Heed the Call

Heed the Call
Heed the Call
Studio album by the Imperials
Released	March 1979
Studio	Gold Mine Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Contemporary Christian music; gospel; inspirational;
Length	39:02
Label	DaySpring/Word Records
Producer	Chris Christian
The Imperials chronology

Heed the Call is the 25th studio album by Christian music group the Imperials, released in 1979 on DaySpring Records.^[2] The group won their third Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational for their album Heed the Call at the 22nd Grammy Awards^[3] and were named Male Group of the Year at the 11th GMA Dove Awards.^[4] The track "Praise the Lord" won Song of the Year the following year given to its writers Brown Bannister and Mike Hudson at the 12th GMA Dove Awards. The Imperials were the first group to have a number-one song ("Oh Buddha") on all three of the following charts: Contemporary, Inspirational, and Southern gospel. Heed the Call debuted and peaked at number 3 on Billboard magazine's inaugural Top Inspirational Albums chart on March 29, 1980.

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Overcomer"	James Hollihan, Jr.	3:37
2.	"Praise the Lord"	Brown Bannister, Mike Hudson	3:35
3.	"Oh Buddha"	Mark Farrow	3:28
4.	"Old Man's Rubble"	B. Bannister	3:15
5.	"Heed the Call"	Chris Christian, Paul Smith	3:01
6.	"Let Jesus Do It"	Steven Ferguson	3:27
7.	"Growing Stronger"	J. Hollihan, Jr.	3:29
8.	"First Morning in Heaven"	C. Christian	2:41
9.	"Whenever I Speak His Name"	Russ Taff, Tori Taff	4:33
10.	"My Mind Forgets a Million Things"	B. Bannister, M. Hudson	3:48
11.	"He Didn't Lift Us Up to Let Us Down"	Phil Johnson	3:21

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