Hymns (Loretta Lynn album)

Hymns is a 1965 Gospel album by American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.

This was Lynn's first Gospel album of her career. The album was a pick of 12 Gospel and Inspirational music songs that were either popular over the years or were written by Lynn herself for this album. Well known Christian songs such as "How Great Thou Art" and "In the Sweet By and By" appear in this album. The album peaked at #10 on the Top Country Albums chart. Over the years, the album has been considered a rarity to find. It was reissued on CD by King Records in 1998.

"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" was covered by Alison Krauss & the Cox Family on their 1994 album I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.

Track listing

1. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" - 2:20 (Lynn)
2. "The Third Man" - 3:17 (Don Helms, Teddy Wilburn)
3. "How Great Thou Art" - 2:55 (Stuart K. Hine)
4. "Where No One Stands Alone" - 2:45 (Mosie Lister)
5. "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" - 2:16 (Traditional)
6. "In the Sweet By and By" - 2:22 (Joseph Philbrick Webster, Sanford Fillmore Bennett)
7. "Old Camp Meetin' Time" - 2:04 (Traditional)
8. "Where They Ring Those Golden Bells" - 3:07 (Traditional)
9. "Peace in the Valley" - 2:53 (Thomas A. Dorsey)
10. "When I Hear My Children Pray" - 2:34 (Waldrop)
11. "I'd Rather Have Jesus" - 2:38 (Traditional)
12. "When I Learned to Pray" - 2:44 (Lynn)

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

References