious? and Amy Grant
- 1999 - StreamsStreams (album)Streams is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jaz Festival in 1973 for the Impulse! label.-Reception:...
(Compilation Album) - 1 Song
With Stu Garrard
- 1995 - Have You Heard?
With Israel Houghton
- 2009 - The Power of OneThe Power of One (Israel Houghton album)The Power of One is a contemporary worship studio album recorded and performed by Israel Houghton. The album is released by Israel as a solo project, outside of Israel & New Breed...
- 1 Song
With Tim Hughes
- 2006 - Holding Nothing BackHolding Nothing BackHolding Nothing Back is the third Christian music album by Tim Hughes, which was released on April 3, 2007. It also includes his newest single "Happy Day".- Track listing :# "Happy Day"# "The Highest and the Greatest"# "Everything"...
(co-wrote 2 songs)
With Jars of Clay
- 2005 - Redemption SongsRedemption SongsRedemption Songs is the seventh full-length album by Jars of Clay. It was released by Essential Records on March 22, 2005.-Overview:Redemption Songs is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs...
- 1 Song
With Graham Kendrick
- 2001 - What Grace - 1 Song
With Parachute Band
- 2011 - Love Without Measure - (Featured artist on "It's You")
With Matt Redman
- 1998 - IntimacyIntimacy (Matt Redman album)Intimacy is an album by worship artist Matt Redman. Released in the US as "The Heart of Worship" with a very similar cover.The album was recorded at various locations*Shine Studios, London, England -...
- 1 Song - 2007 - Beautiful NewsBeautiful NewsBeautiful News is an album by Christian worship artist Matt Redman. Two songs were written in collaboration with Martin Smith, lead singer with Christian band Delirious? and one was written in collaboration with worship artist Paul Baloche."All Over The World" was covered by Tree63 on their...
- 1 Song
With Michael W. Smith
- 2004 - Healing RainHealing RainHealing Rain is Michael W. Smith's nineteenth album.- Track listing :# "Here I Am"# "Healing Rain"# "Live Forever"# "Hang On"# "Fly To The Moon"# "Human Spark"# "We Can't Wait Any Longer"# "I Am Love"# "Bridge Over Troubled Water"...
(wrote 3 songs)
With Taylor Sorenson
- 2004 - ExodusExodus (compilation album)Exodus is a Christian compilation album, featuring various artists of Contemporary Christian Music, such as dc Talk, Jars of Clay, Third Day, and Michael W. Smith. The album is noted for recreations of two well-known songs: Third Day recreates Michael W. Smith's "Agnus Dei" with a version still...
(Compilation Album) - 1 Song
With Darlene Zschech
- 2003 - Kiss of HeavenKiss of HeavenKiss of Heaven is the first solo album released in 10 years by Hillsong Church's worship pastor, Darlene Zschech.While Kiss of Heaven has been credited as the debut solo album of Darlene Zschech, it is not her first solo album...
- 1 Song