Trust, Love, Pray
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| Studio album by Marilyn Martin | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop, contemporary christian | |||
| Length | 36:42 | |||
| Producer | Greg Droman | |||
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| Breathe Cast | favorable |
Trust, Love, Pray is the fourth studio album from American singer Marilyn Martin, released independently in 2012. The album is a collection of original songs of trials, temptations, love, and faith. For the album, Martin herself stated "With all my heart I thank God for helping me find my voice and for the privilege of being His instrument!"
All of the album's songs were written solely by Martin, except "In the Arms of God" which was written by Eric Kaz and Martin. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Martin's husband Greg Droman. Hank Williams mastered the album at Mastermix, Nashville. The song "Every Way And Always" received a lot of airplay on Christian and Praise and Worship stations.
For her own biography page on her official website, Martin revealed "After much time and a world of distractions I started writing again about the things in my life that matter most. My most recent collection of songs is an expression of the absolute joy I feel when singing songs of praise and writing lyrics that explore our human struggle to live in ways that honor God...and the forgiveness we're given through grace when we slip. This may seem an odd turn to those who remember my music, but my hope is that you'll enjoy the music that fills my soul with love and gratitude."
Trust, Love, Pray became Martin's first released studio album since 1988's This Is Serious, as her country album Through His Eyes was never released by her label Atlantic Records. After this Martin was dropped from the label, and she withdrew from a solo career. In a 2013 interview with Martin by the All The Goods blog, she recalled the events after her country album was not released. "Eventually, my crazy, circuitous path brought me to a place where I just had to stop. I was tired of exploring different musical directions that never felt true to me... until I wrote my first inspirational song."
In a February 2013 interview with Martin for the blog Old School: Back to the 80s, Martin stated "After my two solo albums, I needed to do a bit of soul searching, so I turned down the option Atlantic had given me to do a third album. I was so proud of "Separate Lives", but it seemed like I wasn't capturing that kind of honesty in my music anymore. "Trust, Love, Pray" I finally started writing and singing again and what evolved was spiritual music. My proudest accomplishment so far is my new project, "Trust, Love, Pray", because the songs were written purely from my heart. I had no agendas, no thoughts of whether or not what I was writing would be marketable... just finally singing and writing for the sheer love of it. Nowadays mostly I'm trying to figure out how to market my new album. I have eight songs partially finished for the next one that I'm anxious to get back to, but I really want to focus on getting "Trust, Love, Pray" off the ground." In an exclusive interview with Martin by Breathe Cast writer Timothy Yap, Martin also remembered "After the traumatic end to my affiliation with Atlantic Nashville I desperately needed to stop. It was the first time I felt confused about what I was supposed to be doing. The worst part was that I felt like I had meandered outside of God's will. For several years I just didn't have the heart to try to write or sing. Then a few years ago my husband decided to teach me how to navigate Garageband on my Mac. It's a program that enables people to create tracks and record vocals. I'm pretty technically challenged but this was like manna from heaven. I started creating tracks and when it came time to think about lyrics all that came to me were expressions of praise and thanksgiving. I was free to express what mattered most to me since I didn't have a label to dictate anything, and I really didn't have a plan to release a record. I was finally just writing and singing for the love of it. I'm halfway finished with songs for my next Christian album. I can't imagine ever singing about anything else!"
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