''Favorite Hymns'' is the forty-fifth album by American singer/guitarist
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting ''The Glen Campbell Goodt ...
, released in 1989 (see
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*1989 in country music
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). In the liner notes, Campbell stated: "This album with the exception of "I See Love" and "Talk Oak Tree", is made up of songs I learned as a child, in a little country church in
Billstown, Arkansas
Billstown (also Bills Town, Bills) is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. Billstown is located on Arkansas Highway 301 near the Little Missouri River. First settled in 1858, Billstown has active timber and some ...
. What a great message in these songs. I thank God for the privileged of recording them".
Track listing
# "Standing on the Promises" (Traditional) – 2:33
# "
What A Friend We Have in Jesus
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother, who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, a ...
" (Traditional) – 3:08
# "Softly and Tenderly" (Traditional) – 3:46
# "Sweet Hour of Prayer" (Traditional) – 3:08
# "
I Surrender All
"I Surrender All" is a Christian hymn, with words written by American art teacher and musician Judson W. Van DeVenter (1855–1939), who subsequently became a music minister and evangelist. It was put to music by Winfield S. Weeden (1847–1908), a ...
" (Traditional) – 3:13
# "
The Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, is a central Christian prayer which Jesus taught as the way to pray. Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gosp ...
" (
Albert Hay Malotte
Albert Hay Malotte (May 19, 1895 – November 16, 1964) was an American pianist, organist, composer and educator, best known for his musical setting of "The Lord's Prayer".
Biography and career
Malotte was the son of Charles and Katherine (Donav ...
) – 2:22
# "Tall Oak Tree" (
Dorsey Burnette
Dorsey William Burnett Jr. (December 28, 1932 – August 19, 1979) was an American early rockabilly singer. With his younger brother Johnny Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, he was a founder member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He is also ...
) – 3:10
# "
Sweet By and By" (Traditional) – 2:48
# "I See Love" (Micheal Smotherman) – 2:35
# "
Farther Along" (Traditional) – 3:48
# "
In the Garden" (
C. Austin Miles
Charles Austin Miles (January 7, 1868March 10, 1946) was a prolific American writer of gospel songs, who is best known for his 1912 hymn " In the Garden".
He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Pennsylvania. I ...
) – 3:57
# "
Suddenly There's a Valley
"Suddenly There's a Valley" is a popular song written by Chuck Meyer and Biff Jones and published in 1955.
The song was a major hit for Gogi Grant (one of only two major ones she had, and one of three that charted for her) in 1955. Her recording ...
" (Chuck Meyer, Biff Jones) – 2:56
Personnel
*Glen Campbell – vocals, lead guitar
*Kim Darigan – bass guitar
*Craig Fall – guitar
*T.J. Kuenster – piano, synthesizer
*Steve Turner – drums
Production
*Glen Campbell – producer
*
Marty Paich
Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kento ...
– producer, string arrangements and conductor
*Tom Knox – rhythm engineer
*
Al Schmitt
Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...
– string/mix engineer
*Randall Martin – illustration
*Tal Howell Design – design
*Terri Short – art direction
References
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Glen Campbell albums
1989 albums
Albums arranged by Marty Paich