Martin Smith (songwriter)

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Martin James Smith (born 6 July 1970) is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the English Christian rock and worship band Delirious? He is generally considered to be one of the foremost songwriters in modern Christian worship music, along with people like Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, and David Crowder. He co-wrote three songs on Michael W. Smith's album Healing Rain and is going to be collaborating with Michael W. Smith on his upcoming album. Martin also co-wrote two songs on Matt Redman's album Beautiful News (" Take it to the streets" and "All over the World"). ^[1] Some of the most recognised songs by Delirious? include "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever", "History Maker", "My Glorious", "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble", "Shout To The North", "Deeper", "Majesty (Here I Am)", and "What A Friend I've Found". In 1995, Martin was involved in a near-fatal car accident, and during the weeks of his recovery, he decided to become a full-time musician. He wrote the 'King Of Fools' song 'August 30th' based on this experience. Smith was one of the founding members of Delirious? along with Stewart Smith (no relation) and Tim Jupp, when they formed the band under The Cutting Edge. ^[2]

Smith also collaborated with the other members of Delirious? for the book I can sing of your love forever. ^[3]

[edit] Family

Martin Smith is married to Jon Thatcher's sister, Anna. Together with their six children, they live in the seaside town of Littlehampton, England.

When Jon and Anna's Uncle died, Martin wrote a song to his memory called "Mountains High" which can be heard on the album World Service.

[edit] Career

Martin was employed as a music engineer before the band went to full time.^[4]

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Martin Smith • Stuart Garrard • Jon Thatcher • Tim Jupp • Paul Evans

Studio Albums	Cutting Edge (1993-1995) • King of Fools (1997) • Mezzamorphis (1999) • Glo (2000) • Audio Lessonover? (2001) • Touch (2002) • World Service (2003) • The Mission Bell (2005) • Kingdom of Comfort (2008)

Live Albums	Live & In the Can (1996) • d:tour (1998) • Access:d (2002) • Now Is The Time (2006)

Compilation Albums	Deeper (2002) • Libertad (2002)

Collaboration Albums	UP: Unified Praise (2004)

UK Singles	White Ribbon Day (1997) • Deeper (1997) • Promise (1997) • DeEPer EP (1997) • See the Star (1999) • It's OK (1999) • Waiting for the Summer (2001) • I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (2001) • Paint The Town Red (2005)

International Singles	Gravity USA (1999) • Inside Outside Germany (2004) • Every Little Thing Germany (2004)

Related Articles	Delirious? discography • Sparrow Records • Virgin Records