Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek
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Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek is the third studio album by the American country music singer Billy Gilman, released on April 15, 2003, (see 2003 in country music) on Epic Records Nashville, his final album for that label. The songs on this album are based on poems written by the child poet Mattie Stepanek, who died of muscular dystrophy one year after the album's release.
Track listing
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| 1. | "For Our World" | Mattie Stepanek, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols | 3:24 |
| 2. | "About Things That Matter" | Stepanek, Angela Lauer | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Morning Gift" | Stepanek, James T. Slater | 2:13 |
| 4. | "I Am/Shades of Life" | Stepanek, Malloy, Bruce Roberts | 4:40 |
| 5. | "It Happened Anyway" | Stepanek, Tom Douglas | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Possession" | Stepanek, Randle Chowning, Mark Morton | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Songs of the Wind" | Stepanek, Richard Leigh | 2:24 |
| 8. | "Making Real Sense of the Senses" | Stepanek, Roberts | 3:39 |
| 9. | "The Gift of Color" | Stepanek, Slater | 3:19 |
| 10. | "I Could… If They Would" | Stepanek, Jon Stone | 2:50 |
| 11. | "About Memories" | Stepanek, Angela Bacari, Billy Gilman, Sandy Linzer | 4:34 |
| 12. | "About Watches" | Stepanek, Bacari, Gilman, Linzer | 3:13 |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
15 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 |
109 |
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