Pictures in the Sky
# Pictures in the Sky

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

| 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
