Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel | |
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Compilation album by various artists | |
Released | June 15, 2004 |
Genre | Country |
Length | 42:35 |
Label | Sparrow |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel is a Christian country album with various artists. It was released on June 15, 2004 via Sparrow Records.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'll Fly Away" | Albert E. Brumley | Keith Urban | 4:47 |
2. | "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" | Traditional | Cyndi Thomson | 3:38 |
3. | "Softly and Tenderly" | Traditional | Josh Turner | 3:36 |
4. | "Sweet By and By" | Traditional | Sara Evans | 3:36 |
5. | "It Is No Secret" | Stuart Hamblen | Dierks Bentley | 3:54 |
6. | "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" | Traditional | Buddy Jewell | 3:04 |
7. | "Nothing but the Blood" | Traditional | Steven Curtis Chapman and Mark Miller | 3:29 |
8. | "I Need Thee Every Hour" | Traditional | Jamie O'Neal | 3:19 |
9. | "Victory in Jesus" | Eugene M. Bartlett | Trace Adkins | 4:32 |
10. | "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" | Traditional | Joe Nichols | 4:48 |
11. | "He Touched Me" | William J. Gaither | The Isaacs | 3:52 |
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 [2] | 157 |
US Billboard Top Christian Albums [2] | 9 |
US Billboard Top Country Albums [2] | 28 |
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