Track Listing
1. Hallelujah! We Shall Rise - (with Ann Downing/Squire Parsons/Amy Lambert/Mike Allen)
2. At Calvary - (with The Homecoming Friends)
3. Beautiful Life, A - (with The Florida Boys)
4. He Will Lead His Children Home - (with The Homecoming Friends)
5. I'd Rather Be an Old-Time Christian - (with Reggie Smith/Jim Hamill/Ben Speer/Gene McDonald)
6. Rose Among the Thorns, A - (with The Bishops)
7. God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds - (with The Hayes Family)
8. He Giveth More Grace - (with Reggie Smith/Ladyelove Smith)
9. Grace Greater Than Our Sin
10. Nothing But the Blood - (with The Homecoming Friends/Buddy Greene)
11. Wayfaring Stranger - (with The Isaacs)
12. Joy Unspeakable - (with Joy Gardner/Tanya Goodman Sykes/Wesley Pritchard/Sarah DeLane)
13. Just a Little Talk With Jesus - (with Larry Ford/Stephen Hill/Lillie Knauls)
14. Life's Railway to Heaven - (with Buddy Mullins/Joy Gardner/Stephen Hill)
15. Without Him - (with Jake Hess/Wesley Pritchard/Woody Wright/George Younce/Hovie Lister)
16. Does Jesus Care? - (with Ivan Parker)
17. Old Account Was Settlled Long Ago, The - (with Terry Blackwood/Calvin Newton/Lillie Knauls)
18. Satisfied - (with The Gaither Vocal Band)
19. Softly and Tenderly - (with Cynthia Clawson)
| Details | | Producer: | Bill Gaither | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Bill & Gloria Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (vocals, various instruments); Cynthia Clawson, George Younce, Hovie Lister, Ivan Parker, Jake Hess, Joy Gardner, Larry Ford, Lillie Knauls, Mike Allen, Amy Lambert, Ann Downing, Reggie Smith, Sarah DeLane, Squire Parsons, Stephen Hill, Tanya Goodman Sykes, Terry Blackwood , Wesley Pritchard, Woody Wright, Lady Love Smith, Buddy Mullins, Calvin Newton (vocals); Buddy Greene (harmonica); The Florida Boys, The Hayes Family, The Isaacs.
In 2005, the Christian-music empire created by Bill & Gloria Gaither & Their Homecoming Friends was as expansive as ever. On HYMNS, the group gathers to explore its favorite songs of praise and joy, and it's a more somber affair than the companion piece released during the same week, CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD.
HYMNS is drenched in variety, with no one sound dominating. On "A Beautiful Life," the Florida Boys offer harmonies straight out of a barbershop quartet's playbook, while "I'd Rather Be an Old-Time Christian" revels in Carter Family-era folk. The Hayes Family blends 1970s pop with '80s country spirit on the playful "God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds," and Reggie & Ladye Love Smith turn the ear back to a classic choral tune on "He Giveth More Grace." A lonely harmonica graces "Nothing But the Blood," which calls together the whole clan for a quiet story that leads to an inspired reinterpretation of "Wayfaring Stranger." Cynthia Clawson closes the affair on a soft, a cappella note with the sweet "Softly and Tenderly."
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