# The Whole Truth (Point of Grace album)

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The Whole Truth is the second album by Contemporary Christian group Point of Grace. It was released in 1995 by Word Records with selected market distribution by Epic Records.

## Background and release

The Whole Truth followed the group's debut album, which had produced six #1 singles. As a result, Word Records' promotion department felt intimidated by the prospect of its first single, "The Great Divide."
The lyrics of "The Great Divide," as recorded, were the result of a happy mistake: the line "There's a bridge to cross the great divide" was meant to be repeated, but a typo rendered the second instance as "There's a cross to bridge the great divide."
On December 9, 1995, the album charted on Billboard's Top Christian Albums at #8 and on the Billboard 200 at No. 132. Each of the album's five singles, released between March 1995 and April 1996 reached #1 on the Christian songs chart, continuing what would become the group's historic run of 24 consecutive #1's on the chart.
Music videos were filmed for "Dying to Reach You" and "Gather at the River."

## Personnel

Point of Grace
* Shelley Breen – vocals
* Denise Jones – vocals
* Terry Jones – vocals
* Heather Payne – vocals
Musicians
* Pat Coil – acoustic piano (1, 4), synthesizer (4, 7, 10), Rhodes (7)
* David Hamilton – Hammond B3 organ (1, 7, 10), keyboards (3, 5, 8, 11), keyboard programming (3, 5), percussion programming (3, 5, 11), acoustic piano (9, 10)
* Dennis Patton – keyboards, synth bass and percussion programming (2, 6)
* Jerry McPherson – guitars (1)
* Tom Hemby – guitars (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
* Mark Baldwin – guitars (1, 3, 8, 11)
* Dann Huff – guitars (4, 7, 10)
* Jackie Street – bass (1, 3, 5, 8)
* Tommy Sims – bass (4, 7, 10, 11); keyboards, synth bass, drums and percussion programming (9)
* Scott Williamson – drums (1, 2, 5, 6)
* John Hammond – drums (3, 8), percussion programming (8)
* Paul Leim – drums (4, 7, 10)
* Eric Darken – percussion (4, 10, 11)
* Barry Green – trombone (5, 7)
* Chris McDonald – trombone (5, 7)
* Mike Haynes – trumpet (5, 7)
* George Tidwell – trumpet (5, 7)
Arrangements
* Robert Sterling – track arrangements (1, 4, 7, 8, 11), vocal arrangements (11)
* Scott Williamson – vocal arrangement (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
* Dennis Patton – track arrangement (2, 6)
* David Hamilton – arrangements (3, 10), track arrangements (5)
* Cheryl Rogers – vocal arrangements (4, 5, 6)
* Geoff Thurman – track arrangements (4, 7), vocal arrangements (4, 7)
* Chris McDonald – horn arrangements (5, 7)
* Tommy Sims – track arrangements (9)
* Point of Grace – vocal arrangements (11)

## Production

* Producer – Robert Sterling
* Executive Producer – John Mays
* Production Assistant – Holly Krig-Smith
* Tracks recorded by John Jaszcz and John Mayfield
* Vocals and Overdubs recorded by Keith Compton, John Mayfield, Doug Sarrett, Glen Spinner and Scott Williamson.
* Recording Assistants – Shawn McLean, Greg Parker, Aaron Swihart and Glen Spinner.
* Recorded at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN); Uno Mas Studios (Brentwood, TN); Quad Studios and OmniSound Studios (Nashville, TN).
* Mixed by John Jaszcz at The Castle Recording Studios (Franklin, TN), assisted by John Hurley.
* Edited by John Mayfield at John Mayfield Sound Engineering, Inc.
* Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).
* Art Direction – Diana Barnes
* Design – The Kuester Group
* Photography – Michael Haber