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Fearless (Phillips, Craig and Dean album)

Fearless
Fearless Phillips, Craig and Dean album cover.jpg
Studio album by Phillips, Craig and Dean
Released August 4, 2009
Genre Contemporary Christian, contemporary worship, inspirational
Length 44:00
Label INO
Producer Bernie Herms
Phillips, Craig and Dean chronology
Favorite Live Songs of All
(2007)
Fearless
(2009)
Hope for All the World
(2010)
Singles from Fearless
  1. "Revelation Song"
    Released: May 05, 2009
  2. "Great Are You Lord"
    Released: April 30, 2010
  3. "From the Inside Out"
    Released: 2011
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Fearless is the eleventh studio album from Contemporary Christian group Phillips, Craig and Dean. It was released on August 4, 2009., and won a Dove Award for 'Inspirational Album of the Year' at the 41st annual GMA Dove Awards.

Randy Phillips explained how they found the album's theme:

“We were talking about how afraid our church members are today. A look at your finances right now might mean kids who wanted to go to college can't, and so on. The fear that brings can be paralyzing... But then we asked ourselves, Shouldn't believers who have the heart of eternity in them be different? That's where we found our theme; fear less, hope more.”

Shawn Craig explained his view of the album's message:

“Fearless is a statement against the current level of anxiety that's being sold by the loudest voices in our culture... But I've also been inspired by the stories of Christians in parts of India. A missionary our church supports tells us about many who are baptized there in spite of being shunned by family or even endangering their live. That's being fearless. We all need that kind of courage.”

The first track on the album, "Counting on God", a pop worship song written by Jared Anderson, is paraphrased by Randy Phillips as "Get out of the funk. Embrace life! Run headlong into it. Start counting on God." Album producer Bernie Herms wanted Phillips to "Get in the microphone and growl" and had him singing through a magazine to produce a vocal effect.

When explaining the meaning of "Revelation Song", Randy Phillips stated that it “captures the moment of looking up into Heaven, peeling back the curtain of eternity so we can peek in. If you keep your eyes on the Dow Jones or nuclear weapons in North Korea, you’ll always be nervous. Look to the awesomeness of God instead.” The song was written by Jennie Lee Riddle.

Another song on the album, "Let God Be God", was written by Dan Dean in response to global instability. Dean stated that "This is the perfect time for us to say, Don't panic. God is in control. Jesus asks in Luke 12:25: Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" One of the edgier songs the band has recorded, the song even has a James Brown scream, which Dean originally recorded to be funny, but it eventually stuck.


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