Wherever You Are (Third Day album)

Wherever You Are is the eighth studio album by Third Day, and the band's ninth album overall.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 8, performing comparably to major chart debuts such as Santana's All that I Am and Blink-182's Greatest Hits.

It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel album in 2006.

LifeWay-exclusive bonus disc

 * 1) "Falling to Pieces" – 3:36
 * 2) "That's How the Story Goes" – 3:45
 * 3) "Cry Out to Jesus (Remix)" – 5:07

Singles

 * "Cry Out to Jesus" (No. 1 Billboard Hot Christian Songs)
 * "Mountain of God" (No. 1 Billboard Hot Christian Songs)
 * "Tunnel" (No. 7 Billboard Hot Christian Songs)

Personnel
Third Day
 * Mac Powell – lead and backing vocals
 * Brad Avery – guitars
 * Mark Lee – guitars
 * Tai Anderson – bass
 * David Carr – drums

Additional musicians


 * Geof Barkley – keyboards, backing vocals
 * Blair Masters – keyboards
 * Scotty Wilbanks – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
 * Don McCollister – keyboards, percussion, string arrangements
 * Eric Darken – percussion
 * Conni Ellisor – string arrangements
 * Carl Marsh – string arrangements, conductor
 * Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
 * London Session Orchestra – strings
 * Ellie Bannister – backing vocals
 * Drew Cline – backing vocals
 * Travis Cottrell – backing vocals
 * Michael Mellett – backing vocals
 * Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals (9)

Production


 * Third Day – producers (1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12)
 * Brown Bannister – producer (2, 3, 6–9)
 * Terry Hemmings – executive producer
 * Traci Sterling Bishir – production coordination (2, 3, 6–9)
 * Blaine Barcus – A&R
 * Michelle Pearson – A&R production
 * Steve Bishir – engineer
 * Karl Egsieker – engineer
 * Matt Goldman – engineer
 * Don McCollister – engineer, digital editing
 * Aaron Sternke – engineer, digital editing
 * Tom Tapley – engineer
 * F. Reid Shippen – mixing (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9-12)
 * Joe Baldridge – mixing (4, 8)
 * Lee Bridges – mix assistant, digital editing
 * Nathan Watkins – mix assistant
 * Leon Zervos – mastering
 * Tim Parker – art direction, design
 * David Dobson – photography
 * Traci Sgrignoli – stylist

Awards
In 2006, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.