User:Cherrell410/sandbox/Life After Death (TobyMac Album)
| Life After Death | ||||
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| Released | August 19, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Length | 51:02 | |||
| Label | ForeFront | |||
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| Singles from Life After Death | ||||
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Life After Death is the eighth studio album by American recording artist TobyMac released on August 19, 2022, on ForeFront Records. It is his sixth album to top the Billboard Christian Albums chart.[1] The album's lead single, "Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight).", peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.[2]
Background[edit]
TobyMac claimed that this is his most emotional album that he ever recorded. In October 2019, his oldest son Truett passed away after an accidental drug overdose. TobyMac said "I immediately went to write, because that’s what I know to do when I’m in so much pain,” the seven-time Grammy winner tells Billboard. “You go to [write] what you know, what you love and what brings you peace. I immediately started writing — and I wrote ‘21 Years.’ Then I wrote a song called ‘Faithfully,’ and I wrote ‘Everything About You’ in the first few months after Truett passed."[3]
Singles[edit]
"21 Years" was released on January 9, 2020, and is about TobyMac's son who died a couple months prior, at the age of 21. The song peaked at 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs Chart.
"I'm Sorry (A Lament)" was released on March 10, 2020. The song peaked at 25 on the US Hot Christian Songs Chart.
"Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight)" was released on February 19, 2021. The song peaked at 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs Chart.
"Promised Land" was released on September 17, 2021. The song peaked at 9 on the US Hot Christian Songs Chart.
"The Goodness" was released on June 2, 2022. The song featured new artist Blessing Offor, and peaked at 1 on the US Hot Christian Songs Chart. This song was then performed at the 53rd GMA Dove Awards.
Commercial performance[edit]
The album peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.[4][5]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Help Is on the Way (Maybe Midnight)" | Toby McKeehan, Micah Kuiper | 3:01 |
| 2. | "The Goodness" (featuring Blessing Offor) | McKeehan, Kyle Williams, Gabe Real, Bryan Fowler | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Deeper" (featuring Tauren Wells) | McKeehan, Kuiper | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Show Up Choose Love" (featuring Jon Reddick) | McKeehan, Jon Reddick, Tommy Sims, Janice Gaines, Kuiper, Benji Cowart, Tony Wood | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Promised Land (Collab OG)" (featuring Sheryl Crow) | McKeehan, Adam Age | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Everything About You" (featuring Marlee) | McKeehan, Marlee, Reddick | 3:27 |
| 7. | "Life On It" (featuring Sarah Reeves) | McKeehan, Fowler, Cole Walowac, Jacob Reske, Frank Dukes | 3:39 |
| 8. | "Faithfully" | McKeehan, Williams | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Cornerstone" (featuring Zach Williams) | McKeehan, Kuiper, Fowler | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Found" (featuring Terrain, Wande) | McKeehan, Lydia Lubben, Dave Lubben, Mutiat Isola | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Fire's Burnin'" (featuring Cory Asbury) | McKeehan, Kuiper, Fowler | 3:04 |
| 12. | "Space" (featuring DC Talk, Michael Tait, Kevin Max) | McKeehan, D. Lubben | 3:04 |
| 13. | "21 Years" | McKeehan, Fowler, Blake NeeSmith | 4:03 |
| 14. | "I'm Sorry (a lament)" | McKeehan, Tomee Profitt | 4:23 |
| 15. | "Rest" (featuring Terrian, Gabe Real) | McKeehan, D. Lubben | 2:19 |
| Total length: | 51:02 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "tobyMac Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "tobyMac Chart History: Christian Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans; Price, Deborah Evans (2022-08-18). "TobyMac on Creating an Unflinching Album About His Son's Death: 'This Is a Really Honest Look at My Journey'". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "tobyMac". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "tobyMac". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-09-05.