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
"When You Love" (Rich Mullins) – 3:25
"It Don't Do" (Rich Mullins, Steve Cudworth) – 3:37
Appeared on compilation Here in America 2003
"Verge of a Miracle" (Rich Mullins) – 4:02
Appeared on compilation Songs 1996
"Pictures In The Sky" (Rich Mullins) – 3:53
"Be With You" (Rich Mullins, Justin Peters) – 2:50
Appeared on compilation Songs 2 1999
Side two
"Screen Door" (Rich Mullins) – 1:23
Full-length radio version appeared on compilation Songs 1996
"What Trouble are Giants" (Rich Mullins) – 3:54
"Steal at Any Price" (Rich Mullins, Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:15
"Could be a Celebration" (Rich Mullins, Gary Jones, Renee Garcia, Reed Arvin, Lang Bliss) – 3:25 "Love That Knows No Bounds" (Rich Mullins, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Cathy Snyder) – 3:35
Charts
Radio singles
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