Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith
| type = studio
| artist = Amy Grant
| cover = Rock_Of_Ages...Hymns_and_Faith.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 3, 2005
| recorded = 2004–2005
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Christian music, hymns, southern gospel
| length = 45:45
| label = Word Entertainment
| producer =
| prev_title = Greatest Hits 1986–2004
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Time Again... Amy Grant Live
| next_year = 2006
}}
{{Album ratings
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| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r734974/review}}
}}
Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith is the sixteenth studio album by Christian and pop singer Amy Grant. It is the follow-up to her 2002 release Legacy... Hymns and Faith. Rock of Ages is Amy Grant's 11th Christian chart-topping album.
Track listing
- "Anywhere With Jesus" (Pounds, Towner) – 3:10
- "Carry You" (Grant) – 3:00
- "Sweet Will of God" (Morris) – 3:44
- "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" (Beethoven, Dyke) – 3:23
- "Jesus Loves Me/They'll Know We Are Christians/Helping Hand" (Bradbury, Darnall, Grant, McGuire, Scholtes, Sims, Warner) – 4:43
- "Rock of Ages (Duet with Vince Gill)" (Hastings, Toplady) – 3:39
- "O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee" (Gladden, Smith) – 2:46
- "Abide With Me" (Lyte, Monk) – 4:47
- "God Moves in a Mysterious Way/The Lord Is in His Holy Temple" (Bible, Kirkpatrick, Psalter) – 2:06
- "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" (Lemmel) – 3:08
- "El Shaddai" (Card, Thompson) – 4:06
- "I Surrender All" (Venter, Weeden) – 2:37
- "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" (Matheson, Peace) – 4:10
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Personnel
- Amy Grant – lead vocals
- John Jarvis – Wurlitzer electric piano (1), acoustic piano (2-8, 11-13), keyboards (8)
- John Hobbs – Hammond B3 organ (1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13), Rhodes (2, 8), synthesizer (2), electric piano (4), acoustic piano solo (4), keyboards (5, 11), acoustic piano (9)
- Richard Bennett – archtop guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13), cavaquinho (4, 7, 10), 12-string electric guitar (12)
- Vince Gill – acoustic guitar (1-5, 11, 12), electric guitar solo (1, 2, 5, 8), backing vocals (1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10-12), mandolin (4, 12), lead vocals (6), archtop guitar (10), acoustic guitar solo (11), octave mandolin (12)
- Dean Parks – slide guitar (1), electric guitar (2-8, 11-13)
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar (1-8, 11-13), upright bass (10)
- Chad Cromwell – drums (1-8, 11-13)
- Eric Darken – percussion (7), tambourine (8), conga (8)
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle (4), banjo (5)
- Sam Levine – penny whistle (7)
- John Catchings – cello (9)
- Jim Horn – saxophone (13), horn arrangements (13)
- Harvey Thompson – saxophone (13)
- Charlie Rose – trombone (13)
- Quinton Ware – trumpet (13)
- Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1, 5)
- Billy Thomas – backing vocals (1)
- Kim Keyes – backIng vocals (1)
- Jenny Gill – backing vocals (2, 7, 12)
- Andrea Zonn – backing vocals (3), violin (9), viola (9)
- The Brazos River Mountain Boys – backing vocals (4)
- Michael McDonald – backing vocals (5)
- The Fairfield Four (Robert Hamlett, Isaac Freeman, Wilson Waters Jr. and James Fizer) – backing vocals (6)
- The Brazos River Choir – backing vocals (9)
- Kathy Grant Harrell – backing vocals (10)
- Mimi Grant Verner – backing vocals (10)
- Carol Grant Nuismer – backing vocals (10)
- Gloria Grant – backing vocals (10)
- Burton Grant – backing vocals and recitation (10)
Production
- Brown Bannister – producer
- Vince Gill – producer
- Steve Bishir – recording, mixing
- Brian Grabin – recording assistant
- Oceanway Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording location
- Oxford Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) – overdub recording location, mixed location
- Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc Systems (North Hollywood, California)
- Traci Sterling Bishir – production manager for Sterling Production Management
- Burton Brooks – A&R administration
- Katherine Petillo – art direction
- Sally Carns Gulde – design
- Blair Berle – senior creative administrator
- Andrew Southam – photographer
- Rob Talty – hair stylist for Luxe
- Jamie Taylor – make-up for Solo Artists
- David Kaufman – wardrobe
Charts
Awards
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!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Winner !align="left"|Category |
align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith |align="left"|Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album |
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!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Winner !align="left"|Category |
align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith |align="left"|Inspirational Album of the Year |
- The Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year was in a tie with Bart Millard's Hymned, No. 1.[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations and Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074958/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm |date=July 7, 2011 }} on About.com; Jones, Kim