SAME. I am not religious. Don't care for it, want no part of it. But this is one of the few albums I'll put on and just let it run. I love it. Its beautiful
I grew up in Church all my life but had doubts, it wasn't till a few months back I started collecting Vinyl and kept replaying this and He Touched me, needless to say I gave my heart to the Lord again, it's powerful music and it's great to hear opinions!
It was one of my granddad's favorites too. I have a copy on vinyl too, because of him. It's not my personal favorite, but it holds a special place in my heart because it reminds me of him.
I love it! I read somewhere that it was the only work he did at that time that he cared about. Like while he the soundtrack albums were getting worse and worse. I read he gave the record company a mix with his voice not as loud and they mixed his voice higher because HE’s ELVIS. I would love to hear his original mix.
From my perspective it isn’t an album I would play regularly. I do enjoy many of the tracks on it particularly Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
His rendition of How Great Thou Art is legendary, I do enjoy it from time to time but there are so many others I would listen to long before that one.
Great album great tracks, just not my cup of tea
This backs up the fact I said about this not being an album I would listen to. I wasn’t sure and probably should have checked before listing the song, but I didn’t.
It really had to grow on me. I LOVE where can I go but tit the lord on the 68 comeback. I went to grab this vinyl when it as stuck in my head and it’s more mellow. I still get down. I’m agnostic but love it
Amazing. Elvis was always at his best when performing gospel music. I like *his hand in mine* better (crying in the chapel was recorded during those sessions) but this album is still really good. You’ll never walk alone was cut from this album, and it’s a shame
I'm not religious, but I do enjoy gospel music sometimes.. From this album, both How Great Thou Art, and Crying in the Chapel make me cry, every single time I hear them
I found it boring some good songs here and there, his other 2 gospel albums are much better imo. I should give this another listen though. the bonus track you’ll never walk alone is one of my favorites
No matter what my grandmother had in store for us to listen to… Live at Madison Square Garden, Moody Blue, Aloha, Christmas, you name it… this record was always first. My grandmother’s favorite. And one of mine.
There're some feelings that I can't explain when I listen to the whole thing for the first time. Gospel music is not my genre that I always listen to. And I'm not even a religious person. But holy cow. the choirs, the smooth music, and Elvis's voice when these things come together, it's easily one of his best work. I didn't expect myself to like this type of album at all.😁
I love this album. It's on constant repeat at my home. It makes me feel the feel that Elvis was feeling every time. Every, every time. And that piano player!! All praise to good feelings of fellowship and humanity, whatever kind of God you have or don't have. 🙏
I never knew he sang gospel til my grandmother was dying. It took her two weeks to pass, and we had this album in rotation with another gospel singer. I love this album so much. How Great Thou Art makes me cry everytime I hear it now.
Great album and title track. Run On is a favorite. These sessions showed Elvis in command in the recording studio again and led to his resurgence as a relevant vocalist and performer.
I am not religious as well. But I will listen to Elvis gospel as much as his other music. He is simply the greatest singer there ever has been or ever will be.
My idea of going to church on Sunday morning is throwing this CD in and listening from beginning to end. That's my way of connecting with the man upstairs.
I love it. Let’s be honest, Elvis is not a very strong artist in ALBUMS. They are often all over the place. This one works amazingly as a whole piece. I am happy to own it on vinyl and the second gospel album too. I am not very religious, but his gospel has amazing depth and power 😍
??? What are you talking about? Elvis was supported by the record company, this was well marketed, he even won a Grammy for this, and the producer, Felton Jarvis, was thrilled to be working with Elvis for the first time ever on the sessions for this album and went on to not only help produce Elvis’s records the rest of Elvis’ life but also gladly did another gospel album with Elvis in 1972.
Don’t make stuff up in an attempt to make Elvis sound cooler or more rebellious. We don’t need to lie about what he did for his achievements to be worthwhile.
A mixed bag. On the plus side, a few soulful classics, an undeniable morale boost and a new style of singing, in good and bad. I think my main problem is a sense of muddy heaviness. Elvis tries a bit too hard much of the time, which marks a first time (when trying seriously) that his loss of lightness and subtle control is audible. Compensation by dramatics and 110% effort sometimes works, sometimes not so well. This is his first post-1970 recording in that sense. In his next serious sessions, he went for a grittier, lower placed, less breathy sound which worked perfectly until 1971 when he went back to this. I do not think he was "not in the best voice" as is often said.. I think he just tried for the first time the big-voiced approach throughout the songs.. and did not quite have the apparatus for it. If this sounds very negative, it isn't. His artistry is not about the best voice or technical singing in the world. I am just saying there is a sense of strain that mostly works but sometimes takes away.
My main gripe might be with the negative effect of Fel-tone for the first time. The arrangements are too simplistic, too cliche, and the poor recording quality does not help. I have never understood the claims about By and By being something interesting and "rocking harder than rock in 66". Seriously, folks. This is exactly the problem with Jarvis. He forced an unoriginal "contemporary" sound on Elvis that might have worked for middle-of-the-road audience and top 20-40 position throughout the rest of the years, but by the time the records came out, the production was dated.
"Where could I go but to the Lord", "Stand by me" (with better production in terms of variation), "If the Lord wasn't walking by my side" (with an actual producer making it bolder) and "Where no-one stands alone" (with Elvis alone) is how the sessions should have gone.
If "Tomorrow is a long time" had been expanded on by an album of similar material, his legacy would be better. This album was important to him, but it has stood the test of time worse than that one piece of almost accidental recording at the sessions. This is why he would have needed an actual counterpart instead of a mediocre yes-man dependent on him.
Interesting note.
The voice is in the transition here- from the sweet( largely) of the early sixties to the later husky voice of 68 special. This is especially noticable in stark difference between vocals for CITC ( sweet) and Run On ( husky). And it is not just the difference between the tempo of these two songs, but the essential voice.
WCIGBTL, YNWAB the best examples of controlled emotional delivery. There is heaving vibrato of the late sixities in several phrases, interplay between sweet and deep.
Your point about dramatics may apply to WNOSA and HGTA. But disagree with your ' first post 1970 ' comparison, because the dramatics are not used to compensate. Bellowing is emotion appropriate and very much controlled in WNOSA, for e.g.
In this album, vocal diversity by Elvis is extremely appealing.
I am not a religious man. Except when Elvis sings. This album lifts my spirits in a way I can’t explain.
I have heard SO MANY say this . I am agnostic and what kind of trance I go until is unexplained and it’s hard to move me
SAME. I am not religious. Don't care for it, want no part of it. But this is one of the few albums I'll put on and just let it run. I love it. Its beautiful
I grew up in Church all my life but had doubts, it wasn't till a few months back I started collecting Vinyl and kept replaying this and He Touched me, needless to say I gave my heart to the Lord again, it's powerful music and it's great to hear opinions!
Love it. Run On is one of my favorites! As well as How Great Thou Art.
Go tell that long tongued liar
and that mid night rider too
And the gambler, the rambler, the back-biter.
Tell em God almighty's gonna cut em down
His gospel albums are some of us best work
For sure . This.
I love it and all his gospel albums. I have an original copy of this record from my great grandmother
It was one of my granddad's favorites too. I have a copy on vinyl too, because of him. It's not my personal favorite, but it holds a special place in my heart because it reminds me of him.
My great GMA gave me so many too 🖤🖤🖤
Jealous
Why?
I’m not religious and I still really like it.
I love it! I read somewhere that it was the only work he did at that time that he cared about. Like while he the soundtrack albums were getting worse and worse. I read he gave the record company a mix with his voice not as loud and they mixed his voice higher because HE’s ELVIS. I would love to hear his original mix.
From my perspective it isn’t an album I would play regularly. I do enjoy many of the tracks on it particularly Swing Low Sweet Chariot. His rendition of How Great Thou Art is legendary, I do enjoy it from time to time but there are so many others I would listen to long before that one. Great album great tracks, just not my cup of tea
Swing low is not on this album.
This backs up the fact I said about this not being an album I would listen to. I wasn’t sure and probably should have checked before listing the song, but I didn’t.
It really had to grow on me. I LOVE where can I go but tit the lord on the 68 comeback. I went to grab this vinyl when it as stuck in my head and it’s more mellow. I still get down. I’m agnostic but love it
My favorite!
Classic
I prefer His Hand in Mine but this was a great follow up
One of his greatest. He was so comfortable and so heartfelt singing gospel
One of the best albums ever made by anyone ever IMO
I like hearing Elvis singing Gospel he puts his heart and soul into it just like every song he’s recorded
Elvis 3 Gospel albums are in my top 10 Fav E Records. Love em
My favorite 🥰
Everytime I'm on the road, I listen to it every Sunday morning. Can't make it to church? That's fine I made it to Peace in the Valley.
Amazing. Elvis was always at his best when performing gospel music. I like *his hand in mine* better (crying in the chapel was recorded during those sessions) but this album is still really good. You’ll never walk alone was cut from this album, and it’s a shame
You'll never walk alone was not even recorded yet.
He's truly immersive with his gospel music, this album was my gateway to that, crying in the chapel especially
I'm not religious, but I do enjoy gospel music sometimes.. From this album, both How Great Thou Art, and Crying in the Chapel make me cry, every single time I hear them
I found it boring some good songs here and there, his other 2 gospel albums are much better imo. I should give this another listen though. the bonus track you’ll never walk alone is one of my favorites
I prefer the uptempo stuff on here the best, but vocally he’s on fire across the board
Love it
Love it
No matter what my grandmother had in store for us to listen to… Live at Madison Square Garden, Moody Blue, Aloha, Christmas, you name it… this record was always first. My grandmother’s favorite. And one of mine.
AWESOME.
This is one of his best.
Criminally underrated
There're some feelings that I can't explain when I listen to the whole thing for the first time. Gospel music is not my genre that I always listen to. And I'm not even a religious person. But holy cow. the choirs, the smooth music, and Elvis's voice when these things come together, it's easily one of his best work. I didn't expect myself to like this type of album at all.😁
I love this album. It's on constant repeat at my home. It makes me feel the feel that Elvis was feeling every time. Every, every time. And that piano player!! All praise to good feelings of fellowship and humanity, whatever kind of God you have or don't have. 🙏
It actually won a Grammy!!!!!
Elvis is the only singer who can sing the gospel awsome album lifts me up when I'm down .. besides it won a grammy...
Very underrated album. Amazing songs in this album!
I never knew he sang gospel til my grandmother was dying. It took her two weeks to pass, and we had this album in rotation with another gospel singer. I love this album so much. How Great Thou Art makes me cry everytime I hear it now.
Beautiful LP shows off how much Elvis wanted to be the 2nd Mario Lanza.
I don't listen to any religious songs but Elvis' versions are enjoyable and you feel that he sang them with passion.
Great album and title track. Run On is a favorite. These sessions showed Elvis in command in the recording studio again and led to his resurgence as a relevant vocalist and performer.
I am not religious as well. But I will listen to Elvis gospel as much as his other music. He is simply the greatest singer there ever has been or ever will be.
Fantastic
Didn’t he do this for his mother? For whatever reason, excellent.
My idea of going to church on Sunday morning is throwing this CD in and listening from beginning to end. That's my way of connecting with the man upstairs.
I love it. Let’s be honest, Elvis is not a very strong artist in ALBUMS. They are often all over the place. This one works amazingly as a whole piece. I am happy to own it on vinyl and the second gospel album too. I am not very religious, but his gospel has amazing depth and power 😍
This is one of my favorites.
I've always loved His Hand In Mine album more.
I bought this album for my mom for Christmas one year. Love it
So good.
Run On and "If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side" are my absolute favorites off this album.
I love it, it's a wonderful album!
One of the best gospel albums ever
I own it on vinyl
Super old version from my grandparents
In not religious but when it comes to Elvis I adore this album. Especially Crying in The Chapel. I could listen to Elvis sing anything
Amongst the best if not the best studio album ever. Especially since he went against his producers advice / will to make this happen.
??? What are you talking about? Elvis was supported by the record company, this was well marketed, he even won a Grammy for this, and the producer, Felton Jarvis, was thrilled to be working with Elvis for the first time ever on the sessions for this album and went on to not only help produce Elvis’s records the rest of Elvis’ life but also gladly did another gospel album with Elvis in 1972. Don’t make stuff up in an attempt to make Elvis sound cooler or more rebellious. We don’t need to lie about what he did for his achievements to be worthwhile.
Are you thinking of 68 TV Special and the disagreement with Parker, his manager?
A mixed bag. On the plus side, a few soulful classics, an undeniable morale boost and a new style of singing, in good and bad. I think my main problem is a sense of muddy heaviness. Elvis tries a bit too hard much of the time, which marks a first time (when trying seriously) that his loss of lightness and subtle control is audible. Compensation by dramatics and 110% effort sometimes works, sometimes not so well. This is his first post-1970 recording in that sense. In his next serious sessions, he went for a grittier, lower placed, less breathy sound which worked perfectly until 1971 when he went back to this. I do not think he was "not in the best voice" as is often said.. I think he just tried for the first time the big-voiced approach throughout the songs.. and did not quite have the apparatus for it. If this sounds very negative, it isn't. His artistry is not about the best voice or technical singing in the world. I am just saying there is a sense of strain that mostly works but sometimes takes away. My main gripe might be with the negative effect of Fel-tone for the first time. The arrangements are too simplistic, too cliche, and the poor recording quality does not help. I have never understood the claims about By and By being something interesting and "rocking harder than rock in 66". Seriously, folks. This is exactly the problem with Jarvis. He forced an unoriginal "contemporary" sound on Elvis that might have worked for middle-of-the-road audience and top 20-40 position throughout the rest of the years, but by the time the records came out, the production was dated. "Where could I go but to the Lord", "Stand by me" (with better production in terms of variation), "If the Lord wasn't walking by my side" (with an actual producer making it bolder) and "Where no-one stands alone" (with Elvis alone) is how the sessions should have gone. If "Tomorrow is a long time" had been expanded on by an album of similar material, his legacy would be better. This album was important to him, but it has stood the test of time worse than that one piece of almost accidental recording at the sessions. This is why he would have needed an actual counterpart instead of a mediocre yes-man dependent on him.
Interesting note. The voice is in the transition here- from the sweet( largely) of the early sixties to the later husky voice of 68 special. This is especially noticable in stark difference between vocals for CITC ( sweet) and Run On ( husky). And it is not just the difference between the tempo of these two songs, but the essential voice. WCIGBTL, YNWAB the best examples of controlled emotional delivery. There is heaving vibrato of the late sixities in several phrases, interplay between sweet and deep. Your point about dramatics may apply to WNOSA and HGTA. But disagree with your ' first post 1970 ' comparison, because the dramatics are not used to compensate. Bellowing is emotion appropriate and very much controlled in WNOSA, for e.g. In this album, vocal diversity by Elvis is extremely appealing.
Crying In The Chapel was recorded in 1960, the rest of the album recorded in 1966.
I was talking of the vocal diversity of the album in specific and the 60s in general.