Faith Hope Love

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{{about|the album King's X|Stan Walker's 2019 EP|Faith Hope Love (EP)|other items with similar names|Faith, Hope and Love (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Faith Hope Love

| type = studio

| artist = King's X

| cover = Faith hope love album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 23, 1990

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Rampart Studios, Houston, Texas

| genre = Hard rock, progressive metal

| length = 61:52

| label = Megaforce

| producer = Sam Taylor, King's X

| prev_title = Gretchen Goes to Nebraska

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = King's X

| next_year = 1992

}}

Faith Hope Love is the third studio album by the American rock band King's X. "Six Broken Soldiers" is the first King's X song to feature drummer Jerry Gaskill on lead vocals.

Track listing

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10956|label=Faith Hope Love|accessdate=15 February 2012|first=Alex|last=Henderson}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2score = 10/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=227-228}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B{{cite web|first=Janiss|last=Garza|date= October 26, 1990 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318469,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901082957/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318469,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title=Faith Hope Love Review |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=February 15, 2012}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Erik|title=King's X Faith Hope Love Music Review|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kingsx/albums/album/99392/review/5942901/faith_hope_love|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=May 16, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315073309/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kingsx/albums/album/99392/review/5942901/faith_hope_love|archivedate=March 15, 2010|url-status=dead|date=January 10, 1991}}

| noprose = yes

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| all_writing = Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill

| title1 = We Are Finding Who We Are

| length1 = 4:40

| extra1 = Dug Pinnick

| title2 = It's Love

| length2 = 4:37

| extra2 = Ty Tabor

| title3 = I'll Never Get Tired of You

| length3 = 3:47

| extra3 = Pinnick

| title4 = Fine Art of Friendship

| length4 = 4:21

| extra4 = Pinnick

| title5 = Mr. Wilson

| length5 = 3:39

| extra5 = Tabor

| title6 = Moanjam

| length6 = 6:05

| extra6 = Pinnick

| title7 = Six Broken Soldiers

| length7 = 3:33

| extra7 = Jerry Gaskill

| title8 = I Can't Help It

| length8 = 3:53

| extra8 = Tabor

| title9 = Talk to You

| length9 = 4:36

| extra9 = Pinnick

| title10 = Everywhere I Go

| length10 = 3:54

| extra10 = Pinnick

| title11 = We Were Born to Be Loved

| length11 = 4:52

| extra11 = Pinnick

| title12 = Faith Hope Love

| length12 = 9:22

| extra12 = Pinnick

| title13 = Legal Kill

| length13 = 4:43

| extra13 = Tabor

| total_length = 61:52

}}

Personnel

  • Dug* Pinnick – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Ty Tabor – lead and backing vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, sitar
  • Jerry Gaskill – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion

= Additional personnel =

  • Galactic Cowboys (Monty Colvin, Alan Doss, Ben Huggins, Dane Sonnier) – backing vocals on "Mr. Wilson" & "Faith Hope Love"
  • Max Dyer – cello on "Six Broken Soldiers", "Faith Hope Love" & "Legal Kill"
  • Erik Ralske – French horn on "Six Broken Soldiers"
  • Little Willie Sammy Taylor – pipe organ on "Six Broken Soldiers"
  • Kemper Crabb – soprano recorder on "Legal Kill"

Reception

Faith, Hope, Love proved to be King's X's most commercially successful album, nearly reaching gold status.

The album was listed at #52 in the 2001 book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Chart performance

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Chart

!Peak

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US Billboard Top Contemporary Christianalign="center" |31{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=king's x|chart=all}} |title=King's X album charts [albums] |accessdate=December 20, 2007 |publisher=Billboard}}
UK Albums Chartalign=center|70{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=UK charts page for King's X |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=May 16, 2012 }}
US Billboard 200align="center" |85

Singles – Billboard (United States)

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Year

!Single

!Chart

!Position

1990

|"It's Love"

|Mainstream Rock Tracks

| style="text-align:center;"|6

References

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