Take Me to Your Leader is the sixth studio album

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, released in 1996. It was the last Newsboys album to feature lead singer John James. The album won a Dove Award in 1997 for its packaging,http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm?year=1997 and was also nominated for "Rock Album of the Year", "Rock Recorded Song of the Year" ("God Is Not a Secret") and "Short Form Music Video of the Year" (for "Take Me to Your Leader"). The album was also recognized with a Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Gospel Album". It is also the band's only album as a sextet

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 in the early 1960s during the Battle of Air Cars. This car appears on a stage in "Hangover" (season 1, episode 12 of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour

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). Also in this episode, actor Tony Randall

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, as Hadley Purvis, says the phrase "Take me to your leader."

Reception

Track listing

Radio singles

• "Reality"
• "God Is Not a Secret"
• "Take Me To Your Leader"
• "Cup O' Tea"
• "Let It Go"
• "Breakfast"
• "Breathe (Benediction)"
• "It's All Who You Know"

Personnel

• John James - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Peter Furler - drums, lead vocals, backing vocals, the occasional guitar and keyboard part, harmonica, kazoo, whistling
• Jody Davis - guitar, backing vocals
• Duncan Phillips - percussion
• Jeff Frankenstein - keyboards
• Phil Joel - bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, whistling

• Note: Steve Taylor provides whistling for no extra charge