The Second Decade (1993–2003) is Michael W. Smith's eighteenth album. This is Smith's second greatest hits compilation album, picking up where his first greatest hits compilation, The First Decade (1983–1993), left off.
Track listing
Missing hits As with The First Decade (1983–1993), several songs that charted on CCM magazine's CHR, Adult Contemporary, and Inspirational charts were omitted from this compilation due to time constraints. These hit singles were: "I'll Be Around" (No. 3 on CHR, No. 1 on AC) "A Little Stronger Everyday" (No. 5 on CHR, No. 2 on AC) "Someday" (No. 3 on CHR, No. 5 on AC) "Jesus Is the Answer" (No. 9 on CHR, No. 4 on AC, No. 11 on Inspo) "Christmastime" (No. 12 on AC) "Let Me Show You the Way" (No. 16 on CHR, No. 1 on AC) "I Will Be Your Friend" (No. 2 on AC, No. 7 on Inspo) "I Still Have the Dream" (No. 7 on CHR) "Worth It All" (No. 7 on CHR, No. 4 on AC) "Breathe" (No. 1 on Inspo) "Step by Step/Forever We Will Sing" (No. 21 on Billboard Christian Songs)
The Second Decade DVD A Limited Edition version of the album was also released, which included The Second Decade DVD. This disc contained the following music videos:
The 'extras' section includes a discography, as well as the following features:
Personnel
Signs Michael W. Smith – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic guitar Glenn Pearce – electric guitars Anthony Sallee – bass Raymond Boyd – drums, percussion
Raging Sea Michael W. Smith – vocals, acoustic piano The Nashville String Machine –orchestra David Hamilton – orchestra arrangements and conductor Carl Gorodetzky – contractor Eberhard Ramm – music copyist Nirva Dorsaint – backing vocals
Production Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer (1, 2, 4–7, 11, 12, 14, 15) Mark Heimmerman – producer (2, 5–7) Patrick Leonard – producer (3, 8–10) Bryan Lenox – producer (4, 14) Tom Laune – producer (11) Brown Bannister – producer (13) Rob Burrell – recording (1, 15), mixing (1, 15), remixing (8) Hank Williams – mastering Jason McArthur – A&R Laurie Melick – A&R production Scott Hughes – art direction Stephanie McBrayer – art direction, styling Tim Parker – cover design, graphic design Ron Roark – graphic design Andrew Southam – photography Russ Harrington – additional photography Sheila Davis – make-up Traci Sgrnoli – hair stylist Carol Maxwell – additional hair styling and make-up Blanton Harrell Cooke & Corzine – management Recorded and Mixed at Skywalker Sound (Marin County, California); Deer Valley Studio and The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee). Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).
The Second Decade DVD Ken Carpenter – producer, DVD design Rod Carpenter – DVD design, DVD authoring Stephanie McBrayer – visual media director Laurie Melick – production manager
Chart performance Chart (2003) Peakposition
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