Her Greatest Inspirational Songs | ||||
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Released | March 19, 2002 | |||
Recorded | Original tracks recorded between December 1976 and February 1985 | |||
Genre | Gospel/Christian | |||
Length | 59:18 | |||
Label | RCA/BMG Heritage | |||
Producer | Paul Williams | |||
Amy Grant chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Her Greatest Inspirational Songs is a compilation album by Amy Grant. Focusing on songs from the early years of Grant's career from 1977 to 1985. It was released after Sony BMG acquired the rights to the catalog spanning that period.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" | Rich Mullins | Age to Age (1982) | 3:18 |
2. | "Doubly Good to You" | Mullins | Straight Ahead (1984) | 3:15 |
3. | "Never Give You Up" | Amy Grant, Brown Bannister, Marie Tomlinson | My Father's Eyes (1979) | 3:22 |
4. | "All That I Need Is You" | Grant | My Father's Eyes | 3:32 |
5. | "In a Little While" | Grant, Bannister, Gary Chapman, Shane Keister | Age to Age | 4:25 |
6. | "I Have Decided" | Michael Card | Age to Age | 3:18 |
7. | "Family" | Grant | Never Alone (1980) | 2:40 |
8. | "Old Man's Rubble" | Bannister | Amy Grant (1977) | 2:59 |
9. | "Mountain Top" | Bannister | Amy Grant | 3:41 |
10. | "Thy Word" | Grant, Smith | Straight Ahead | 3:22 |
11. | "Beautiful Music" | Lanier Ferguson | Amy Grant | 3:04 |
12. | "The Lord Has a Will" | Barbara Hudson, Mike Hudson | Amy Grant | 2:41 |
13. | "Who to Listen To" | Chapman, Tim Marsh, Mark Wright | Unguarded (1985) | 4:25 |
14. | "Brand New Start" | Grant | Amy Grant | 2:54 |
15. | "Jehovah" | Geoffrey P. Thurman | Straight Ahead | 6:00 |
16. | "All I Ever Have to Be" | Chapman | Never Alone | 2:37 |
17. | "The Now and the Not Yet" | Pam Mark Hall | Straight Ahead | 3:35 |
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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US Top Contemporary Christian | 37 |
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