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 !class=unsortable| | ||
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US Billboard Top Contemporary Christian | align="center" |31 | {{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=king's x|chart=all}} |title=King's X album charts [albums |
UK Albums Chart | align=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 200 | align="center" |85 |
Singles – Billboard (United States)
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Year
!Single !Chart !Position |
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1990
|"It's Love" | style="text-align:center;"|6 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.kingsxrocks.com/ Official King's X site], Accessed on July 10, 2005.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060421100944/http://www.kingsx.net/band/albums/fhl.html Addition information about the album], Accessed on April 26, 2006.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060517115650/http://www.kingsx-france.com/ site francophone], Accessed on July 24, 2006.
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