Accelerate (Jump5 album)
Accelerate is the fourth album by the Christian pop group Jump5. It was released on October 7, 2003. The album demonstrated the group's shift towards a pop/rock sound, and was also the first album on which a member of the group had writing credits. Half of the album was made up of covers, including "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves and "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire. The group's cover of Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" was used as the theme for the Radio Disney Family Pledge Initiative.
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| Released | October 7, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary Christian, pop rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 33:48 | |||
| Label | Sparrow | |||
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It charted at #150 on the Billboard Top 200 and at #8 on the Top Christian Albums charts.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Do Ya" | Michelle Tumes | 3:09 |
| 2. | "We Are Family" | Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Wonderful" | Kevin Cyka, Dan Needham, Lynn Nichols | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Pressure" | Shannon Ford, Dan Muckala | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Why Do I Do" | Chrissy Conway, Alisa Girard, Nichols, Kristin Swinford, Tedd Tjornhom | 3:21 |
| 6. | "Way of the World" | Mark Hammond, Robin Scoffield | 3:24 |
| 7. | "Walking on Sunshine" | Kimberly Rew | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Every Part of Me" | Matthew Gerrard, Michele Vice-Maslin | 3:24 |
| 9. | "All Because of You" | Brandon Hargest, Paul Jenkins, Dave Elliot Johnson, Brad Minor | 3:06 |
| 10. | "Shining Star" | Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Maurice White | 3:17 |
DVD release
Start Dancin' with Jump5 was released on DVD on November 18, 2003. The DVD featured the group teaching the choreography for "Spinnin' Around," "All I Can Do," and "Do Ya." It also contained music videos from the group's previous DVD releases, including the music video for "Do Ya."
References
- Loftus, Johnny. Accelerate at AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- "Accelerate" Awards at AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2015.