Songs of Inspiration
Songs of Inspiration | ||||
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Studio album by Alabama | ||||
Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
Genre | Country, Christian | |||
Length | 49:30 | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Randy Owen | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Songs of Inspiration is the twentieth studio album, and first gospel album by American country music group Alabama, released on October 24, 2006. The album debuted at No. 1 on both the Top Country Albums and Top Christian Albums charts, with 41,000 copies sold the first week.[2][3] The album has sold 170,000 copies as of September 2015.[4]
Track listing
- "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Civilla D. Martin, Charles H. Gabriel) - 4:10
- "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) - 3:28
- "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) - 3:35
- "How Great Thou Art" (Stuart K. Hine) - 4:26
- "I Need Thee" (Annie S. Hawks, Robert Lowry) - 2:09
- "Old Shep" (Red Foley) - 3:06
- "Jesus Loves Me" (William Batchelder Bradbury, David Rutherford McGuire, Anna Bartlett Warner) - 3:19
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) - 3:31
- "I Am the Man Thomas" (Larry Sparks, Ralph Stanley) - 2:02
- "Rock of Ages" (Augustus Montague Toplady, Thomas Hastings) - 2:36
- "In the Sweet By and By" (Sanford F. Bennett, Joseph Philbrick Webster) - 3:28
- "The Old Rugged Cross" (George Bennard) - 3:09
- "What Will I Leave Behind" (Sherrill Brown) - 2:40
- "One Big Heaven" (Randy Owen) - 4:16
- "Rain" (Owen) - 3:35
Personnel
- Alabama
- Jeff Cook – electric guitar, vocals
- Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, vocals
- Randy Owen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Additional Musicians
- Bailey Barnes – background vocals
- Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
- Karstin Brewis – background vocals
- Kensley Brewis – background vocals
- Dewey Brown III – fiddle
- David Burt – background vocals
- Sawyer Burt – background vocals
- Kirsten Cassi – cello
- Mark Casstevens – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, harmonica
- Bruce Christensen – viola
- Michael Curtis – background vocals
- David Davidson – violin
- Melinda Doolittle – background vocals
- Connie Ellisor – violin
- Christopher Farrell – viola
- Kim Fleming – background vocals
- Ella Fowler – background vocals
- Abby Fraebel – background vocals
- Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Griffin Horton – background vocals
- Kaden Horton – background vocals
- Carolyn Huebel – violin
- Rebecca Isaacs Bowman – background vocals
- Ben Isaacs – background vocals
- Nathan Isaacs – background vocals
- Randy Kohrs – dobro, acoustic guitar
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Alexis Lutz – background vocals
- Emma Lutz – background vocals
- Jesse Lutz – background vocals
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Gary Van Osdale – viola
- Mary Kathryn Van Osdale – violin
- Larry Paxton – acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, string arrangements
- Gary Prim – Hammond Organ, piano, synthesizer
- James Alan Shelton – acoustic guitar
- Pamela Sixfin – violin
- Steve Sparkman – banjo
- Nathan Stanley – mandolin
- Ralph Stanley – vocals on "I Am the Man Thomas"
- Alan Umstead – violin
- Belinda Wallace – background vocals
- Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
- Nathan Young – background vocals
Chart performance
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 15 |
Awards
In 2007, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[5]
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ allmusic ((( Songs of Inspiration > Charts & Awards )))
- ↑ Wade Jessen (September 5, 2013). "Alabama Earns Highest Charting Album on Billboard 200". Billboard.
- ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
- ↑ 38th Annual GMA Awards on About.com
Preceded by Long Trip Alone by Dierks Bentley |
Top Country Albums number-one album November 11–17, 2006 |
Succeeded by Small Town Girl by Kellie Pickler |
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