Amy Grant - Unguarded (1985) Vinyl LP Find a and similar items

Catalog Number: SP-5060 Condition Details: 'O' variation of the cover art. Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover has a few creases, some discoloration and some scuffing (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (photo/lyrics/credits). Spine is easy-to-read with very mild-wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Love Of Another Kind Find A Way Everywhere I Go I Love You Stepping In Your Shoes Fight Wise Up Who To Listen To Sharayah The Prodigal About The Record: Unguarded, by Christian music singer/songwriter Amy Grant, peaked at No. 35 on Billboard 200 in the U.S. and No. 1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian Albums. It is Grant's first album released by A M. When Unguarded was released in 1985, Amy Grant was probably the most popular star in contemporary Christian music, recording songs with religious lyrics in the pop/rock style of the day. With this album, however, the religious content of the lyrics was scaled back as compared with her two previous regular studio albums, Age to Age and Straight Ahead. The album track I Love You was Grant's first secular love song from her own pen. Despite this, the album's lead-off single, Find a Way, was a No. 1 hit on the Christian radio charts. Four other singles from the album were also Top Ten Christian radio hits. The aggressive mainstream style of the songs on Unguarded, combined with a heavy promotional campaign on the part of the album's distributor in secular outlets, A M Records, helped three of its singles reach the mainstream charts. Find a Way was a Top 10 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, while Everywhere I Go was a Top 30 AC single and Wise Up was a minor charting single on the Hot 100. Unguarded would be certified platinum in June 1986. To further heighten Grant's visual appeal, A M released Unguarded with four different covers, respectively labeled W, O, R, and D. Unguarded won the 1986 Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year and the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance, Female.