- gospel
- 12 tracks
- Capitol Records
Hymns is a 1956 studio album by Tennessee Ernie Ford, released in 1957. It was the second-best-selling record in the United States in 1957. The album is one of the best selling of all time, and spent 277 weeks on the Billboard 200. The album was re-recorded in stereo in 1962 and assigned the catalog number ST 756, while the original 1957 mono recording remained in the Capitol catalog as T 756.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Who at My Door Is Standing
- A2Rock of Ages
- A3Softly and Tenderly
- A4Sweet Hour of Prayer
- A5My Task
- A6Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
- B1The Ninety and Nine
- B2The Old Rugged Cross
- B3When They Ring the Golden Bells
- B4In the Garden
- B5Ivory Palaces
- B6Others
About the album
- Artist
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1956
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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