Nearer My God to Thee (album)

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Nearer My God to Thee
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Studio album by
The Louvin Brothers
Released1957
Genre Bluegrass gospel [1]
Label Capitol
Producer Ken Nelson
The Louvin Brothers chronology
Tragic Songs of Life
(1956)		Nearer My God to Thee
(1957)		 Ira and Charlie
(1958)
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Nearer My God to Thee is a bluegrass gospel album by American country music duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1957. [2] [3]

Contents

It was the duo's first Gospel album for Capitol after the release of several Gospel singles from 1952-1955. All those single releases would later be collected on one album, The Family Who Prays .

Reissues

Track listing

  1. "Are You Washed in the Blood?" (Mark Johnson, Traditional) – 2:25
  2. "Nearer, My God, to Thee" (Lowell Mason, Traditional) – 2:49
  3. "Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus" (Hazel Houser, Smith) – 2:48
  4. "I Can't Say No" (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) – 2:37
  5. "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone" (C. E. Dunham, T. Ramsey) – 2:26
  6. "There's No Excuse" (Louvin, Louvin) – 3:02
  7. "This Little Light of Mine" (Traditional) – 2:32
  8. "Praying" (Hazel Houser) – 2:43
  9. "Thankful" (Louvin, Louvin) – 2:57
  10. "Lord, I'm Coming Home" (Traditional) – 3:15
  11. "Last Chance to Pray" (Louvin, Louvin) – 2:42
  12. "I Steal Away and Pray" (Louvin, Louvin) – 2:28

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Allmusic entry for Nearer My God to Thee Retrieved January 2010.
  3. ↑ Wolfe, Charles K. (1996). In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers . Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp.  91. ISBN   0-87805-892-3. satan is real louvin brothers.
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