Editing Age to Age

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Age to Age
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Amy Grant]]
| cover      = Age to Age LP.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 1, 1982<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/amy-grant-mn0000024944/biography|title = Amy Grant Biography, Songs, & Albums| website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| recorded   = 1981–82
| studio     = *[[Caribou Ranch]] ([[Nederland, Colorado]])
*Gold Mine ([[Brentwood, Tennessee]])
*Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre      = [[Contemporary Christian music]]
| length     = 36:35
| label      = [[Myrrh Records|Myrrh]]
| producer   = [[Brown Bannister]]
| prev_title = [[In Concert Volume Two (Amy Grant album)|In Concert Volume Two]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[Ageless Medley]]
| next_year  = 1983
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r90624/review|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Cross Rhythms]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Amy_Grant/Age_To_Age_reissue/8204/ |title=Amy Grant - Age To Age (re-issue) &#124; CROSS RHYTHMS REVIEW |publisher=Crossrhythms.co.uk |date= |accessdate=September 17, 2011}}</ref>
}}
'''''Age to Age''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Contemporary Christian music|Christian music]] singer [[Amy Grant]], released in 1982 on [[Myrrh Records]].

''Age to Age'' was Amy Grant's breakthrough album, finally earning her serious recognition within the burgeoning [[Contemporary Christian music]] community as it ushered her into stardom, and also contributed to the creation of the mold for the modern Contemporary Christian music star. The hit success of the album's first two singles, "Sing Your Praise to the Lord," featuring a piano intro based on [[J.S. Bach]]'s "Fugue No. 2 in C Minor" from [[The Well Tempered Clavier]], Book 1, and "[[El Shaddai (song)|El Shaddai]]," saw its sales take off, selling well over a million copies. It became the first Christian music album by a solo artist to be certified gold in 1983, and the first ever platinum Christian music album in 1985.

The album was listed at No. 92 in the 2001 book, ''[[CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music]]''<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Granger |editor-first=Thom |title=The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music |publisher=[[Harvest House]] |year=2001 |isbn=0-7369-0281-3 |page=228}}</ref> and it was one of the fastest-selling specifically Christian albums ever released. It sold about 5,000 to 6,000 copies a week on average, which was unheard of for a Christian album at the time. Dan Harrell, one of Grant's managers, claimed that it was the fastest selling record in her record company's history. It became so popular that it topped ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Christian albums chart for 85 weeks, including the entire year of 1983, and was named Gospel Album of the 1980s by ''Billboard''. The album title comes from a prominent lyric in one of the album's most prominent tracks, "El Shaddai".

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline =
| title1 = In a Little While
| writer1 = [[Amy Grant]], [[Brown Bannister]], [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]], [[Shane Keister]]
| length1 = 4:20
| title2 = I Have Decided
| writer2 = [[Michael Card]]
| length2 = 3:13
| title3 = I Love a Lonely Day
| writer3 = Chapman, [[Michael W. Smith]]
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Don't Run Away
| writer4 = Grant, Chapman
| length4 = 3:33
| title5 = Fat Baby
| writer5 = Steve Millikan, Rod Robison
| length5 = 2:09
| title6 = Sing Your Praise to the Lord
| writer6 = [[Rich Mullins]]
| length6 = 3:12
| title7 = [[El Shaddai (song)|El Shaddai]]
| writer7 = Card, John Thompson
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Raining on the Inside
| writer8 = Grant, [[Kathy Troccoli]]
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = Got to Let It Go
| writer9 = Grant, Bannister, Chapman, Keister, Smith
| length9 = 4:00
| title10 = Arms of Love
| writer10 = Grant, Chapman, Smith
| length10 = 3:10
|}}

== Personnel ==
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* [[Amy Grant]] – lead vocals
* [[Michael W. Smith]] – keyboards
* [[Shane Keister]] – keyboards
* Jon Goin – guitars
* [[Giant (band)|Mike Brignardello]] – bass
* [[Paul Leim]] – drums
* [[Terry McMillan (musician)|Terry McMillan]] – percussion
* Farrell Morris – percussion
* [[Sheldon Kurland]] – strings
* Gene Meros – saxophone 
* Denis Solee – saxophone
* Bobby Taylor – woodwinds
* Cindy Reynolds – [[harp]]
* Lori Brooks – backing vocals
* Jackie Cusic – backing vocals
* Diana DeWitt – backing vocals
* Phil Forrest – backing vocals
* [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]] – backing vocals
* [[Pam Mark Hall]] – backing vocals
* Dennis Henson – backing vocals
* Alan Moore – backing vocals, arrangements, vocal arrangements (5, 9)
* Gary Pigg – backing vocals
* [[Kathy Troccoli]] – backing vocals
{{div col end}}

'''Production'''
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Michael Blanton  – executive producer
* Dan Harrell – executive producer
* Brown Bannister – producer
* [[Jack Joseph Puig]] – engineer
* Mixed at [[Dave's Room|Mama Jo's Recording Studios]] (Los Angeles, California)
* Steve Hall – mastering at MCA (Whitney, California)
* Dennis Hill – design
* Mike Borum – photography
{{div col end}}

== Videos ==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}
A live concert video cassette and LaserDisc was released by A&M Records which includes seven of this album's songs. A music video was produced for "Don't Run Away" featuring Michael W. Smith as the piano player.

==Chart history==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1983
|Top Contemporary Christian
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1984
|rowspan="4"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Inspirational Albums
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|1985
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|1986
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|1987
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|}

==Certifications and sales==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Amy Grant|title=Age to Age|award=Gold|certyear=1985|relyear=1982|accessdate=29 June 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Amy Grant|title=Age to Age|award=Platinum|certyear=1985|relyear=1982|accessdate=29 June 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==Accolades==
'''[[GMA Dove Awards]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Category
|-
|rowspan="4"|1983
|"El Shaddai"
|Song of the Year
|-
|Michael Card (for "El Shaddai")
|Songwriter of the Year
|-
|rowspan="2"|''Age to Age''
|Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
|-
|Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
|}

'''[[Grammy Awards]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Category
|-
|1983
|''Age to Age''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary|Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary]]
|}

== References ==
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{{Amy Grant}}

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