| Avalon: The Greatest Hits | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Avalon |
| Cover: | AvalonTheGreatestHits.jpg |
| Released: | February 10, 2009 |
| Recorded: | 1996–2009 |
| Genre: | Contemporary Christian music, inspirational |
| Length: | 73:29[1] |
| Label: | Sparrow |
| Producer: | Brown Bannister, Charlie Peacock, Tedd Tjornhom, Shaun Shankel, Chris Harris |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Reborn |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Avalon: The Greatest Hits (2009) is a greatest hits album by Contemporary Christian music vocal group Avalon. Titles appearing on the album include fan-favorites "Give It Up", "Adonai", "Can't Live A Day", "All", and "You Were There", as well as "Testify To Love", the latter of which became the longest-running No. 1 Adult Contemporary song in the history of the CCM Update AC chart.[2] Also included is then-new recording and radio single, "Still My God". The song garnered immediate attention and success, eventually becoming Avalon's 21st career #1 radio hit.[3] In addition, the song peaked at #2 on Radio & Records' Soft AC/Inspo chart.
Avalon: The Greatest Hits is the third greatest hits album released by Avalon alongside record label Sparrow Records, the first being 2003's offering Testify To Love: The Very Best Of Avalon. Avalon: The Greatest Hits marked the end of the quartet's career with Sparrow,[4] fulfilling a contract that spanned over a decade. Despite this, the group soon after released a new, studio album on E1 Music, aptly titled Reborn, on September 15, 2009.[5]
| Title | Writer(s) | Original Album (Year) | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Testify to Love" | Paul Field, Henk Pool, Robert Riekerk, Ralph Van Manen | A Maze of Grace (1997) | 4:45 | |
| 2. | "Give It Up" | Mark Heimermann, Grant Cunningham, Rikk Kittleman, Michael Passons, Janna Long | Avalon (1996) | 4:10 | |
| 3. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Cunningham, Matt Huesmann | A Maze of Grace (1997) | 3:39 | |
| 4. | "Still My God" | Adam Smith, Stephan Sharp | New Recording | 4:32 | |
| 5. | "Take You at Your Word" | Field, Cunningham | In a Different Light (1999) | 4:41 | |
| 6. | "Can't Live a Day" | Joe Beck, Connie Harrington, Ty Lacy | In a Different Light (1999) | 4:46 | |
| 7. | "The Glory" | Jim Cooper, Regie Hamm | Oxygen (2001) | 5:03 | |
| 8. | "Wonder Why" | Cunningham, Huesmann | Oxygen (2001) | 4:02 | |
| 9. | "Adonai" | Don Koch, Lorraine Ferro, Stephanie Lewis | A Maze of Grace (1997) | 4:01 | |
| 10. | "New Day" | Long, Lydia Gott, Jody McBrayer, Tedd Tjornhom | (2003) | 3:26 | |
| 11. | "Everything to Me" | Chad Cates, Sue Smith | Testify to Love: The Very Best of Avalon (2003) | 4:48 | |
| 12. | "I Don't Want to Go" | Jess Cates, Yancy Wideman | Oxygen (2001) | 5:24 | |
| 13. | "All" | Tjornhom, Ian Eskelin, Brian White | The Creed (2004) | 3:47 | |
| 14. | "You Were There" | Ben Glover | The Creed (2004) | 6:52 | |
| 15. | "Orphans of God" | Twila Lebar, Joel Lindsey | Stand (2006) | 4:29 | |
| 16. | "In Christ Alone" | Stuart Townend, Keith Getty | (2006) | 5:04 |