God Is Abundant

Studio album by Connie Smith

Released

November 1973

Recorded

1973
(Columbia Recording Studio)
(Nashville, TN)

George Richey

Connie Smith chronology

Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
(1973)

God Is Abundant
(1973)

That's the Way Love Goes
(1974)

God Is Abundant is the twenty second studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in November 1973 on Columbia Records and was produced by George Richey. It was Smith's first album of Gospel music for the Columbia and her fourth Gospel album overall.

Background and release

God Is Abundant consisted of eleven new tracks record by Connie Smith. The album was recorded in 1973 at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. At Columbia, Smith was permitted to record more Gospel material, therefore, God Is Abundant was released in 1973.^[1] It contained cover versions of Dottie Rambo's "Remind Me Dear Lord," Porter Wagoner's "When I Sing for Him," Dolly Parton's "Golden Streets of Glory," and Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me." The album was released on a 12-inch LP album, with six songs on the record's first side and five on the record's second side.^[2] No singles were released from the album.

God Is Abundant also charted, reaching #20 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart, becoming Smith's final album to chart in the Top 20.^[3]

Track listing

Side one

"God Is Abundant" – (Marie Boyer)
"Well of His Mercy" – (Wayne Manning)
"When I Sing for Him" – (Porter Wagoner)
"You Can Move That Mountain" – (Dannie Lee)
"Remind Me Dear Lord" – (Dottie Rambo)
"At the Foot of the Cross" – (Larry Lee)

Side two

"Why Me" – (Kris Kristofferson)
"The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" – (Dallas Frazier, Sanger D. Shafer)
"Help Me" – (Larry Gatlin)
"Golden Streets of Glory" – (Dolly Parton)
"He Did It All for Me" – (Duane Allen, Sager Powell)

Sales chart positions

Albums

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	20

References

↑ Bush, John. "Connie Smith > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "God Is Abundant by Connie Smith". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "Charts & awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

Connie Smith

Albums Singles

Solo studio albums	Connie Smith Cute 'n' Country Miss Smith Goes to Nashville Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs Born to Sing Downtown Country Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson Soul of Country Music I Love Charley Brown Sunshine and Rain Connie's Country Back in Baby's Arms I Never Once Stopped Loving You Where Is My Castle Just One Time Come Along and Walk with Me Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs A Lady Named Smith God Is Abundant That's the Way Love Goes I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before) I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel Joy to the World The Song We Fell in Love To I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore Pure Connie Smith New Horizons Connie Smith Long Line of Heartaches

Collaborative studio albums	Young Love Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith Love Never Fails

Other albums	Connie in the Country Love Is the Look You're Looking for Dream Painter Connie Smith Now Live in Branson, MO, USA

Compilation albums	The Best of Connie Smith The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own City Lights: Country Favorites Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 The Best of Connie Smith Greatest Hits on Monument The Essential Connie Smith Connie Smith Sings Her Hits

See also	Marty Stuart Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Grand Ole Opry RCA Victor Records

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