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Ashes and Light
Studio album by
Mark Heard
Released1984
StudioFingerprint Recorders, Montrose, California
GenreFolk rock
LabelHome Sweet Home
ProducerMark Heard
Mark Heard chronology
Eye of the Storm
(1984) 		Ashes and Light
(1984) 		Mosaics
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Ashes and Light is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records.[2] According to the liner notes, Heard recorded Mosaics first, but the record company wanted this album released first.

The cover reads, "This album is dedicated to the memory of Francis A. Schaeffer, whose love for truth and whose understanding of the arts has helped me more than I can say, in my desire to interweave the two."

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Threw It Away" written by Mark Heard and Pat Terry.

Side one

  1. "The Winds Of Time" – 3:59
  2. "True Confessions" – 3:31
  3. "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" – 3:38
  4. "Washed to the Sea" – 3:23
  5. "We Believe So Well" – 3:34

Side two

  1. "Straw Men" – 4:01
  2. "Age of the Broken Heart" – 4:16
  3. "Can't See Light" – 4:59
  4. "Threw It Away" – 4:06
  5. "In Spite of Himself" – 3:09

Personnel

The band

Production notes

References

  1. ^ Ashes and Light at AllMusic
  2. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 407. ISBN 978-1565636798.


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