How Great Thou Art (Willie Nelson album)

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How Great Thou Art
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ReleasedSummer 1996
RecordedJuly 1996
Genre Country
Length40:18
Label Fine Arts Records
Producer Willie Nelson, Fred Fletcher, Bobbie Nelson
Willie Nelson chronology
Spirit
(1996)
How Great Thou Art
(1996)
Hill Country Christmas
(1997)
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How Great Thou Art is a collaboration album by country singer Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie Nelson.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "How Great Thou Art" - 3:51
  2. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - 4:12
  3. "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)" - 5:17
  4. "Kneel at the Feet of Jesus" - 2:34
  5. "Just as I Am" - 3:40
  6. "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" - 6:59
  7. "Farther Along" - 5:21
  8. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" - 3:19
  9. "In the Garden" - 5:05

Personnel

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. How Great Thou Art at AllMusic