Truth (2000 Michael Sweet album)

2000 studio album by Michael Sweet

Released by Christian rock singer and Stryper frontman, Michael Sweet, in 2000, Truth is the official full-length Restless Records version of the demo album of the same name Sweet independently released two years earlier (1998).

The 1998 demo album sold independently through Sweet's website and did very well selling 25,000 units. This prompted several labels to seek rights to release the album.^[1]

The 2000 official album features eight of the ten songs included in the 1998 demo (songs "One" and "Rain" are not included), presented with new arrangements and a more polished sound and mix. It additionally features four new songs^[2] ("All I'm Thinking Of (Is You)", "Save Me", "Ever After", and "Tomorrow") and new album artwork.

Sweet's Stryper bandmate, Oz Fox, features on the song "The Ever After" performing a guitar solo.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Sweet

Personnel

• Michael Sweet - lead vocals, guitars
• Chris Miles - bass guitar
• Kenny Aronoff - drums, percussion
• Bob Marlette - keyboards, organ, piano, strings, mellotron
• Oz Fox - guitar solo on track 7
• Tim Pierce - guitar solo on track 1, slide on track 6
• Suzy Katayama - orchestration on track 4
• Peter Vantine - piano, orchestration on track 12
• Steve Hunt - additional strings on track 9

Production crew

• Produced by Bob Marlette and Michael Sweet
• Engineered and mixed by Bob Marlette
• Recorded at Sound Techniques, Boston; The Blue Room and A&M Studios, Los Angeles

References

1. Erickson, Sturdevant (2006). Stryper: Loud n' Clear (unabridged audio ed.). Maryland: Classic CD Books. ISBN 0-9764805-4-9.
2. Van Pelt, Doug (November–December 2000). "Reviews / Truth". HM Magazine (86): 79. ISSN 1066-6923.
3. "Michael Sweet - Truth". AllMusic.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.