Speckled Bird

Speckled Bird
Studio album by The Choir
Released	1994
Recorded	Neverland Studios (West), Cerritos, CA, 1993; Neverland Studios (East), Berry Hill, TN, 1994; Pakaderm Studios, Los Alamitos, CA, 1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	46:48
Label	R.E.X.
Producer	Derri Daugherty Steve Hindalong
The Choir chronology
Kissers and Killers (1993) Speckled Bird (1994) Love Songs and Prayers: A Retrospective (1995)

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Speckled Bird is the eighth studio album from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1994.

Recording history

The album is largely a remixed and reworked version of the independent Kissers and Killers project. The main difference is the missing track "Let the Sky Fall," and the addition of the tracks "Speckled Bird," "Like a Cloud," "Wilderness," "Never More True," and "Spring."

Track listing

All lyrics by Steve Hindalong and all music by Derri Daugherty unless otherwise noted.

1. "Speckled Bird" (Music by Daugherty, Tim Chandler, Hindalong) – 3:44
2. "Yellow Skies" – 3:49
3. "Like a Cloud" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong) – 2:06
4. "Gripped" – 4:20
5. "Weather Girl" (Music by Daugherty, Hindalong, Chandler, Dan Michaels) – 6:19
6. "Wilderness" – 4:03
7. "Never More True" (Music by Chandler, Daugherty, Hindalong) – 3:27
8. "Spring" (Music by Chandler, Daugherty, Hindalong) – 3:55
9. "Grace" – 3:06
10. "Amazing" – 3:40
11. "Love Your Mind" (Music by Daugherty, Chandler, Hindalong) – 5:24
12. "Kissers and Killers" (Lyrics by Hindalong, Chandler; Music by Daugherty, Hindalong, Chandler) – 2:55

Daugherty would re-record "Like a Cloud" ten years later with his second band, The Lost Dogs, for their album MUTT.

Personnel

The Choir

• Derri Daugherty - Lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar
• Steve Hindalong - Drums, percussion
• Tim Chandler - Bass guitar
• Dan Michaels - Saxophone, lyricon

Additional musicians

• Chris Colbert - Guitar ("Amazing," "Kissers and Killers")
• Caryn Colbert - Background vocals
• Jerry Chamberlain - Background vocals
• Sharon McCall - Background vocals

Production

• Producers - Steve Hindalong and Derri Daugherty
• Recording, mixing - Daugherty, Chris Colbert and Dave Hackbarth
• Mixing ("Gripped," "Amazing") - Jr. McNeely at Pakaderm Studios, Los Alamitos, California
• Mastering - Doug Doyle at Digital Brothers, Costa Mesa, California
• Art direction, photography - Leiza Schmidt
• Art layout, design assistance - Gene Ray George