Produced by veteran Roy Salmond (Connie Scott, Morgan Cryar), The Way Things Are features progressive pop music with a definite avant garde edge, showcasing Hope’s velvet smooth vocals and passionate delivery. The album is a statement of her faith in the unfailing constancy of God in the midst of an ever-changing world.
01. Love Comes Along
02. Can’t Give It (If You Don’t Have It)
03. Standing In the Shadows
04. You’ll Not Leave Me
05. I Remember
06. Oh, the Distance
07. The Way Things Are
08. Arms Up
09. Don’t Keep On Running
10. Never Let Us Go