Songs of Inspiration

Alabama | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000ICLTEQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,727 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #25 in Music > Christian > Country & Bluegrass

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good..., October 26, 2006

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jak-uv-ol-traids (Carmichael, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs of Inspiration (Audio CD)

A friend and I picked this album up, listened and sang to it in the truck. I'm partial to the old time hymns so I smiled when I heard Randy sing these songs in the most traditional fashion (the last 2 songs being the exception....true Alabama style). The instrumental production on this album is simple but that's what I believe it should be. I felt that Alabama's focus was the words and vocal harmony on these old favorite hymns which have a lot to say. My favorite songs on the album is 'In The Garden' and 'Amazing Grace'.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music, October 25, 2006

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Alan W. Hester - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs of Inspiration (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful and very inspirational album. Randy Owen's voice sounds great, even majestic. The songs are great memories for me. The songs are sung the way Randy likely heard them sung growing up in rural Alabama in the 1950's, with soul, spirit, and feeling. The emphasis is on the words and the meaning of the words. There is a minimum of "arrangement" - if your looking for modern Christian rock or even over-arranged horns, you're looking in the wrong place. Tremendous song choices, although I would have liked to have heard Fly Away. Great emotion and a collection I'm listening to over and over. A must have. The song Rain is Randy's original and is tremendous- should be on Radio.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That great, old time Christian sound, January 26, 2007

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs of Inspiration (Audio CD)

This album has some fifteen songs of inspiration, put together with that great Alabama style. Now, most are hymns, some so beautiful that they will bring a tear to your eye - most notably Rock Of Ages and The Old Rugged Cross. But, there's also a few other songs - Old Shep is a song about a boy's love for his dog, and One Big Heaven and Rain are newer songs of faith.

Overall, I found this to be a very good album. It's just short of great due to the inclusion of Old Shep - I really just don't know what this song is doing in with fourteen Christian songs. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice song, it's just out of place. But, that said, I do love this album, and have gotten hours of pleasure listening to it. I recommend this album to all lovers of that great, old time Christian sound.