Love Never Fails (Barbara Fairchild, Connie Smith and Sharon White album)
Love Never Fails is a collaboration album by American country artists, Barbara Fairchild, Connie Smith, and Sharon White. The album was released on August 12, 2003 on Daywind Records and was produced by Ricky Skaggs and Dorthy Leonard Miller. The album was collection of Gospel songs sung as a trio between the three artists.
Background
Love Never Fails consisted of eleven tracks all recorded together by Barbara Fairchild, Connie Smith, and Sharon White. Most of the songs were Gospel material, however their style also gave it a Country pop sound to it was well, according to Slicpue.com. None of the other tracks were written by Fairchild, Smith, or White. The album's final track, "Walkin' Through the Fire" was written by country artist and Smith's husband, Marty Stuart. The album spawned two singles released in 2003: the "Closer to Home" and the title track, however both failed to chart.
Track listing
Personnel
- Jim "Moose" Brown – piano
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Juraj Durovic – orchestra director
- Mark Fain – bass, session leader
- Barbara Fairchild – lead vocals, harmony vocals
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, string guitar
- Wayne Haun – conductor
- David Huntsinger – keyboards, piano, hammond organ
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Ricky Skaggs – electric guitar
- Connie Smith – lead vocals, harmony vocals
- Marty Stuart – mandolin
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo
- Sharon White – lead vocals, harmony vocals
- Technical personnel
- Dean Dixon – photography
- Norman Holland – artist and repertoire
- Michael Hradisky – assistant engineer
- Brent King – engineer
- Andrew Mendelson – mastering
- Josef Pokluda – contractor
- Calene Rader – make-up, hair stylist
- Cindy Rich – make-up, hair stylist
- Stanislava Vomackova – interpretation
- Kevin Ward – engineer