Never Picture Perfect

Never Picture Perfect
Never Picture Perfect
Studio album by Rich Mullins
Released	December 1, 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	OmniSound Recording Studios and Digital Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee); Big Dog Studio (Wichita, Kansas); The Pond (Franklin, Tennessee);
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Length	37:27
Label	Reunion
Producer	Reed Arvin
Rich Mullins chronology

Never Picture Perfect is the fourth solo album by songwriter Rich Mullins^[1] and was released in 1989 on Reunion Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Rich Mullins.

Rich Mullins – lead vocals, acoustic piano (4, 7, 8), hammered dulcimer (9)
Reed Arvin – keyboards (2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10), Synclavier (3, 5, 6, 9, 10), string arrangements
Jerry McPherson – guitars (2–6, 9, 10), mandolin (10)
Mark O'Connor – mandolin (4), fiddle (4)
Tom Hemby – guitar solo (9)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Danny O'Lannerghty – bass (4)
Paul Leim – drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Bill Sinclair – harmonica (5, 9)
Ed Calle – saxophone (6)
Kristin Wilkinson – string contractor
Ashley Cleveland – featured vocals (1)
Pam Tillis – featured vocals (1)
Richard Gibson – backing vocals (1)
Donny Monk – backing vocals (1)
Guy Penrod – backing vocals (1)
Jon Sherberg – backing vocals (1)
Gary Smith – backing vocals (1)
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (2, 6)
Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (5, 9)
Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals (5, 9)
Marty McCall – backing vocals (5, 9)
Margaret Becker – backing vocals (6)

^ Colgan, Craig (January 5, 1991). "Mullins To Perform In Vero Beach". Indian River Press Journal. Retrieved August 1, 2025.

v t e Rich Mullins
Studio albums	Rich Mullins (1986) Pictures in the Sky (1987) Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth (1988) Never Picture Perfect (1989) The World as Best as I Remember It (1991–1992) A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band (1993) Brother's Keeper (1995) The Jesus Record (1998)
Compilations	Songs (1996) Songs 2 (1999) Here in America (2003)
Related articles	Reed Arvin Brennan Manning a Ragamuffin Band hammered dulcimer