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Biography
other usesInfobox album | Name = No Compromise | Type = Album | Artist = Keith Green | Cover = KeithGreen-NoCompromise.jpg | Released = November 9, 1978 | Recorded = 1978 | Genre = Gospel | Length = 39:52 | Label = Sparrow Records | Producer = Bill Maxwell/Keith Green | Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r90644|pure_url=yes link | Last album = For Him Who Has Ears To Hear (1977) | This album = No Compromise | Next album = So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt (1980) | | No Compromise is the second album release by American piano|pianist and gospel singer Keith Green , released in 1978.
The album's title derives from track #2, 'Make My Life A Prayer To You', which begins: "Make my life a prayer to You / I wanna do what You want me to / No empty words and no white lies / no token prayers, no compromise." (The title was used for the official Keith Green biography written by his wife Melody Green, which was included in Rich Text Format (RTF) and Portable Document Format (PDF) formats on The Ministry Years, Volume Two (1980-1982) (CD release) , which has the Enhanced CD label.)
No Compromise features cover art that refers to the Book of Esther in the Bible , specifically the part where Mordecai refused to bow to Haman (Judaism)|Haman .
Making of the Album
Much like Green's first work, this album was produced by Bill Maxwell, who also contributed some of the instrumental playing on the album along with Keith Green himself.
Track listing
# Soften Your Heart – 2:52 # Make My Life A Prayer To You – 3:23 # Dear John Letter (To The Devil) – 3:23 # How Can They Live Without Jesus? – 3:09 # Asleep In The Light – 4:26 # My Eyes Are Dry – 2:05 # You& #33; – 3:38 # I Don't Wanna Fall Away From You – 3:11 # Stained Glass – 2:50 # To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice – 3:22 # The Victor – 4:25 # Altar Call – 4:08
Influence
The song 'How Can They Live Without Jesus? ' was covered by the band Glad (band)|Glad for the 1993 Keith Green tribute album No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green . The song 'Make My Life A Prayer To You' was covered by Matt Redman & Paul Oakley in 2002 for another tribute album, Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs Of Keith Green .
External links
http://www.keithgreen.com/keith/music.html Keith Green discography
Two years prior to the release of No Compromise, Tommy James (of Tommy James and the Shondells) recorded "I don't wanna fall away from you" on his 1976 Fantasy album titled "In Touch". Keith Green Category:1978 albums Category:Keith Green albums
