Songs of Inspiration
Songs of Inspiration is the twentieth studio album and the 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. The album has sold 170,000 copies as of September 2015. It ranked at No. 15 on Billboard 200 album charts and No. 1 on Billboard Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" - 4:10
- "In the Garden" - 3:28
- "Amazing Grace" - 3:35
- "How Great Thou Art" - 4:26
- "I Need Thee" - 2:09
- "Old Shep" - 3:06
- "Jesus Loves Me" - 3:19
- "Silent Night" - 3:31
- "I Am the Man Thomas" - 2:02
- "Rock of Ages" - 2:36
- "In the Sweet By and By" - 3:28
- "The Old Rugged Cross" - 3:09
- "What Will I Leave Behind" - 2:40
- "One Big Heaven" - 4:16
- "Rain" - 3:35
Personnel
Alabama- Jeff Cook – electric guitar, vocals
- Randy Owen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, vocals
- Gary Prim – acoustic piano, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, harmonica
- Randy Kohrs – acoustic guitar, dobro
- James Alan Shelton – acoustic guitar
- Larry Paxton – electric guitar, nylon string guitar, acoustic bass, bass guitar, string arrangements
- Steve Sparkman – banjo
- Nathan Stanley – mandolin
- Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
- Dewey Brown III – fiddle
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
- Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
- Kirsten Cassi – cello
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Bruce Christensen – viola
- Christopher Farrell – viola
- Gary Vanosdale – viola
- David Davidson – violin
- Conni Ellisor – violin
- Carolyn Huebel – violin
- Pamela Sixfin – violin
- Alan Umstead – violin
- Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
- Bailey Barnes – backing vocals
- Karstin Brewis – backing vocals
- Kensley Brewis – backing vocals
- David Burt – backing vocals
- Sawyer Burt – backing vocals
- Michael Curtis – backing vocals
- Melinda Doolittle – backing vocals
- Kim Fleming – backing vocals
- Ella Fowler – backing vocals
- Abby Fraebel – backing vocals
- Griffin Horton – backing vocals
- Kaden Horton – backing vocals
- Rebecca Isaacs Bowman –backing vocals
- Ben Isaacs – backing vocals
- Nathan Isaacs – backing vocals
- Alexis Lutz – backing vocals
- Emma Lutz – backing vocals
- Jesse Lutz – backing vocals
- Belinda Wallace – backing vocals
- Nathan Young – backing vocals
- Ralph Stanley – vocals