Get Ready (Virtue album)

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Get Ready
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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

No.TitleLength
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
Total length:48:12

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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