On this day (May 15) in 1985, Amy Grant's "Unguarded" album was released

@McLover considers this the most dated album of her career due to the heavy amount of DX7 use that is prominently heard.

 

I agree. They should have used all 4 of the covers on CD issues.

 

I really should try to get all four LP covers and frame them and display them together. That would look great.

 

I did post these 4 covers in the opening post.

 

Yep. I was showing what the four would look like arranged in a larger square.

 

Whereas the purpose of posting the covers in the format I did was to mention the W-O-R-D on the spines which is an important part of the opening post.

 

Of course. All good!

 

Richard Page of Mr. Mister fame sang Background Vocals for Amy on “I Love You” & “Sharayah” from this album as well as a year later on “Stay For Awhile” from the Collection(1986). He also did background vocals for her 1983 “A Christmas Album” & "It’s Not A Song” (1984) from Straight Ahead.

 

The Top 4
#1. Find a Way
#2. Love of Another Kind
#3. Sharayah / Everywhere I Go - tie
#4. Wise Up / The Prodigal (I'll Be Waiting) - tie

 

I actually bought this album on cassette at a thrift shop in about 1987. The only song I was familiar with was ‘Wise Up’, which had been used in an advertisement for a Christian cause on TV here in Australia. I don’t actually remember much about the album now but I do remember then picking up an album on LP called Straight Ahead and I had that for a few years too. I was not raised with any religion and have never subscribed to any religion so am not sure why I bought them. I got rid of them somewhere along the way and when Amy released her big breakout album here (Hearts In Motion) I didn’t care for the ‘Baby, Baby’ lead single so never purchased the album. I have a weird history with Amy Grant! I will need to have a listen to more of her material on Spotify to try and figure out what it was that got me interested in the first place. I think it was her vocal on ‘Wise Up’...I remember it being strong with a husky tone that really appealed to me. In any event, I voted for ‘Wise Up’.

Edit: I just looked and I still have the Straight Ahead LP. I could have sworn I got rid of it decades ago. I think Unguarded was probably donated to a thrift shop when I got rid of all my cassettes in the mid 90s.

 

I think that the one in the bottom left was the cover of the cassette release here.

 

Pick up Unguarded on LP or on a CD issued before the EMI remasters were released.

 

Top 5:
1. Find a Way
2. Love of Another Kind
3. Sharayah
4. Everywhere I Go
5. Wise Up / The Prodigal (I'll Be Waiting) - tie

 

Christianbook.com has rumored at a vinyl reissue of Unguarded: Unguarded Album

 

Funny this thread popped up today. I just bought a copy of the A&M CD release (early Denon Japan pressing mastered with pre-emphasis).

 

Enjoy this album on a good CD player and enjoy.

 

Top 5:
1. Find a Way
2. Love of Another Kind
3. Sharayah
4. Everywhere I Go / Wise Up - tie
5. The Prodigal (I'll Be Waiting)

 

I bumped it as it is rumored by christianbook.com that this album will be back in print on vinyl.

 

The lads knew a Mandy Grant from the arms in Buxton. She was allrught till she went on the lash after too many ciders and whiskey she done we reckoned. Could this be her sister then?

 

Nope. This Amy Grant is a well known Contemporary Christian/pop singer based in Nashville, Tennessee and her siblings have been revealed as Mimi, Kathy and Carol. You may end up remembering Baby Baby from Heart In Motion being a worldwide pop hit in 1991.

 

The lads knew a Mimi grant from Dorset
She ran with the Hawkwind lot
The bird ended up looney as a frog in a sock from them mandrax we reckoned

 

No relation whatsoever Duffy. BTW, you ought to check out her music if interested.

 

Might have ya do that, lad
Does the bird sing like sandy denny then?
That was the one bird the lads could agree on
back in Torquay days...Fairport lot never recovered after yer lady abandoned the lads.
Dabney drank with yer man Peggers at the arms in Shropshire he done...said yer man liked his whiskey AND your bloody dosh on the bar.
I will bend the lads ears about this bird, Annie Grant ya been goin on about down at the pub , my son..,that lot needs a new bloody soundtrack ya get knackered to I reckon

 

To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the iconic album "Unguarded", Amy's management have been busy this spring creating a project we are excited about:

Double disc white vinyl limited edition
Full album + 4 live tracks + commentary from Amy talking about the original recording
Release Date - 10/16/20