Songs of Inspiration
{{short description|2006 album by the American band, Alabama}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Songs of Inspiration
| type = studio
| artist = Alabama
| cover = SongsofInspiration.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2006|10|24}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Inspirational country
| length = 49:30
| label = RCA Nashville
| producer = Randy Owen
| prev_title = Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Songs of Inspiration II
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[https://www.motivatorindia.in/2020/03/motivational-songs-in-hindi.html Best Motivational Songs in Hindi][{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r860447|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
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Songs of Inspiration[https://www.motivatorindia.in/2020/03/motivational-songs-in-hindi.html Best Motivational Songs in Hindi] is the twentieth studio album and the first gospel album by American country music group Alabama, released on October 24, 2006. The album debuted at No. 1 on both the Top Country Albums and Top Christian Albums charts, with 41,000 copies sold the first week.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r860447|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Songs of Inspiration > Charts & Awards )))]{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/5687064/alabama-earns-highest-charting-album-on-billboard-200 |title=Alabama Earns Highest Charting Album on Billboard 200|author= Wade Jessen |date= September 5, 2013 |work=Billboard}} The album has sold 170,000 copies as of September 2015.{{cite magazine|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150917090733/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archivedate= September 17, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |magazine=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }} It ranked at No. 15 on Billboard 200 album charts and No. 1 on Billboard Country Albums chart.
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
- Randy Owen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, vocals
Additional Musicians
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- Gary Prim – acoustic piano, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, harmonica
- Randy Kohrs – acoustic guitar, dobro
- James Alan Shelton – acoustic guitar
- Larry Paxton – electric guitar, nylon string guitar, acoustic bass, bass guitar, string arrangements
- Steve Sparkman – banjo
- Nathan Stanley – mandolin
- Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
- Dewey Brown III – fiddle
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
- Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
- Kirsten Cassi – cello
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Bruce Christensen – viola
- Christopher Farrell – viola
- Gary Vanosdale – viola
- David Davidson – violin
- Conni Ellisor – violin
- Carolyn Huebel – violin
- Pamela Sixfin – violin
- Alan Umstead – violin
- Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
- Bailey Barnes – backing vocals
- Karstin Brewis – backing vocals
- Kensley Brewis – backing vocals
- David Burt – backing vocals
- Sawyer Burt – backing vocals
- Michael Curtis – backing vocals
- Melinda Doolittle – backing vocals
- Kim Fleming – backing vocals
- Ella Fowler – backing vocals
- Abby Fraebel – backing vocals
- Griffin Horton – backing vocals
- Kaden Horton – backing vocals
- Rebecca Isaacs Bowman –backing vocals (5)
- Ben Isaacs – backing vocals (5)
- Nathan Isaacs – backing vocals (5)
- Alexis Lutz – backing vocals
- Emma Lutz – backing vocals
- Jesse Lutz – backing vocals
- Belinda Wallace – backing vocals
- Nathan Young – backing vocals
- Ralph Stanley – vocals (9)
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Chart performance
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! Chart (2006) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums
| align="center"| 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200
| align="center"| 15 |
Awards
In 2007, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/gma07awards.htm 38th Annual GMA Awards] on About.com
References
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