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Kenneth Cope
2003 Pearl Award Winner - Male Recording Artist, Sacred Recording
& Inspirational Album
After a two-year break from recording songs and a foray into film composing, Kenneth Cope has returned to the inspirational genre with the release of Hear My Praise, a collection of inspirational Christian favorites.
One of the top-selling artists in the intermountain West, Cope is best known for his original concept albums like Greater Than Us All and Women at the Well. A multiple PEARL Award winner, Cope’s film score-like soundtrack to Joseph Smith, The Seer has garnered him a 2002 PEARL Award nomination from the Faith Centered Music Association. His latest project, Hear My Praise, breaks from previous models and breaks new ground in the LDS inspirational genre by combining original material with covers of some of the best-loved songs from other contemporary Christian artists.
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| The album weaves three new original songs, three new recordings of songs previously released on different projects and five covers of songs from Christian artists like Michael W. Smith and Chris Rice. "I know it probably sounds like a cliché, but I really feel that this is the best recording I’ve ever done," says Cope. "The material is really amazing, or at least I know the five cover songs are," he continues in his gently self-effacing way. The album grew out of Cope’s desire to create an album that expressed his personal faith in and love for Jesus Christ. "I wanted this album to simply say that Christ is magnificent. Everything around us says it, but man doesn’t say it enough. Each song on the album expresses that magnificence in a different way." Cope re-recorded three of his songs previously released on albums for Especially for Youth, a summer youth program run by Brigham Young University, for Hear My Praise. "I’ve always wanted to re-record some of those EFY songs. This album was a great opportunity to dig in deeper and do some great things with those songs." |
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Kenneth Cope - Hear My Praise: Album Details
1. Hallelujahs
(Written by Chris Rice)
2. Welcome to Our World (Written by Chris Rice)
3. Carpenter’s Son (Written by Kenneth Cope)
4. Every Season (Written by Nichole Nordeman)
5. What Have I Done With His Name? (Written by Kenneth Cope)
6. Gethsemane (Written by Kenneth Cope)
7. Sweet Jesus (Written by Gary Chapman)
8. Breathe in Me (Written by Michael W. Smith & Wayne Kirkpatrick)
9. White Dress (Written by Kenneth Cope)
10. What He Began (Written by Kenneth Cope)
11. Hear My Praise (Written by Kenneth Cope)
Produced
by Kenneth Cope & Tyler Castleton
Associate Producer: Barry Gibbons
Executive Producer: Jeff Simpson
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Kenneth
Cope Biography Kenneth Cope grew up in Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing Arts. A talented singer and songwriter, he started out writing and performing for youth. He has composed numerous songs for seven albums produced for the BYU Especially For Youth Program. He
received critical acclaim with the 1989 release of Greater Than
Us All, an album which catapulted Kenneth into the limelight. Greater
Than Us All remains a top-selling inspirational album. Songs like
"His Hands" and "Never A Better Hero" have become
classics. Kenneth made his mark in the contemporary singer/songwriter world with the critically acclaimed contemporary album Stories From Eden's Garden, a thoughtful album, featuring Kenneth's skillful playing on acoustic guitar and beautiful vocals. The Faith Centered Music Association (FCMA) awarded Kenneth 5 PEARL Awards in 1999, including Male Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Contemporary Song of the Year ("Eden's Garden"), Contemporary Album of the Year and Album of the Year. Stories From Eden's Garden also garnered Kenneth an Indie nomination for Contemporary Christian album of the Year from the Association for Independent Music. Recognition from his peers and public has come by the armful for Kenneth. He received the LDS Booksellers Association Listener's Choice Award for Best Male Vocalist in 1994, 1995 and 1996. He was honored by the FCMA in 1998 with a PEARL Award in the Inspirational Songwriter category for his song "Three Angels." In 1999, he returned to the sacred/inspirational genre with the release of A Prayer Unto Thee, a collection of beautifully arranged hymns. Unlike many of Kenneth's previous inspirational albums, A Prayer Unto Thee is sung entirely by Kenneth himself. The album is a personal offering of devotion and worship, deeply moving and wonderfully passionate. More recently, Kenneth has ventured into the world of film scoring. He wrote and produced an original score for Joseph Smith, The Seer, an interactive CD-ROM that explores and examines the life of the prophet. He is also currently collaborating with author Susan Easton Black and artist Liz Lemon Swindle on a multimedia project that will chronicle the life of Christ, called Son of Man. Kenneth lives with his wife Kathy and their three daughters in Salt Lake City, Utah. His latest album, Hear My Praise, was released by the newly created Lumen Records on April 17, 2002. Kenneth
Cope Fast Facts Awards:
1999
Pearl Awards: 1998
Indie Awards (Association for Independent Music): 1998
Pearl Awards: LDS
Bookseller’s Association Listener’s Choice Awards: Kenneth
Cope - Discography
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