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To Know That You're Alive
To Know That You're Alive
Studio album by Kutless
Released	June 24, 2008
Genre	Christian rock, hard rock, alternative metal
Length	40:55
Label	BEC
Producer	Pete Kipley
Kutless chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
Cross Rhythms	^[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	^[3]
TuneLab Music	^[4]

To Know That You're Alive is the fifth full-length studio album by the Christian rock band Kutless. It was released on June 24, 2008.^[5] It is their first album to feature guitarist Nick DePartee, who took over the position after long-time member Ryan Shrout left the band in May 2007. The album debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard 200 album chart and stayed on the chart for six weeks.^[6] The album reached The Billboard Christian Albums chart peaking at No. 1, where it stayed for 27 weeks.^[7] The album's first rock single, "The Feeling", hit No. 11 on ChristianRock.net in its first week. The song was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Feeling"	Kutless, Pete Kipley	2:24
2.	"Sleeping City" (Instrumental)	De Partee	1:10
3.	"To Know That You're Alive"	Kutless, Kipley	3:15
4.	"The Disease & The Cure"	James Mead, Jon Micah Sumrall	3:51
5.	"Complete"	Chris Taylor, Nick De Partee, Jeffrey Gilbert, Dave Luetkenhoelter, Sumrall, Kipley	3:42
6.	"The Rescue"	Kutless, Kipley	4:05
7.	"Promise You"	Kutless, Kipley	3:34
8.	"Guiding Me Home"	De Partee, Sumrall, Steve Wilson	3:05
9.	"Overcoming Me"	De Partee, Gilbert, Kipley, Luetkenhoelter, Sumrall	2:59
10.	"I Do Not Belong"	De Partee, Kipley, Sumrall	3:00
11.	"Loud"	De Partee, Kipley, Luetkenhoelter, Sumrall	2:35
12.	"Dying to Become"	Kutless, Kipley	3:57
13.	"You"	De Partee, Kipley, Sumrall	3:14
Total length:			40:55

Personnel

Kutless

Jon Micah Sumrall – vocals
Nick De Partee – lead guitars, backing vocals
James Mead – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Dave Luetkenhoelter – bass guitar
Jeffrey Gilbert – drums

Additional musicians

Pete Kipley – string arrangements and conductor
Nick Ingman – string arrangements (5)
The London Session Orchestra – strings
Pete Steward – backing vocals

Production

Tyson Paoletti – executive producer, A&R
Kevin Sheppard – A&R
Pete Kipley – producer, engineer
Steve Churchyard – engineer
Buckley Miller – engineer, mix assistant
Mike "X" O'Connor – engineer
F. Reid Shippen – engineer, mixing at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Simon Rhodes – orchestra recording at Abbey Road Studios (London, UK)
Troy Glessner – mastering at Spectre Studios (Tacoma, Washington)
Geoff Barrios – drum technician
Invisible Creature – art direction
Don Clark – design
Dave Hill – band photography
Chance Hoag and Darren Tyler – management

Music video

A music video was released for "To Know That You're Alive". It shows the band playing in a street where a car accident has taken a place. An ambulance comes and rushes a woman in the wreck to the hospital. Once there, it is shown that the woman is pregnant and clearly going into labor. The doctors rush to deliver the woman's baby. The video ends with the woman and the baby alive and together in the hospital room.

Awards

The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.^[9]

References

^ "About.com review". Christianmusic.about.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
^ "Cross Rhythms review". Crossrhythms.co.uk. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
^ "Jesus Freak Hideout review". Jesusfreakhideout.com. June 24, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
^ "TuneLab Music review". Tunelabmusic.com. July 8, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
^ "Kutless Discography". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
^ "Kutless To Know That You're Alive Chart History". Retrieved October 1, 2018.
^ "Kutless To Know That You're Alive Chart History". Retrieved October 1, 2018.
^ "Charts". ChristianRock.Net. February 26, 2012. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
^ Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards at CBN.com