Alabama - Songs of Inspiration II

The second release of inspirational music from the country harmonizers mixes plenty of familiar, traditional spirituals with a few originals. The guitar-driven "I Am a Pilgrim" has the trademark lope of a Waylon Jennings arrangement, while more acoustic fare such as "Children in the Wildwood" and "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" has a folkish purity. Alabama join forces with the Del McCoury Band for a revival of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and with Riders in the Sky for campfire cowboy harmonizing on "Love Lifted Me." the set-closing transformation of "The Star Spangled Banner" into a ballad with swirling strings extends the concept of inspirational music from the spiritual to the patriotic.

1) I Am a Pilgrim
2) Church in the Wildwood
3) Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4) If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
5) Suppertime
6) Down By the Riverside
7) Precious Memories
8) Lonesome Valley
9) The Refrain of John Dillon James
10) Love Lifted Me
11) When It Comes My Time
12) One Life
13) The Star Spangled Banner