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 Nashville | |||
| 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. It was released by RCA Nashville on October 24, 2006. The album debuted at #1 on both the Top Country Albums and Top Christian Albums charts.[2]
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
- 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
- Mary Kathryn Van Osdale- violin
- Gary Van Osdale- viola
- 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.[3]
References
| 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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