Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far
Encyclopedia
Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far (ISBN 0-3809-7594-7) is an autobiography
written by American musician Amy Grant
, published by Flying Dolphin Press and WaterBrook Press (subsidiaries of Random House
) and released in October 2007. The book features song lyrics, memoirs, original poetry
, pictures, and a partial index of Grant's career achievements. The book is composed largely of short stories, most spanning only a few pages, that provide a glimpse into some chapter of Grant's life or her personal philosophies, often containing a surprise revelation or twist at the end.
.
The book's publication was scheduled to coincide with Grant's 30th year in the music industry. 2007 also marked Grant's departure from her long-time Contemporary Christian Music
record label, Word Records
, and her new deal with EMI
's Sparrow Records
. EMI
re-released 17 of Grant's albums as digitally remastered special editions in the same month as Mosaic, as well as a new Greatest Hits
CD and DVD set, all of which were cross-promoted with Mosaic in major retailers and online. Additionally, an online collection of most of Grant's music, entitled "The Storytellers' Collection", and a digital ringtone store featuring various Amy Grant songs, were launched at the same time.
Prior to Mosaic, only unofficial biographies of Grant's life and career had been published. Bob Millard had authored the unofficial Amy Grant in 1986, later revised, updated, and reissued as Amy Grant: The Life of a Pop Star in 1994. Mosaic became the first major book to chronicle Grant's life and career since her headline-making divorce from husband Gary Chapman
in 1999, marriage to Vince Gill
in 2000, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
in 2002, return to pop music
in 2003, and Grammy win in 2005.
for the Mad About You
soundtrack instead): "Who I Am".
album, the first themed section in Grant's book includes stories of encounters that changed the author's life or provided her with new perspective. Included are stories of the recording of four of her seminal albums (Age to Age
, A Christmas Album
, Straight Ahead
, Unguarded
) and a number of outings with other celebrities and political figures, including President George H. W. Bush
.
The song lyrics contained within the "Every Road" section are: "Every Road", "Leave It All Behind", "Love Has a Hold on Me", "Children of the World", "Ask Me", "Turn This World Around", "Thy Word", and "Hats".
, the second themed section in Mosaic concerns Grant's family, both the one she grew up with and the one she forged as an adult through two marriages. The stories in this section typically reveal an experience that had a profound impact on the author's life or the life of her children.
The song lyrics contained within the "Heirlooms" section are: "Heirlooms", "Say Once More
", "How Can We See That Far?", "Saved by Love
", "Baby Baby", "Mimi's House", "I Will Remember You
", "Missing You", "Oh Tennessee", and "True Love". The last two songs are notable because, as of the book's publication in 2007, neither had been recorded by Grant or anyone else. Mosaic marked the debut of both songs, which have been rumored to be potential tracks on a future studio album.
and Grant's approach to prayer
, fellowship
, and worship
. Included is the story of her re-baptism following her divorce, remarriage, and the birth of her fourth child. This section also features a sixteen page, full-color spread of photos from Grant's childhood and thirty year career.
The song lyrics contained within the "Lead Me On" section are: "Lead Me On", "Angels
", "Helping Hand", "1974", "The Water", and "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)". This makes this the second of Grant's books to contain the complete lyrics to "Breath of Heaven".
single, "Takes a Little Time", from 1997's Behind the Eyes
album, the fourth themed section in Mosaic takes an intimately personal turn. The stories within contain previously unknown revelations about Grant's life-long struggle with depression
, her personal anguish over her highly publicized 1999 divorce from Gary Chapman
, and the pains of blending two families after her 2000 marriage to Vince Gill
, among other things.
The song lyrics contained within the "Takes a Little Time" section are: "Takes a Little Time", "All Right
", "Carry You", "Cry a River", "Somewhere Down the Road", "After the Fire", "Out in the Open", and "What the Angels See". The last song is notable because, as of Mosaics publication in 2007, it had never been recorded by Grant or anyone else. Mosaic marked its debut and it is rumored to be a track on a future studio album, along with "Oh, Tennessee" and "True Love".
on CD and DVD
and her writing of Mosaic in 2007.
Additionally, there is a discography and videography, along with recent sales certifications numbers, covering fifty Amy Grant releases. The discography is followed by a partial index of major awards and achievements from Grant's career, including her six Grammy awards, 11 Grammy nominations, 22 Dove awards, and her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
.
and "Wise Up
" from 1985's Unguarded
.
In total, Mosaic contains lyrics to 33 of Grant's self-penned songs.
and Christianity Today. In November, the book debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list at #35, rising to #27 in December. The book also spent several weeks in the Amazon.com
Top 100 best-selling books list.
Grant downplayed the media's characterization of the book as a tell-all, saying, "It’s not an autobiography, but more a collection of memories, song lyrics, poetry, and a few pictures." Still, she has acknowledged in interviews that the book features a number of candid stories. On her website, Grant told her fan club that she is "anxious to get back in the studio after the book is finished, and reinvent myself as an almost-50 performing woman" and indicated that she plans to write again in the future.
To promote the book, Grant launched a national book tour and WaterBrook Press sponsored a major online blog tour. Grant's book tour coincided with her own concert tour and symphony tour at the time, which also promoted Mosaic along with her new Greatest Hits
album.
In December, Amy Grant appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
in an episode entitled "Heading Home for the Holidays". The Christmas-themed episode featured an extensive interview with both Grant and husband Vince Gill
as well as all five of the couple's children. Grant gave a tour of her home and of her writing cabin on the show. During the episode, Grant discussed Mosaic at length and host Oprah Winfrey
read excerpts from her favorite sections. The two debuted the song "True Love", which has never been recorded but was included in lyrical form in Mosaic, as a live duet. Additionally, Amy sang an excerpt of "What the Angels See", another unrecorded song with complete lyrics inside Mosaic. The studio audience received gift copies of Mosaic, Grant's Greatest Hits
album, and Gill's These Days
album. Following the show, the book's position on the Amazon.com and New York Times bestsellers lists spiked. The episode marked Grant's third appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show
and the first in nearly ten years. It was Vince Gill's first appearance.
Other television
appearances included The View, Paula's Party
with host Paula Deen
, The Today Show, The 700 Club
, CMT Insider, CMT Loaded, CNN
's Showbiz Tonight
, Hour of Power, and Fox & Friends
. Additionally, the upstart Gospel Music Channel
aired a documentary on Amy Grant as part of their Faith and Fame series.
At the time of Mosaics release, Grant, a one-time spokesperson for Land O'Lakes Butter
, became a spokesperson for Country Crock
butter and the company's Spread the Sharing campaign. The book, the campaign, and Grant's Greatest Hits
CD were cross-promoted. In addition, in support of the new book and CD, Amy Grant launched her own ten episode podcast
on iTunes
, where it was made available for free. The podcast covered highlights of the artist's life and career and was a major part of a larger iTunes promotional campaign that marked the launch of Grant's entire catalog in digitally remastered, digital rights management
-free format on the iTunes Music Store.
also made the book available in its exclusive Kindle
format.
Grant also released a single-track .mp3 entitled "Excerpts from Mosaic" to online digital music stores such as iTunes
and Amazon.com
. The track features excerpts of Grant's audiobook recording of Mosaic and runs 9:59.
and iTunes
, features 17 of the 30 songs that are reprinted in Mosaic. Additionally, the "Excerpts from Mosaic" track is included on the album. None of the previously unrecorded songs contained in Mosaic are included on the album. The iTunes Music Store included an exclusive digital booklet
with its sales of the album.
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
written by American musician Amy Grant
Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
, published by Flying Dolphin Press and WaterBrook Press (subsidiaries of Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
) and released in October 2007. The book features song lyrics, memoirs, original poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, pictures, and a partial index of Grant's career achievements. The book is composed largely of short stories, most spanning only a few pages, that provide a glimpse into some chapter of Grant's life or her personal philosophies, often containing a surprise revelation or twist at the end.
Background
Grant had been approached by publishers to pen a book since the early stages of her career. Though she published several books for children and families and a small holiday companion book to her 1992 song, "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)", it was not until 2007 that Grant announced that she would finally publish a proper memoirMemoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
.
The book's publication was scheduled to coincide with Grant's 30th year in the music industry. 2007 also marked Grant's departure from her long-time Contemporary Christian Music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
record label, Word Records
Word Records
Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...
, and her new deal with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
. EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
re-released 17 of Grant's albums as digitally remastered special editions in the same month as Mosaic, as well as a new Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Amy Grant album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Christian-pop singer Amy Grant, released on October 2, 2007 . It is her first career-spanning collection, and was released by EMI CMG, Grant's new record label, to mark the start of her contract with them. It does not contain new songs, but the record label...
CD and DVD set, all of which were cross-promoted with Mosaic in major retailers and online. Additionally, an online collection of most of Grant's music, entitled "The Storytellers' Collection", and a digital ringtone store featuring various Amy Grant songs, were launched at the same time.
Prior to Mosaic, only unofficial biographies of Grant's life and career had been published. Bob Millard had authored the unofficial Amy Grant in 1986, later revised, updated, and reissued as Amy Grant: The Life of a Pop Star in 1994. Mosaic became the first major book to chronicle Grant's life and career since her headline-making divorce from husband Gary Chapman
Gary Chapman (musician)
Gary Chapman is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show host.-Early life and music career:...
in 1999, marriage to Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
in 2000, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Gospel Music Hall of Fame
The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1971 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals and groups in all forms of gospel music.-Inductees:...
in 2002, return to pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
in 2003, and Grammy win in 2005.
Contents
The book is divided into an introduction, a career index, and four themed sections, each named after one of Grant's songs: "Every Road", "Heirlooms", "Lead Me On", and "Takes a Little Time". Inside each are various stories from Grant's life, original poems, small black and white pictures, and lyrics to songs that Grant personally wrote, usually related to or inspired by the story immediately preceding or following the lyrics. There are no songs from any of Grant's first three albums. However, the book contains lyrics to four songs which Grant has yet to record.Introduction
In the book's opening section, Grant explains her reluctance to write a book and the path that led to her writing and makes a series of acknowledgments. Additionally, this section contains the lyrics to a song that Grant wrote but never recorded (it was recorded by Faith HillFaith Hill
Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
for the Mad About You
Mad About You
Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
soundtrack instead): "Who I Am".
Every Road
Named after "Every Road" from 1997's Behind the EyesBehind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)
- Personnel :For the complete list of personnel, click [ here].- Production :* Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick* Engineers: Craig Hansen, Tom Laune, Dan Marnien* Arranger: ???* Design: Greg Ross- Charts :...
album, the first themed section in Grant's book includes stories of encounters that changed the author's life or provided her with new perspective. Included are stories of the recording of four of her seminal albums (Age to Age
Age to Age
Age to Age is the sixth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1982 on Myrrh Records.Age to Age was Amy Grant's breakthrough album, finally earning her serious recognition within the burgeoning Contemporary Christian music community as it ushered her into stardom, and also...
, A Christmas Album
A Christmas Album (Amy Grant album)
A Christmas Album is the seventh album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1983. The release was Grant's first of many Christmas albums.A Christmas Album was issued on the heels of Grant's immensely successful 1982 LP Age to Age...
, Straight Ahead
Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album)
Straight Ahead is the eighth album by Christian music artist Amy Grant, released in 1984. This was Grant's final album on Myrrh Records; she would later strike a record deal with A&M Records....
, Unguarded
Unguarded
Unguarded is the ninth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1985 on A&M Records. It is Amy's first album released by A&M....
) and a number of outings with other celebrities and political figures, including President George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
.
The song lyrics contained within the "Every Road" section are: "Every Road", "Leave It All Behind", "Love Has a Hold on Me", "Children of the World", "Ask Me", "Turn This World Around", "Thy Word", and "Hats".
Heirlooms
Named after her successful single, "Heirlooms", from 1983's A Christmas AlbumA Christmas Album (Amy Grant album)
A Christmas Album is the seventh album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1983. The release was Grant's first of many Christmas albums.A Christmas Album was issued on the heels of Grant's immensely successful 1982 LP Age to Age...
, the second themed section in Mosaic concerns Grant's family, both the one she grew up with and the one she forged as an adult through two marriages. The stories in this section typically reveal an experience that had a profound impact on the author's life or the life of her children.
The song lyrics contained within the "Heirlooms" section are: "Heirlooms", "Say Once More
Say Once More
"Say Once More" is a 1988 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the fifth single from Grant's Lead Me On album. Unlike some of Grant's previous singles, this song made an impact on Christian radio but not on pop or "mainstream" radio."Say Once More" is a downtempo love ballad...
", "How Can We See That Far?", "Saved by Love
Saved by Love
"Saved by Love" is a 1988 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the first single from the Lead Me On album.-The song:...
", "Baby Baby", "Mimi's House", "I Will Remember You
I Will Remember You (Amy Grant song)
"I Will Remember You" is the seventh and final single from Amy Grant's twelfth album, Heart in Motion and was released as a single in March 1992...
", "Missing You", "Oh Tennessee", and "True Love". The last two songs are notable because, as of the book's publication in 2007, neither had been recorded by Grant or anyone else. Mosaic marked the debut of both songs, which have been rumored to be potential tracks on a future studio album.
Lead Me On
Named after Grant's smash hit single, "Lead Me On", from the 1988 album of the same name, the third themed section in Mosaic is arguably the most overtly spiritual in the book, concerning profound spiritual encounters with GodGod
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
and Grant's approach to prayer
Prayer
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
, fellowship
Communion (Christian)
The term communion is derived from Latin communio . The corresponding term in Greek is κοινωνία, which is often translated as "fellowship". In Christianity, the basic meaning of the term communion is an especially close relationship of Christians, as individuals or as a Church, with God and with...
, 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...
. Included is the story of her re-baptism following her divorce, remarriage, and the birth of her fourth child. This section also features a sixteen page, full-color spread of photos from Grant's childhood and thirty year career.
The song lyrics contained within the "Lead Me On" section are: "Lead Me On", "Angels
Angels (Amy Grant song)
"Angels" is a 1984 song by Christian singer Amy Grant, from her album Straight Ahead. It won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female....
", "Helping Hand", "1974", "The Water", and "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)". This makes this the second of Grant's books to contain the complete lyrics to "Breath of Heaven".
Takes a Little Time
Named after Grant's top-ten popPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
single, "Takes a Little Time", from 1997's Behind the Eyes
Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)
- Personnel :For the complete list of personnel, click [ here].- Production :* Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick* Engineers: Craig Hansen, Tom Laune, Dan Marnien* Arranger: ???* Design: Greg Ross- Charts :...
album, the fourth themed section in Mosaic takes an intimately personal turn. The stories within contain previously unknown revelations about Grant's life-long struggle with depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
, her personal anguish over her highly publicized 1999 divorce from Gary Chapman
Gary Chapman (musician)
Gary Chapman is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show host.-Early life and music career:...
, and the pains of blending two families after her 2000 marriage to Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
, among other things.
The song lyrics contained within the "Takes a Little Time" section are: "Takes a Little Time", "All Right
All Right
- History :The song told from the perspective of the lyric I believe that the Protagonist and his lover has a marriage problem and both are trying to solve....
", "Carry You", "Cry a River", "Somewhere Down the Road", "After the Fire", "Out in the Open", and "What the Angels See". The last song is notable because, as of Mosaics publication in 2007, it had never been recorded by Grant or anyone else. Mosaic marked its debut and it is rumored to be a track on a future studio album, along with "Oh, Tennessee" and "True Love".
Conclusion
The book ends with Grant's own step-by-step walk through her life, devoting a paragraph to the major milestones of her life and career. The chronological chapter, entitled "The Times of My Life", spans from the author's birth to the 2006 release of Time Again...Amy Grant LiveTime Again...Amy Grant Live
Time Again... Amy Grant Live is the 21st album by Christian music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released on September 26, 2006 ....
on CD and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and her writing of Mosaic in 2007.
Additionally, there is a discography and videography, along with recent sales certifications numbers, covering fifty Amy Grant releases. The discography is followed by a partial index of major awards and achievements from Grant's career, including her six Grammy awards, 11 Grammy nominations, 22 Dove awards, and her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
.
Music
The book is packaged with an exclusive link that readers can enter into their web browser to retrieve two free .mp3 downloads from Grant's catalog. The free songs are "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" from 1982's Age to AgeAge to Age
Age to Age is the sixth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1982 on Myrrh Records.Age to Age was Amy Grant's breakthrough album, finally earning her serious recognition within the burgeoning Contemporary Christian music community as it ushered her into stardom, and also...
and "Wise Up
Wise Up (Amy Grant song)
"Wise Up" is a 1985 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the third single from her Unguarded album. The song reached The Billboard 100, as well as the Adult Contemporary and Christian music charts in the United States....
" from 1985's Unguarded
Unguarded
Unguarded is the ninth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1985 on A&M Records. It is Amy's first album released by A&M....
.
In total, Mosaic contains lyrics to 33 of Grant's self-penned songs.
| Album Name | Number of Songs Published in Mosaic |
|---|---|
| Amy Grant Amy Grant (album) Amy Grant is the first album by then-teenage Christian singer Amy Grant, released in 1977 on Myrrh Records.Amy Grant, although today considered a modest record success, was probably one of the biggest Christian album releases ever when it was issued in 1977... (1977) |
0 |
| My Father's Eyes (1979) | 0 |
| Never Alone Never Alone Never Alone is the third album by Christian singer Amy Grant, released in 1980 through Myrrh Recordings.By this point in her life, Amy had entered her sophomore year at Furman University and developed a budding relationship with studio songwriter Gary Chapman. The three songs from the album that... (1980) |
0 |
| In Concert Amy Grant in Concert In Concert is the fourth album by Christian singer Amy Grant, released in 1981 on Myrrh Records.In Concert was the first album of a double live set, the other being In Concert Volume Two, which was released later that year. Although the two should have been issued as a double album, budget problems... (1981) |
1 |
| In Concert Volume Two (1981) | 0 |
| Age to Age Age to Age Age to Age is the sixth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1982 on Myrrh Records.Age to Age was Amy Grant's breakthrough album, finally earning her serious recognition within the burgeoning Contemporary Christian music community as it ushered her into stardom, and also... (1982) |
0 |
| A Christmas Album A Christmas Album (Amy Grant album) A Christmas Album is the seventh album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1983. The release was Grant's first of many Christmas albums.A Christmas Album was issued on the heels of Grant's immensely successful 1982 LP Age to Age... (1983) |
1 |
| Straight Ahead Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album) Straight Ahead is the eighth album by Christian music artist Amy Grant, released in 1984. This was Grant's final album on Myrrh Records; she would later strike a record deal with A&M Records.... (1984) |
2 |
| Unguarded Unguarded Unguarded is the ninth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1985 on A&M Records. It is Amy's first album released by A&M.... (1985) |
0 |
| The Collection The Collection (Amy Grant album) The Collection is the tenth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1986 .The Collection was the first compilation of Amy Grant's music to be released, and it was issued after her crossover success in 1985 with the album Unguarded... (1986) |
0 |
| Lead Me On (1988) | 5 |
| Heart in Motion Heart in Motion - Personnel :* Amy Grant: Vocals.* Tom Hemby: Guitars .* Dann Huff: Guitars .* Gordon Kennedy: Guitars .* Jerry McPherson Guitars .* Donald Kirkpatrick: Guitars .... (1991) |
5 |
| Home For Christmas Home for Christmas (Amy Grant album) Home for Christmas is the 13th album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant, released in 1992.Home for Christmas is Amy Grant's second holiday album, the first being 1983's A Christmas Album... (1992) |
1 |
| House of Love House of Love (album) House of Love is the 14th album by singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 1994 .House of Love was Amy's follow-up to her quintuple-platinum 1991 release Heart in Motion. Although House of Love sold less than half of what its predecessor sold, it similarly combines pop music with Christian values... (1994) |
0 |
| Behind the Eyes Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album) - Personnel :For the complete list of personnel, click [ here].- Production :* Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick* Engineers: Craig Hansen, Tom Laune, Dan Marnien* Arranger: ???* Design: Greg Ross- Charts :... (1997) |
7 |
| A Christmas to Remember A Christmas to Remember -Charts:Album – Billboard -End of year charts:... (1999) |
0 |
| Legacy...Hymns and Faith Legacy...Hymns and Faith Legacy... Hymns and Faith is a 2002 album by Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant. It was her first overtly religious album since Lead Me On in 1988, and consists primarily of well-known hymns with a couple of original songs... (2002) |
0 |
| Simple Things Simple Things (Amy Grant album) Simple Things is the 19th album by Christian music and pop music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 2003.Grant's first secular album since 1997's Behind the Eyes, Simple Things did not see the mainstream success similar to Grant's albums from the 1990s... (2003) |
2 |
| Greatest Hits 1986-2004 Greatest Hits 1986-2004 Greatest Hits 1986–2004 is a compilation album by pop singer Amy Grant, released in 2004 . It was the first compilation of Amy Grant's music to be released since The Collection in 1986... (2004) |
1 |
| Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith is an album by singer Amy Grant. It is the follow-up to her 2002 release Legacy... Hymns and Faith... (2005) |
1 |
| Time Again...Amy Grant Live Time Again...Amy Grant Live Time Again... Amy Grant Live is the 21st album by Christian music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released on September 26, 2006 .... (2006) |
0 |
| Songs Not Yet Recorded | 4 |
Release and reception
The book was released on October 16, 2007 in hardback press by Flying Dolphin Press and WaterBrook Press. Mosaic received rave reviews from a variety of outlets, including Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
and Christianity Today. In November, the book debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list at #35, rising to #27 in December. The book also spent several weeks in the Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
Top 100 best-selling books list.
Grant downplayed the media's characterization of the book as a tell-all, saying, "It’s not an autobiography, but more a collection of memories, song lyrics, poetry, and a few pictures." Still, she has acknowledged in interviews that the book features a number of candid stories. On her website, Grant told her fan club that she is "anxious to get back in the studio after the book is finished, and reinvent myself as an almost-50 performing woman" and indicated that she plans to write again in the future.
To promote the book, Grant launched a national book tour and WaterBrook Press sponsored a major online blog tour. Grant's book tour coincided with her own concert tour and symphony tour at the time, which also promoted Mosaic along with her new Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Amy Grant album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Christian-pop singer Amy Grant, released on October 2, 2007 . It is her first career-spanning collection, and was released by EMI CMG, Grant's new record label, to mark the start of her contract with them. It does not contain new songs, but the record label...
album.
In December, Amy Grant appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
in an episode entitled "Heading Home for the Holidays". The Christmas-themed episode featured an extensive interview with both Grant and husband Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
as well as all five of the couple's children. Grant gave a tour of her home and of her writing cabin on the show. During the episode, Grant discussed Mosaic at length and host Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
read excerpts from her favorite sections. The two debuted the song "True Love", which has never been recorded but was included in lyrical form in Mosaic, as a live duet. Additionally, Amy sang an excerpt of "What the Angels See", another unrecorded song with complete lyrics inside Mosaic. The studio audience received gift copies of Mosaic, Grant's Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Amy Grant album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Christian-pop singer Amy Grant, released on October 2, 2007 . It is her first career-spanning collection, and was released by EMI CMG, Grant's new record label, to mark the start of her contract with them. It does not contain new songs, but the record label...
album, and Gill's These Days
These Days (Vince Gill album)
These Days is a 2006 box set by country artist Vince Gill. Consisting of 43 original songs spanning four discs, the album displays the range of Gill’s lyrical and musical styles, ranging from traditional country and bluegrass to jazz and rock...
album. Following the show, the book's position on the Amazon.com and New York Times bestsellers lists spiked. The episode marked Grant's third appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
and the first in nearly ten years. It was Vince Gill's first appearance.
Other television
Television
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appearances included The View, Paula's Party
Paula's Party
Paula's Party is a show on the Food Network hosted by Paula Deen. Unlike her other show on the Food Network, Paula's Home Cooking, Paula's Party was originally taped in front of a small audience at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House in Savannah, Georgia, and Deen herself frequently interacts with members...
with host Paula Deen
Paula Deen
Paula Deen American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality.Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates...
, The Today Show, The 700 Club
The 700 Club
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, CMT Insider, CMT Loaded, CNN
CNN
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's Showbiz Tonight
Showbiz Tonight
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, Hour of Power, and Fox & Friends
Fox & Friends
Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning...
. Additionally, the upstart Gospel Music Channel
Gospel Music Channel
gmc is an American satellite and cable television channel, known from its 2004 launch until February 1, 2010 as Gospel Music Channel. It is also available in high-definition as a separate channel called gmcHD ....
aired a documentary on Amy Grant as part of their Faith and Fame series.
At the time of Mosaics release, Grant, a one-time spokesperson for Land O'Lakes Butter
Land O'Lakes
Land O'Lakes is a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in Arden Hills, Minnesota, focusing on the dairy industry. The co-op states that it has about 3200 producer-members, 1000 member-cooperatives, and about 9000 employees who process and distribute products for about 300,000 agricultural...
, became a spokesperson for Country Crock
Country Crock
Shedd's Country Crock is a food brand owned by food giant Unilever. It originally sold spreads, such as margarine, but later extended to side dishes, particularly mashed potatoes and pasta, made by Hormel under licence....
butter and the company's Spread the Sharing campaign. The book, the campaign, and Grant's Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Amy Grant album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Christian-pop singer Amy Grant, released on October 2, 2007 . It is her first career-spanning collection, and was released by EMI CMG, Grant's new record label, to mark the start of her contract with them. It does not contain new songs, but the record label...
CD were cross-promoted. In addition, in support of the new book and CD, Amy Grant launched her own ten episode podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, where it was made available for free. The podcast covered highlights of the artist's life and career and was a major part of a larger iTunes promotional campaign that marked the launch of Grant's entire catalog in digitally remastered, digital rights management
Digital rights management
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-free format on the iTunes Music Store.
Other formats
In addition to hardback print, Mosaic was released in a 4-disc CD audiobook set (ISBN 1423343077). Unabridged and read by the author, the audiobook features Grant speaking aloud the lyrics to her songs in poetic form, occasionally using actual excerpts from her music and other sound effects as background accompaniment or chapter transitions. The same recording was also made available in cassette tape form (ISBN 1423343069) and in .mp3 form (ISBN 1423343093). Amazon.comAmazon.com
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also made the book available in its exclusive Kindle
Amazon Kindle
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format.
Grant also released a single-track .mp3 entitled "Excerpts from Mosaic" to online digital music stores such as iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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. The track features excerpts of Grant's audiobook recording of Mosaic and runs 9:59.
Songs From Mosaic
In support of the book and as part of her 2007 digital music campaign, Grant also released Songs From Mosaic, a digital album, in October 2007. The album, carried at online digital music stores such as Amazon.comAmazon.com
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and iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, features 17 of the 30 songs that are reprinted in Mosaic. Additionally, the "Excerpts from Mosaic" track is included on the album. None of the previously unrecorded songs contained in Mosaic are included on the album. The iTunes Music Store included an exclusive digital booklet
Digital booklet
Digital booklets are the digital equivalent of liner notes that often accompany digital music purchases. They are most commonly distributed in Portable Document Format. One well-known distributor of digital booklets with digital purchases is the iTunes Store; the first instance of this on the...
with its sales of the album.
Track list
- Every Road
- Ask Me
- Turn This World Around
- Thy Word
- All RightAll Right- History :The song told from the perspective of the lyric I believe that the Protagonist and his lover has a marriage problem and both are trying to solve....
- Heirlooms
- Say Once MoreSay Once More"Say Once More" is a 1988 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the fifth single from Grant's Lead Me On album. Unlike some of Grant's previous singles, this song made an impact on Christian radio but not on pop or "mainstream" radio."Say Once More" is a downtempo love ballad...
(from Lead Me On, not to be confused with Grant's song of the same name from 1980s Never AloneNever AloneNever Alone is the third album by Christian singer Amy Grant, released in 1980 through Myrrh Recordings.By this point in her life, Amy had entered her sophomore year at Furman University and developed a budding relationship with studio songwriter Gary Chapman. The three songs from the album that...
) - Saved by LoveSaved by Love"Saved by Love" is a 1988 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the first single from the Lead Me On album.-The song:...
- Baby Baby
- I Will Remember YouI Will Remember You (Amy Grant song)"I Will Remember You" is the seventh and final single from Amy Grant's twelfth album, Heart in Motion and was released as a single in March 1992...
- Missing You
- Lead Me On
- Helping Hand
- Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)
- Takes a Little Time
- Carry You (version from "Rock of Ages...Hymns and FaithRock of Ages...Hymns and FaithRock of Ages... Hymns and Faith is an album by singer Amy Grant. It is the follow-up to her 2002 release Legacy... Hymns and Faith...
") - Somewhere Down the Road
- Excerpts from Mosaic - Read by Amy Grant