Songs of Inspiration II explained

Songs of Inspiration II
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alabama
Cover:	Alabama-songs-inspiration-2.jpg
Genre:	Inspirational country
Length:	43:05
Label:	RCA Nashville
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Songs of Inspiration II is the twenty-first studio album and the second gospel album by American country music group Alabama, released on March 27, 2007.^[1] It was their final studio album for the RCA Records label. The album peaked at No. 33 in Billboard 200 album charts., No. on the Christian Album chart and No. 3 on the Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "I Am a Pilgrim" (Traditional; arr. Randy Owen) - 4:21
2. "Church in the Wildwood" (Traditional; arr. Owen) - 3:01
3. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (Ada R. Habershon, Charles H. Gabriel) - 4:45
4. "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" (John Whitfield Vaughan, James Rowe; arr. Randy Owen) - 3:20
5. "Suppertime" (Ira Stanphill) - 2:50
6. "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional; arr. Owen) - 2:49
7. "Precious Memories" (J.B.F. Wright, Lonnie B. Combs; arr. Owen) - 3:50
8. "Lonesome Valley" (Traditional; arr. Owen) - 2:49
9. "The Refrain of John Dillon James" (Ronnie Rogers) - 3:41
10. "Love Lifted Me" (Rowe, Howard E. Smith; arr. Owen) - 3:17
11. "When It Comes My Time" (Teddy Gentry) - 3:24
12. "One Life" (Buck Moore, Eric Todd) - 2:55
13. "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith; arr. Owen) - 2:03

Personnel

Alabama

• Jeff Cook  - electric guitar, vocals
• Teddy Gentry  - bass guitar, vocals
• Randy Owen  - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals

Additional Musicians

• David Angell  - violin
• Monisa Angell  - viola
• Eddie Bayers  - drums, percussion
• Jason Carter  - fiddle
• Kristen Cassell  - cello
• Mark Casstevens  - banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• John Catchings  - cello
• Bruce Christensen  - viola
• Michael Curtis  - background vocals
• Dan Dugmore  - steel guitar
• Connie Ellisor  - violin
• Carl Gorodetzky  - string contractor, violin
• Jim Grosjean  - viola
• Aubrey Haynie  - fiddle, mandolin
• Jim Horn  - saxophone
• Randy Kohrs  - dobro, acoustic guitar
• Anthony LaMarchina  - cello
• Del McCoury  - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Rob McCoury  - banjo
• Ronnie McCoury  - banjo, background vocals
• Joey Miskulin  - accordion
• Craig Nelson  - bass guitar
• Gary Van Osdale  - viola
• Mary Kathryn Van Osdale  - violin
• Larry Paxton  - arch guitar, acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, string arrangements
• Gary Prim  - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer
• Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen  - cello
• Pamela Sixfin  - violin
• Alan Umstead  - violin
• Catherine Umstead  - violin
• Kristin Wilkinson  - string arrangements

Chart performance

Songs of Inspiration II peaked at #33 on Billboard 200, #3 on Billboard Country Albums, and #1 on Billboard Christian Albums.^[2]

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	33

Awards

In 2008, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010-11-22. New single from Alabama on Waylon Jennings tribute album. 2021-06-01. al. en.
2. Songs of Inspiration II
3. http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/news/021508doves.aspx Nominations Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards