Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites album)

Salt of the Earth
Studio album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites
Released September 25, 2007
Genre Bluegrass music
Label Skaggs Family Records
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
(2007)		 Salt of the Earth
(2007)		 Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947
(2008)
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Salt of the Earth is an album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, released through Skaggs Family Records on September 25, 2007.[1] In 2008, the album won both a Grammy Award and a Dove Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass album and Bluegrass Album of the Year respectively.[2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Love Will Be Enough" (Janis Ian, Paul Overstreet) - 4:35
  2. "Homesick for Heaven" (Kelly Willard) - 3:35
  3. "Big Wheel" (Gibson) - 2:46
  4. "Salt of the Earth" - 3:09
  5. "Wreck on the Highway" - 3:31
  6. "Farther Along" (J. R. Baxter) - 4:13
  7. "Let It Shine" (White) - 3:41
  8. "Near the Cross" - 3:58
  9. "One Seed of Love" - 3:23
  10. "This Old House" (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:43
  11. "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) - 3:55
  12. "Blessed Assurance" - 3:29
  13. "The Solid Rock" (Edward Mote) - 3:06

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 45
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 47

Awards

In 2008, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. It also won the Dove Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.

References

  1. ^ a b "Salt of the Earth". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1857978. Retrieved January 8, 2011. 
  2. ^ Winners Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards on CBN

External links

Ricky Skaggs
Studio albums
That's It · Sweet Temptation · Waitin' for the Sun to Shine · Family & Friends · Highways & Heartaches · Don't Cheat in Our Hometown · Country Boy · Love's Gonna Get Ya! · Comin' Home to Stay · Kentucky Thunder · My Father's Son · Solid Ground · Life Is a Journey · Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe · Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe · Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) · Mosaic · Country Hits Bluegrass Style
Collaborative albums
Second Generation Bluegrass · One Way Track · Skaggs & Rice · Bluegrass Rules! · Ancient Tones · Soldier of the Cross · History of the Future · The Three Pickers · Brand New Strings · Instrumentals · Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby · Salt of the Earth · Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947
Live albums
Live in London · Live at the Charleston Music Hall
Compilation albums
Favorite Country Songs · Super Hits
Notable singles
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