Songs of Inspiration explained

Songs of Inspiration
Type:studio
Artist:Alabama
Cover:SongsofInspiration.jpg
Genre:Inspirational country
Length:49:30
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Randy Owen
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Songs of Inspiration II
Next Year:2007

Songs of Inspiration[1] 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.[2] [3] The album has sold 170,000 copies as of September 2015.[4] It ranked at No. 15 on Billboard 200 album charts and No. 1 on Billboard Country Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Civilla D. Martin, Charles H. Gabriel) - 4:10
  2. "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) - 3:28
  3. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) - 3:35
  4. "How Great Thou Art" (Stuart K. Hine) - 4:26
  5. "I Need Thee" (Annie S. Hawks, Robert Lowry) - 2:09
  6. "Old Shep" (Red Foley) - 3:06
  7. "Jesus Loves Me" (William Batchelder Bradbury, David Rutherford McGuire, Anna Bartlett Warner) - 3:19
  8. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) - 3:31
  9. "I Am the Man Thomas" (Larry Sparks, Ralph Stanley) - 2:02
  10. "Rock of Ages" (Augustus Montague Toplady, Thomas Hastings) - 2:36
  11. "In the Sweet By and By" (Sanford F. Bennett, Joseph Philbrick Webster) - 3:28
  12. "The Old Rugged Cross" (George Bennard) - 3:09
  13. "What Will I Leave Behind" (Sherrill Brown) - 2:40
  14. "One Big Heaven" (Randy Owen) - 4:16
  15. "Rain" (Owen) - 3:35

Personnel

Alabama

Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2006)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums1
U.S. Billboard 20015

Awards

In 2007, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.motivatorindia.in/2020/03/motivational-songs-in-hindi.html Best Motivational Songs in Hindi
  2. allmusic (((Songs of Inspiration > Charts & Awards)))
  3. Web site: Alabama Earns Highest Charting Album on Billboard 200. Wade Jessen . September 5, 2013 . Billboard.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917090733/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . September 17, 2015 . Upcoming Releases . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures .
  5. http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/gma07awards.htm 38th Annual GMA Awards