Greatest Hymns

Greatest Hymns
Studio album by Selah
Released August 23, 2005
Genre CCM, Christmas music
Label Curb Records
Selah chronology
Hiding Place
(2004)
Greatest Hymns
(2005)
Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album
(2006)
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Greatest Hymns is a studio album from the Contemporary Christian group Selah. It was released in August 2005 on Curb Records. The album contains renditions of classic Christian hymns.

Track listing

  1. "Be Thou My Vision" (Eleanor Hull) – 3:17
  2. "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" (Thomas Chisholm, William M. Runyan) – 5:38
  3. "Bika Mono Ve (Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior)"/"It Is Well with My Soul" (Francis J. Crosby, William H. Doane) – 5:42
  4. "There Is a Fountain" (William Cowper, Lowell Mason) – 4:01
  5. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 3:27
  6. "How Great Thou Art" (Stuart K. Hine) – 6:12
  7. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Charles H. Gabriel, Civilla D. Martin) – 3:42
  8. "Be Still My Soul"/"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles C. Converse, Joseph M. Scriven, Jean Sibelius, Katharina Von Schlegel) – 3:56
  9. "By and By (We'll Understand It Better By and By)" (Jim Smith, Marcella Smith, Todd Smith, Charles Tindley) – 3:32
  10. "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" (Isaac Watts) – 4:02
  11. "Part the Waters"/"I Need Thee Every Hour" (Charles F. Brown, Annie Hawks, Robert Lowry) – 3:12
  12. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"/"Just a Closer Walk with Thee" (Thomas A. Dorsey, Traditional Spiritual) – 5:08
  13. "There Is Power in the Blood" (Lewis Jones) – 3:08
  14. "O Sacred Head Now Wounded" – 4:46
  15. "Be Thou Near to Me" (David Grow) – 3:32

Awards

At the 37th GMA Dove Awards, the album was nominated for two Dove Awards for Inspirational Album of the Year and Worship Song of the Year ("Be Thou My Vision").[1]

Chart performance

The album peaked at #117 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on Billboard's Christian Albums where it remained for 52 weeks.[2]

References

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