Ashes and Light is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records.[2] According to the liner notes, Heard recorded Mosaics first, but the record company wanted this album released first.
The cover reads, "This album is dedicated to the memory of Francis A. Schaeffer, whose love for truth and whose understanding of the arts has helped me more than I can say, in my desire to interweave the two."
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Heard, except "Threw It Away" written by Mark Heard and Pat Terry.
Side one
"The Winds Of Time" – 3:59
"True Confessions" – 3:31
"I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" – 3:38
"Washed to the Sea" – 3:23
"We Believe So Well" – 3:34
Side two
"Straw Men" – 4:01
"Age of the Broken Heart" – 4:16
"Can't See Light" – 4:59
"Threw It Away" – 4:06
"In Spite of Himself" – 3:09
Personnel
The band
Mark Heard – acoustic guitars, electric 6- and 12-string guitars, slide guitars, synthesizer on "True Confessions", bass guitar on "Washed to the Sea" and "Threw It Away", harmonica, accordion, vocals, backing vocals
Dave McSparran – drums
Bill Batstone – bass guitar
Carl Pickhardt – Hammond organ
David Mansfield – fiddle, dobro, lead guitar on "Age Of The Broken Heart"
Pat Terry – electric guitar on "Washed to the Sea", acoustic guitar on "Threw It Away"; synthesizer on "Straw Men", "We Believe So Well" and "In Spite of Himself", general camaraderie and comic relief
Tom Howard – synthesizer on "Can't See Light", "I Know What It's Like To Be Loved" and "We Believe So Well"
