Get Ready (Virtue album)

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Get Ready
Virtue - Get Ready.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 1999 [1]
Recorded19981999
Genre Gospel
Urban Contemporary Gospel
R&B [2]
Length48:12
Label Verity Records [3]
Producer Mark and Joey Kibble [4]
Virtue chronology
Virtue
(1997)
Get Ready
(1999)
Virtuosity
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Get Ready is the second album by the gospel group Virtue, released in 1999. [5] [3] [6] The album contains the singles "Get Ready," "Love Me Like You Do," "Angels Watching Over Me," and "Put Your War Clothes On."

Contents

The album is a mixture of adult contemporary, gospel, and soul musical styles. [6]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "emotionally and sonically ambitious," writing that "the quartet's amazing harmonies carry urban, gospel and R&B settings equally well." [4]

Track listing

  1. Get Ready - 4:44
  2. Put Your War Clothes On - 4:15
  3. Now's the Time - 4:10
  4. Angels Watching Over Me - 4:34
  5. Fly Away - 4:21
  6. My Heart's With You - 4:11
  7. Love Me Like You Do - 4:17
  8. Super Victorious - 3:48
  9. You Encourage My Soul - 4:31
  10. Don't Take Your Joy - 4:28
  11. Be Grateful - 4:53

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [7] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 22
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [9] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [10] 27

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