Pictures in the Sky

Pictures in the Sky
Studio album by Rich Mullins
Released	February 23, 1987
Recorded	April 6–8, 1986
Studio	Center Stage, Nashville, Tennessee; Hummingbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; The Gold Mine, Brentwood, Tennessee
Genre	Contemporary Christian Music
Length	35:30
Label	Reunion
Producer	Reed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology
Rich Mullins (1986) Pictures in the Sky (1987) Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988)

Pictures in the Sky is the second solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins and was released in 1987 on Reunion Records.

The single "Screen Door" became a concert favorite. Mullins wrote the song in Chattanooga on a trip to Knoxville, originally intending it to write a limerick. When performing "Screen Door" in concert, Mullins and his band would sing the lyrics and create the song's unique rhythm by hitting plastic cups on a table in a synchronized pattern.

Track listing

Side one

1. "When You Love" (Rich Mullins) – 3:25
2. "It Don't Do" (Rich Mullins, Steve Cudworth) – 3:37
   • Appeared on compilation Here in America 2003
3. "Verge of a Miracle" (Rich Mullins) – 4:02
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
4. "Pictures In The Sky" (Rich Mullins) – 3:53
5. "Be With You" (Rich Mullins, Justin Peters) – 2:50
   • Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999

Side two

1. "Screen Door" (Rich Mullins) – 1:23
   • Full-length radio version appeared on compilation Songs 1996
2. "What Trouble are Giants" (Rich Mullins) – 3:54
3. "Steal at Any Price" (Rich Mullins, Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:15
4. "Could be a Celebration" (Rich Mullins, Gary Jones, Renee Garcia, Reed Arvin, Lang Bliss) – 3:25
5. "Love That Knows No Bounds" (Rich Mullins, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Cathy Snyder) – 3:35

Charts

Radio singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"Verge of a Miracle"	U.S. Christian	5
1987	"Screen Door"	U.S. Christian	2
1987	"Pictures in the Sky"	U.S. Christian	4

Personnel

• Rich Mullins – lead vocals
• Reed Arvin – keyboards (1–5, 7–10), synthesizers (1, 5, 7–10), footsteps (6), finger snaps (6), handclaps (6)
• Jerry McPherson – guitars (1–4, 8, 9, 10), bouzouki (7)
• Gary Lunn – bass (2, 3, 4, 9)
• Dave Adams – additional drum programming
• Keith Edwards – drums (2, 3, 4)
• Tim Marsh – percussion (2, 3, 4, 8)
• Chris Harris – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 9)
• Mark Heimermann – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 9)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
• Lisa Bevill – backing vocals (2)
• Kim Fleming – backing vocals (2)
• Donna McElroy – backing vocals (2)
• Wayne Kirkpatrick – backing vocals (4, 6, 7)
• Reneé Garcia – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Reed Arvin – producer
• Michael Blanton – executive producer
• Dan Harrell – executive producer
• Center Stage (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording studio
• Hummingbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording studio
• The Gold Mine (Brentwood, Tennessee) – recording studio
• Brent King – engineer, mixing
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Buddy Jackson – art direction, design
• Mark Tucker – photography