This Year's Model (Imperials album)

This Year's Model
Studio album by The Imperials
Released	1987
Recorded	1986
Studio	Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California) OmniSound Studios and Center Stage Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee The Reelsound Remote Bus (Austin, Texas) Blue Jay Studios (Carlisle, Massachusetts)
Genre	CCM Christian pop Christian rock
Length	43:51
Label	Myrrh/Word
Producer	Brown Bannister
The Imperials chronology
Let the Wind Blow (1985) This Year's Model (1987) Free the Fire (1988)

This Year's Model is the 32nd studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials, released in 1987 on Myrrh Records.^[1] This is the first album to feature new members Jimmie Lee Sloas and Ron Hemby, replacing long-time tenor Jim Murray and lead singer Paul Smith. It was a change in direction as This Year's Model's sound was more rock-oriented alienating long-time fans of the Imperials' four-part harmony of their early years. The track "Power of God" became a theme song for Christian bodybuilders the Power Team and new younger fans began to come to Imperials concerts. Production duties were done by Brown Bannister, who produced their previous album Let the Wind Blow (1985) with songwriting contributions from fellow CCM acts Pam Mark Hall, Chris Eaton and Paul Smith who co-wrote the lead single "Wings of Love". This Year's Model peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.