Chris Rice
Outstanding gospel songwriter Chris Rice became a recording artist as well in 1996 after signing a contract with Michael W. Smith's own record label and releasing his debut album, Deep Enough to Dream. The son of Christian-bookstore owners from Maryland, Rice was obviously involved in the gospel industry as a child, but was also influenced by friends and relatives close to him. His songwriting career began in the mid-'80s, a full decade before he became the 1995 Christian Songwriter of the Year (according to American Songwriter magazine) after writing Kim Boyce's "By Faith" (the single was proclaimed Song of the Year). Thanks in part to his success at songwriting, he became the first artist signed to Michael W. Smith's label Rocketown Records in 1996. Rice's producer, Monroe Jones, passed a demo tape to Rocketown president Don Donahue, who leaped to sign the newly transformed recording artist. With the help of Jones' production skills, Chris Rice recorded Deep Enough to Dream for a September 1997 release. Past the Edges followed a year later; Smell the Color 9 was issued in fall 2000. A year later Rice focused on his piano playing with his first instrumental album, The Living Room Sessions. The Living Room Sessions: Christmas arrived by the year's end. Two years passed before Rice returned with Run the Earth, Watch the Sky. The compilation Short Term Memories and the live album Snapshots kept fans busy till 2005 when the entirely new Amusing arrived on the major label Sony.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Short Term Memories
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Rocketown Records on 8 Jun 2004
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Deep Enough to Dream
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Rocketown Records on 3 Jan 1997
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Past The Edges
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Rocketown Records on 1 Jan 1998
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Run the Earth, Watch the Sky
Rock - Released by Rocketown Records on 20 Jan 2003
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Smell the Color 9
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Rocketown Records on 19 Jan 2000
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Untitled Hymn: A Collection of Hymns
Gospel - Released by Fair Trade Services on 17 May 2019
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Untitled Hymn: A Collection of Hymns (Instrumental)
Gospel - Released by Fair Trade Services on 14 Jun 2019
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What a Friend We Have In Jesus
Gospel - Released by Fair Trade Services on 3 May 2019
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Were You There
Gospel - Released by Fair Trade Services on 19 Apr 2019
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Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)
Gospel - Released by Fair Trade Services on 5 Apr 2019
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