Audio Adrenaline is the debut studio album by the American Christian rock band of the same name. It was released on April 17, 1992. "My God" was one of the first songs recorded by the band, which caught the attention of ForeFront Records.

Development

According to the band, the album came to be when they met Bob Herdman. The band, which was known as A-180 at the time, had been playing and touring for some time already. Herdman approached them to record a song he had written called "My God" which mixed metal and rap. After they did, they asked Herdman to join the band as their keyboardist. Herdman also suggested they change their name, which they did to Audio Adrenaline.

Reception

Audio Adrenaline was generally well received by the audience selling 75,000 copies. Thom Granger, of AllMusic, gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and called it a "decent debut". Paul Portell, of Jesus Freak Hideout, gave the album 3 stars out of 5. Portell wrote that the album "showed early on that you can be in a Christian band with positive lyrics and still have fun all in the same." However, he pointed out that "the album does have a few flaws". John DiBiase, of Jesus Freak Hideout too, wrote that the album "has a few memorable tunes".

Track listing

: Live recording later appeared on Live Bootleg (1995)

: Demo recording originally appeared on Reaper's Train (1990)

: Re-recorded for Underdog (1999)

Personnel

Audio Adrenaline

  • Mark Stuart – lead vocals, raps, mouth noises, various voices
  • Barry Blair – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, backing vocals, drum programming (10), various voices
  • Will McGinniss – bass, backing vocals, various voices
  • Bob Herdman – percussion, general effects, backing vocals, raps, various voices

Additional musicians

  • Steve Griffith – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Dan Kellerby – keyboards, programming
  • Jeffrey Mingle – keyboards, programming, various voices
  • Jimmy Abegg – acoustic guitars (2, 3, 6, 8)
  • Ron Gibson – drums (9), backing vocals (9)
  • Kids Choir – choir (6)
  • Jeanette Sullivan – beautiful angelic voice (6)
  • Dave Stuart – backing vocals (9)

Choir on "My God"

  • Helen DeCanio
  • Mary DeCanio
  • Steve Murphy
  • Mark Stuart

Production

  • Dan R. Brock – executive producer
  • Ron W. Griffin – executive producer
  • Steve Griffith – producer (1–8, 11), recording, mixing
  • Audio Adrenaline – producers (9, 10)
  • Steve Hoffman – engineer (9, 10)
  • Steve Murphy – engineer (9, 10)
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Russ Harrington – photography
  • Stephen Murray – art direction, design
  • Michele Probst – make-up

References