All Time Gospel Favorites

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All Time Gospel Favorites
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1997 (1997-08)
Recorded1996–1997
StudioReflections Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre
Length70:45
Label Heartland Music
Producer Jerry Kennedy
Loretta Lynn chronology
Making More Memories
(1994)
All Time Gospel Favorites
(1997)
Still Country
(2000)
Alternate cover
LorettaLynnAllTimeReissue.jpg
Cover art for 2004 and 2012 Time Life editions.

All Time Gospel Favorites is the fortieth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released in August 1997, by Heartland Music. [1] It was only sold for a limited time. It was re-released on May 25, 2004, by Time Life Records, in an abbreviated 20 track edition with new cover art. [2] Time Life Records would release a 10 track edition on April 24, 2012, with the same cover art as the 2004 edition. [3]

Contents

All Time Gospel Favorites was the first album Lynn recorded following the death of her husband, Oliver Lynn, in August 1996. It is an album of gospel songs. Some are new versions of songs Lynn had previously recorded on her three gospel albums, Hymns (1965), Who Says God Is Dead! (1968), and God Bless America Again (1972). Some are new songs that Lynn had not previously recorded.

Track listing

Original release
Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Great Thou Art"Stuart K. Hine3:06
2."Precious Memories"J.B.F. Wright3:33
3."In the Sweet By and By"Samuel Fillmore Bennett, J.P. Webster2:36
4."Amazing Grace"John Newton2:36
5."When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder"James Milton Black2:44
6."What a Friend We Have in Jesus"Charles C. Converse, Joseph Medlicott Scriven3:53
7."Wings of a Dove"Robert B. Ferguson2:12
8."Are You Washed in the Blood?"Elisha A. Hoffman1:56
9."Just a Closer Walk with Thee"Traditional2:59
10."Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"Unknown2:27
11."(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)"Thomas A. Dorsey3:06
12."I Feel Like Traveling On"P.D.2:35
13."Old Rugged Cross"George Bernard2:54
Total length:36:37
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"Charles H. Gabriel2:06
2."In the Garden"C. Austin Miles2:30
3."I'd Rather Have Jesus"George Shea, Rhea Miller2:37
4."I'll Fly Away"Albert E. Brumley Sr.1:54
5."Softly and Tenderly"Will Lamartine Thompson3:39
6."A Message from Jesus" (feat. Ernest Ray Lynn)Ernest Ray Lynn3:58
7."Unclouded Day"J.K. Alwood2:10
8."Old Time Religion"Traditional1:50
9."Put Your Hand in the Hand"Gene MacLellan2:44
10."If I Could Her My Mother Pray Again"Traditional2:15
11."The Church in the Wildwood"William Savage Pitts2:57
12."I Believe"Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman2:34
13."When They Ring Those Golden Bells"Dion DeMarbelle2:54
Total length:34:08
2004 Time Life edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Great Thou Art"Stuart K. Hine3:06
2."Precious Memories"J.B.F. Wright3:33
3."In the Sweet By and By"Samuel Fillmore Bennett, J.P. Webster2:36
4."Amazing Grace"John Newton2:36
5."When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder"James Milton Black2:44
6."What a Friend We Have in Jesus"Charles C. Converse, Joseph Medlicott Scriven3:53
7."Wings of a Dove"Robert B. Ferguson2:12
8."Just a Closer Walk with Thee"Traditional2:59
9."Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"Unknown2:27
10."(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)"Thomas A. Dorsey3:06
11."I Feel Like Traveling On"P.D.2:35
12."Old Rugged Cross"George Bernard2:54
13."Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"Charles H. Gabriel2:06
14."In the Garden"C. Austin Miles2:30
15."I'd Rather Have Jesus"George Shea, Rhea Miller2:37
16."I'll Fly Away"Albert E. Brumley Sr.1:54
17."Softly and Tenderly"Will Lamartine Thompson3:39
18."Unclouded Day"J.K. Alwood2:10
19."Old Time Religion"Traditional1:50
20."If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again"Traditional2:15
Total length:53:42
2012 Time Life edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder"James Milton Black2:44
2."Just a Closer Walk with Thee"Traditional2:59
3."Amazing Grace"John Newton2:36
4."I Feel Like Traveling On"P.D.2:35
5."Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"Unknown2:27
6."Old Rugged Cross"George Bernard2:54
7."If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again"Traditional2:15
8."What a Friend We Have in Jesus"Charles C. Converse, Joseph Medlicott Scriven3:53
9."Old Time Religion"Traditional1:50
10."In the Garden"C. Austin Miles2:30
Total length:26:43

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

Musicians:

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References

  1. "Loretta Lynn - All Time Gospel Favorites". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. "Loretta Lynn - All Time Gospel Favorites". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. "All Time Gospel Favorites". Time Life/WEA. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2017.