The Hurt & the Healer
| The Hurt & the Healer | ||||
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| Released | May 22, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
| Studio | Echo Mountain Studios, Asheville, North Carolina | |||
| Genre | Contemporary Christian music | |||
| Length | 39:04 | |||
| Label | Fair Trade, Columbia | |||
| Producer | Brown Bannister, Dan Muckala | |||
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The Hurt & the Healer is the seventh studio album by American contemporary Christian music band MercyMe. Released on May 22, 2012, the album was about the season that the band is currently in at the time of composing the music. Produced by Brown Bannister and Dan Muckala, the album met with positive critical and commercial reception. The album sold over 33,000 copies its first week and debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart. This is also their first album release without keyboardist and group co-founder Jim Bryson.
The first single released from the album is the song "The Hurt & the Healer". This song reached No. 1 on the Christian Songs and AC Indicator and Soft AC/Inspirational charts, No. 2 on the Hot Christian Adult Contemporary chart, and No. 11 on the Christian CHR chart. The second single "You Are I Am" reached No. 3 on the Christian Songs chart.