Russ Taff (album)

Russ Taff
Studio album by Russ Taff
Released	1987
Studio	Shnaze Studio, The Hop and Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) Mama Jo's Studio (North Hollywood, California Wayne Cook Studios (Glendale, California)
Genre	CCM, Christian pop, Christian rock
Length	48:01
Label	Myrrh/Word Records
Producer	Jack Joseph Puig
Russ Taff chronology
Medals (1985) Russ Taff (1987) The Way Home (1989)

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Russ Taff is the third album by Christian singer/songwriter Russ Taff, released in late 1987 on Myrrh/Word Records.^[2] Taff covers two songs: "Down in the Lowlands" by Charlie Peacock and "I Still Believe" by the Call, plus a 40-second snippet of the American negro spiritual "Steal Away". Taff also records "Breathe Life into Me", which would later be a UK Top 30 hit^[3] and US R&B hit^[4] in 1988–1989 by British singer Mica Paris. Russ Taff reached number two on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart. The album won a GMA Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the 20th GMA Dove Awards and earned Taff a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance, Male at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards.