# Mountain High... Valley Low
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mountain High...Valley Low
| type = Studio album
| artist = [Yolanda Adams](/source/Yolanda_Adams)
| cover = Yolanda Adams - Mountain High...Valley Low.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 3, 1999
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [Gospel](/source/Gospel_music), [R&B](/source/R%26B)
| length = 52:30
| label = [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records)
| producer = *Kevin Bond
*Buster & Shavoni
*[Warryn Campbell](/source/Warryn_Campbell)
*[Fred Hammond](/source/Fred_Hammond)
*[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis](/source/Jimmy_Jam_%26_Terry_Lewis)
*[Walter Millsap III](/source/Walter_Millsap_III)
*[Richard Smallwood](/source/Richard_Smallwood_(musician))
*[Keith Thomas](/source/Keith_Thomas_(producer))
| prev_title = [Songs from the Heart](/source/Songs_from_the_Heart_(Yolanda_Adams_album))
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = [Christmas With Yolanda Adams](/source/Christmas_With_Yolanda_Adams)
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mountain High...Valley Low
| type = studio
| single1 = Yeah
| single1date = 1999
| single2 = [Open My Heart](/source/Open_My_Heart)
| single2date = 2000
| single3 = Fragile Heart
| single3date = 2000
| single4 = Things We Do [https://www.discogs.com/release/4444592-Yolanda-Adams-The-Things-We-Do]
| single4date = 1999
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000669165|first=Stacia|last=Proefrock}}]
| rev2 = ''[Cross Rhythms](/source/Cross_Rhythms_(magazine))''
| rev2Score = {{rating|8|10|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=square}}[{{cite web |first=Tony |last=Cummings |title=Review: Yolanda Adams - Mountain High, Valley Low |url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Yolanda_Adams/Mountain_High_Valley_Low/3215/ |publisher=[Cross Rhythms](/source/Cross_Rhythms) |accessdate=February 24, 2024 |date=May 1, 2001 }}]
|rev3 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=yolanda+adams&pg=PA1947|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|page=1992|author=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin)|publisher=[Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press)|date=27 May 2011|edition=5|isbn=978-0857125958|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}]
}}
'''''Mountain High...Valley Low''''' is the sixth studio album by American singer [Yolanda Adams](/source/Yolanda_Adams). It was released by [Elektra Records](/source/Elektra_Records) on September 3, 1999, in the United States. The album stands as Adams's best-selling to date, having sold 1,374,000, as of 2009,[{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ask-billboard-madonna-yoko-ono-gospel/|title=Ask Billboard: Madonna, Yoko Ono, Gospel|publisher=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=2009-09-18|access-date=2012-02-19}}] and is certified platinum by the [Recording Industry Association of America](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America) (RIAA).[{{cite web | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/02/02/a-new-day-to-celebrate/ | title=A new 'Day' to celebrate | date=2 February 2006 }}] The album won the [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for [Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album](/source/Best_Contemporary_Soul_Gospel_Album) and remains one of the [best-selling gospel albums of all time](/source/List_of_best-selling_gospel_music_artists).
Several singles were released from ''Mountain High... Valley Low''. The set leads with the Warryn Campbell-produced "Yeah", which was co-written by gospel duo [Mary Mary](/source/Mary_Mary) who springboarded from the song to gain their own fame. The most notable single was the second release, "[Open My Heart](/source/Open_My_Heart)," which became a massive crossover fixture on R&B radio. Both of the singles had accompanying [music videos](/source/music_videos). Remixers like [Maurice Joshua](/source/Maurice_Joshua), Digital Black-N-Groove, Pound Boys, and [Junior Vasquez](/source/Junior_Vasquez) were brought in to turn both of these songs into dance club-friendly material. "The Things We Do" and "Fragile Heart" were also serviced to radio and fared well on adult contemporary stations.
==Track listing==
Credits taken from the album's liner notes.[{{Cite AV media notes |title=Mountain High… Valley Low |others=Yolanda Adams |type=liner notes |year=1999 |publisher=[Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records)}}]
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 52:30
| title1 = Time to Change
| writer1 = {{hlist|[Erica Atkins](/source/Erica_Campbell)|[Tina Atkins](/source/Tina_Campbell_(musician))|[Warryn Campbell](/source/Warryn_Campbell)}}
| extra1 = Campbell
| length1 = 4:00
| title2 = Yeah
| writer2 = {{hlist|E. Atkins|T. Atkins|Campbell}}
| extra2 = Campbell
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Fragile Heart
| writer3 = {{hlist|[Yolanda Adams](/source/Yolanda_Adams)|Louis Brown|Scott Parker}}
| extra3 = Buster & Shavoni
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = That Name
| writer4 = [Richard Smallwood](/source/Richard_Smallwood_(musician))
| extra4 = Smallwood
| length4 = 4:46
| title5 = In the Midst of It All
| writer5 = Kevin Bond
| extra5 = Bond
| length5 = 6:57
| title6 = The Things We Do
| writer6 = {{hlist|[Keith Thomas](/source/Keith_Thomas_(record_producer))|Robin Scoffield}}
| extra6 = Thomas
| length6 = 5:33
| title7 = [Open My Heart](/source/Open_My_Heart)
| writer7 = {{hlist|Yolanda Adams|[Terry Lewis](/source/Jimmy_Jam_and_Terry_Lewis)|[James Harris III](/source/James_Harris_III)|[James Wright](/source/Big_Jim_Wright)}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis](/source/Jimmy_Jam_%26_Terry_Lewis)|Wright{{ref|A|[A]}}}}
| length7 = 5:40
| title8 = Wherever You Are
| writer8 = {{hlist|Adams|Lewis|Harris|Wright}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Jam & Lewis|Wright{{ref|A|[A]}}}}
| length8 = 4:20
| title9 = He'll Arrive (Coming Back)
| writer9 = {{hlist|Magdalene Millsap|[Walter "Little Walt" Millsap III](/source/Walter_Millsap_III)|[Candice Nelson](/source/Candice_Nelson_(songwriter))}}
| extra9 = [Little Walt](/source/Walter_Millsap_III)
| length9 = 4:16
| title10 = Continual Praise
| writer10 = {{hlist|Adams|Tommie Walker|[Fred Hammond](/source/Fred_Hammond)}}
| extra10 = Hammond
| length10 = 4:28
| title11 = Already Alright
| writer11 = {{hlist|Adams|Lewis|Harris|Wright}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Jam & Lewis|Wright{{ref|A|[A]}}}}
| length11 = 4:35
}}
'''Notes'''
* {{note|A|[A]}} denotes co-producer
==Personnel==
"'''Time to Change'''"
*Produced by [Warryn Campbell](/source/Warryn_Campbell)
*Vocals: [Yolanda Adams](/source/Yolanda_Adams)
*Backing vocals: [Mary Mary](/source/Mary_Mary)
*Instrumental music performed by [Warryn Campbell](/source/Warryn_Campbell)
"'''Yeah'''"
*Produced by [Warryn Campbell](/source/Warryn_Campbell)
*Vocals: Yolanda Adams
*Backing vocals: Mary Mary
*Guitar: Dave Foreman
*Instrumental music performed by Warryn Campbell
"'''Fragile Heart'''"
*Produced by Buster & Shavoni: Louis Brown & Scott "Shavoni" Parker
*Lead Vocals: Yolanda Adams
*Background Vocals: [Vanessa Williams](/source/Vanessa_Williams), Raymond Reeder & Victoria Purcell
*Piano Solo & All Pianos: [Tim Carmon](/source/Tim_Carmon)
*Additional String Overdubs: [Rickey Grundy](/source/Rickey_Grundy)
*Instrumental music performed by Buster & Shavoni
"'''That Name'''"
*Produced by [Richard Smallwood](/source/Richard_Smallwood_(musician))
*Lead Vocals: Yolanda Adams
*Background Vocals: Richard Smallwood & Vision
*Instrumental music performed by Richard Smallwood, Bryant Pugh, Darin Atwater, Mark A. Walker & Roger Ryan
"'''In The Midst of It All'''"
*Produced by Kevin Bond
*Live Drums: Jeremy Haynes
*Instrumental music performed by Kevin Bond
*Originally performed by [Walter Hawkins](/source/Walter_Hawkins) & The Hawkins Family[Yolanda Adams Cover of Walter Hawkins & The Hawkins Family's "In the Midst of It All". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/cover/95360/Yolanda-Adams-In-the-Midst-of-It-All-Walter-Hawkins-The-Hawkins-Family-In-the-Midst-of-It-All/]
"'''The Things We Do'''"
*Produced by [Keith Thomas](/source/Keith_Thomas_(record_producer))
*Music & Strings arranged by Keith Thomas
*Strings arranged & conducted by Ronn Huff
*Strings performed by [Nashville String Machine](/source/Nashville_String_Machine)
*Acoustic Guitar: [Bruce Gaitsch](/source/Bruce_Gaitsch)
*Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine played by Keith Thomas
*Additional Drum Machine: Mark Hammond
*Additional Background Vocals: Debbie Winans
*Vocal Samples: "[Inaugural Address](/source/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy)" by [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy)["The Things We Do" Sample of "Inaugural Address". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/112103/Yolanda-Adams-The-Things-We-Do-John-F.-Kennedy-Inaugural-Address/] & "[I Have a Dream (Detroit)](/source/I_Have_a_Dream)" by [Martin Luther King Jr.](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.)["The Things We Do" Sample of "I Have a Dream (Detroit)". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/95354/Yolanda-Adams-The-Things-We-Do-Martin-Luther-King,-Jr.-I-Have-a-Dream-(Detroit)/]
"'''[Open My Heart](/source/Open_My_Heart)'''"
*Produced by [Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis](/source/Jimmy_Jam_and_Terry_Lewis) & James "Big Jim" Wright
*Percussion & Live Drums: [Stokley Williams](/source/Stokley_Williams)
*Guitar: Mike Scott
*Strings arranged by Lee Blaske & Big Jim Wright
*Violins: Brenda Mickens, Carolyn Daws, Elizabeth Sobieski, Michael Sobieski, Elsa Nilsson, Leslie Shank & Thomas Kornacker
*Violas: Alice Preves & Tamas Strasser
*All Other Instruments played by Big Jim Wright
*Background Vocals: Marva King & Yolanda Adams
"'''Wherever You Are'''"[Adams, Yolanda. "Wherever You Are". AllMusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/song/wherever-you-are-mt0000435626]
*Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis & James "Big Jim" Wright
*Background Vocals: Big Jim Wright & Yolanda Adams
*Keyboards: Big Jim Wright & Jimmy Jam
*Bass played by Jimmy Jam
*Percussion: Terry Lewis
*Guitar: Mike Scott
*All Other Instruments played by Big Jim Wright
*Re-Sung Lyrics from "[I Wanna Be Where You Are](/source/I_Wanna_Be_Where_You_Are)" by [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson)["Wherever You Are" Sample of "I Wanna Be Where You Are". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/131289/Yolanda-Adams-Wherever-You-Are-Michael-Jackson-I-Wanna-Be-Where-You-Are/]
"'''He'll Arrive (Coming Back)'''"
*Produced by Walter "Little Walt" Millsap III
*Lead & Background Vocals: [Kelly Price](/source/Kelly_Price) & Yolanda Adams
*Background Vocals: Candice Nelson
*All Music performed by Walter "Lil Walt" Millsap III
"'''Continual Praise'''"
*Produced by [Fred Hammond](/source/Fred_Hammond)
*Keyboards & Drum Machine: Tommie Walker
*Lead Guitar & Live Bass played by Fred Hammond
*Vocals arranged by Fred Hammond
*Background Vocals performed by [JoAnn Rosario](/source/JoAnn_Rosario), Bryan Pratt, David Ivey, Frederick J. Purifoy II, Kevin L. Wilson, Marsha Johns, Miatura Dias, Pam Kenyon M. Donald, Tamika Lucas & Yoshawndala Parker.
"'''Already Alright'''"
*Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis & James "Big Jim" Wright
*Background Vocals: Big Jim Wright, Marva King & Yolanda Adams
*Drum Machine: Alex Richbourg
*Keyboards: Big Jim Wright
*All Other Instruments played by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"|Chart (1999)
! scope="col"|Peak
position
|-
! scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|24|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BB200|accessdate=July 11, 2020}}
|-
! scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|5|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BBR&B|accessdate=July 11, 2020}}
|-
! scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardGospel|1|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BBGospel|accessdate=July 11, 2020}}
|-
! scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardChristian|1|artist=Yolanda Adams|refname=BBChristian|accessdate=July 11, 2020}}
|}
{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"|Chart (1999)
! scope="col"|Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=The Year in Music 1999: Top Gospel Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf#page=152|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=December 25, 1999|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}]
|align="center"|17
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2000)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200[{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End 2000|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 11, 2020}}]
| 120
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')[{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehEEAAAAMBAJ|title=2000 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=53|page=YE-52|date=December 30, 2000|accessdate=August 8, 2021}}]
| 20
|-
! scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=The Year in Music 2000: Top Gospel Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-12-30.pdf#page=153|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=December 30, 2000|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}]
|align="center"|1
|-
! scope="row"|US Christian Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=The Year in Music 2000: Top Contemporary Christian Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-12-30.pdf#page=155|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=December 30, 2000|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}]
|align="center"|1
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=The Year in Music 2001: Top Gospel Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-12-29.pdf#page=139|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=December 29, 2001|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}]
|align="center"|2
|-
! scope="row"|US Christian Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=The Year in Music 2001: Top Contemporary Christian Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-12-29.pdf#page=140|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=December 29, 2001|accessdate=January 18, 2024|via=World Radio History}}]
|align="center"|5
|-
|}
===Decade-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"|Chart (2000–2009)
! scope="col"|Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"|US Top Gospel Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=Best of the 2000s: Gospel Albums|archivedate=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106051824/http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/gospel-albums?year=2009#/charts-decade-end/gospel-albums?year=2009|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/gospel-albums?year=2009#/charts-decade-end/gospel-albums?year=2009|url-status=dead|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|accessdate=February 11, 2024|via=[Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)}}]
|align="center"|1
|-
! scope="row"|US Christian Albums (''Billboard'')[{{Cite magazine |title=Best of the 2000s: Christian Albums|archivedate=July 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730133221/http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/christian-albums?year=2009#/charts-decade-end/christian-albums?year=2009|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/christian-albums?year=2009#/charts-decade-end/christian-albums?year=2009|url-status=dead|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|accessdate=February 11, 2024|via=[Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)}}]
|align="center"|8
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album |region=United States |artist=Yolanda Adams |title=Mountain High...Valley Low |award=Platinum |certyear=2000 |relyear=1999 |access-date=July 11, 2020|salesamount=1,374,000|salesref=