# American Prodigal

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| 365 Days of Inspiring Media | 5/5 |
| CCM Magazine | |
| Church Mag | |
| CM Addict | 4.5/5 |
| Hallels | Not rated |
| HM | |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | |
| Louder Than The Music | |
| Today's Christian Entertainment | |
American Prodigal is the second studio album by Crowder released on September 23, 2016.
It was released in partnership with Sparrow Records and sixstepsrecords, imprints of Capitol Christian Music Group.

## Awards and accolades

On August 9, 2017, it was announced that American Prodigal would be nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and the Recorded Music Packaging of the Year categories at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

## Personnel

* David Crowder – vocals, keyboards (1), programming (1, 6, 14), backing vocals (2, 5, 9, 12, 14), all sounds (3), acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6), drums (14)
* Hank Bentley – keyboards (1, 7, 12, 14), programming (1, 7, 14), harmonium (1), electric guitars (4, 10, 14), guitars (5, 7, 9, 12), additional keyboards (9), bouzouki (9), backing vocals (9, 12, 14), drums (14)
* David Garcia – keyboards (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), programming (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), drums (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), backing vocals (2, 5)
* Buddy Greene – harmonium (2), harmonica (5)
* Solomon Olds – all sounds (3), programming (6)
* Ed Cash – acoustic piano (4, 8, 10), programming (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), guitars (4, 8, 10), banjo (4, 8), bass (4, 8, 10, 11), backing vocals (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), keyboards (11), electric guitars (11), acoustic guitar (13)
* Kenny Hutson – guitars (5, 9, 12)
* Oz Fox – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6), ganjo (6)
* Kevin Howren – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6)
* Bill Kelliher – electric guitar (6)
* Chelsey Lowe – banjo (6)
* Rebecca Lovell – mandolin (6)
* Paul Mabury – drums (4)
* Christian Paschall – drums (6)
* Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (2, 5, 7, 9, 12)
* Mercy Stevens – backing vocals (2, 7)
* KB – rap (5)
* Tedashii – rap (9)
* Nickie Conley – choir vocals (10)
* Jason Eskridge – choir vocals (10)
* Maureen Murphy – choir vocals (10)

## Production

* Louie Giglio – executive producer
* Shelley Giglio – executive producer, art direction, management
* Brad O'Donnell – executive producer
* David Crowder – producer (1, 3, 6, 14-17), engineer (1, 6, 14)
* Hank Bentley – producer (1, 7, 12, 14-174), engineer (1, 7, 12, 14)
* David Garcia – producer (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), engineer (2, 5, 7, 9, 12), mixing (2, 3)
* Solomon Olds – producer (3, 6)
* Ed Cash – producer (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), engineer (4, 8, 10, 11, 13), mixing (10, 11)
* Brian "BT" Transeau – producer (17)
* Jon Kaplan – mixing (1, 6, 7, 13, 14)
* Paul Rossetti – engineer (2, 5, 9, 12), mix assistant (2)
* Mark Endert – mixing (4, 8)
* Sean Moffitt – mixing (5, 9, 11)
* Tom Tapley – engineer (6)
* Neal Avron – mixing (12)
* Warren David – mix assistant (5, 9, 11)
* Nick Lobel – mix assistant (5, 9, 11)
* Scott Skrzynski – mix assistant (12)
* Joe LaPorta – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
* Leighton Ching – art direction, design
* Toni Crowder – art direction
* Mike McCloskey – art direction, management
* Andrew Schoultz – cover painting
* Mary Caroline Mann – photography
* Eric Brown – photography

## Chart performance

Album
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 12 |
| US Christian Albums (Billboard) | 1 |