| Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album | ||||
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| Released | August 8, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary Christian music | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
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Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album is an album from contemporary Christian group Selah. It features the collaboration of other artists of the genre in each song. The album was released on August 8, 2006.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bless the Broken Road" (featuring Melodie Crittenden) | Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, Marcus Hummon | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Gentle Healer" (featuring Amy Perry) | Michael Card | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Glory" (featuring Nichole Nordeman) | Nichole Nordeman | 4:12 |
| 4. | "I Will Sing of My Redeemer" (featuring BarlowGirl) | Chad Cates, Todd Smith, Tony Wood | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Follow Jesus (Landa Yesu)" (featuring Nicole C. Mullen) | Cates, James Smith, Smith, Wood | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Mary Sweet Mary" (featuring Plumb) | Tiffany Arbuckle-Lee, Keith Thomas | 3:13 |
| 7. | "All My Tears (Be Washed Away)" (featuring Kim Hill) | Julie Miller | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Ain't No Grave" (featuring Jason Crabb & Adam Crabb) | James Hollihan, Russ Taff | 4:43 |
| 9. | "Be Thou Near to Me" (featuring Amy Perry) | David Grow | 3:34 |
| 10. | "The Faithful One" (featuring Christy Nockels) | Chris Eaton, Brian Gene White | 5:47 |
| 11. | "Sweet Jesus" (featuring Jill Phillips) | Smith, Matthew West, Wood | 3:01 |
| 12. | "Softly and Tenderly" (featuring Cynthia Clawson) | Raymond Brown, Will L. Thompson | 5:12 |
| Total length: | 48:01 | ||
At the 38th GMA Dove Awards, the album won a Dove Awards for Inspirational Album of the Year. [2] The title song was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Song of the Year, while the song "Glory" (featuring Nichole Nordeman) was nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year. [3]
The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard's Christian Albums where it remained for 39 weeks. The title song also peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Christian Songs. [4]
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