Songs of Inspiration

Songs of Inspiration
Studio album by Alabama
Released	October 24, 2006
Genre	Country, Christian
Length	49:30
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Randy Owen
Alabama chronology
Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection (2006) Songs of Inspiration (2006) Songs of Inspiration II (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Songs of Inspiration is the twentieth studio album, and 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]

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

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

Additional Musicians

• Bailey Barnes – background vocals
• Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
• Karstin Brewis – background vocals
• Kensley Brewis – background vocals
• Dewey Brown III – fiddle
• David Burt – background vocals
• Sawyer Burt – background vocals
• Kirsten Cassi – cello
• Mark Casstevens – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Bruce Christensen – viola
• Michael Curtis – background vocals
• David Davidson – violin
• Melinda Doolittle – background vocals
• Connie Ellisor – violin
• Christopher Farrell – viola
• Kim Fleming – background vocals
• Ella Fowler – background vocals
• Abby Fraebel – background vocals
• Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
• Griffin Horton – background vocals
• Kaden Horton – background vocals
• Carolyn Huebel – violin
• Rebecca Isaacs Bowman – background vocals
• Ben Isaacs – background vocals
• Nathan Isaacs – background vocals
• Randy Kohrs – dobro, acoustic guitar
• Anthony LaMarchina – cello
• Alexis Lutz – background vocals
• Emma Lutz – background vocals
• Jesse Lutz – background vocals
• Joey Miskulin – accordion
• Gary Van Osdale – viola
• Mary Kathryn Van Osdale – violin
• Larry Paxton – acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, string arrangements
• Gary Prim – Hammond Organ, piano, synthesizer
• James Alan Shelton – acoustic guitar
• Pamela Sixfin – violin
• Steve Sparkman – banjo
• Nathan Stanley – mandolin
• Ralph Stanley – vocals on "I Am the Man Thomas"
• Alan Umstead – violin
• Belinda Wallace – background vocals
• Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
• Nathan Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	15

Awards

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. allmusic ((( Songs of Inspiration > Charts & Awards )))
3. Wade Jessen (September 5, 2013). "Alabama Earns Highest Charting Album on Billboard 200". Billboard.
4. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
5. 38th Annual GMA Awards on About.com