Greatest Hymns

Greatest Hymns is the fifth studio album from the Contemporary Christian group Selah. It was released August 25, 2005 on Curb Records. The album contains renditions of classic Christian hymns.

Greatest Hymns
Studio album by Selah
Released	August 25, 2005
Genre	Contemporary Christian music, Christmas music
Length	63:23
Label	Curb
Selah chronology
Hiding Place (2004) Greatest Hymns (2005) Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album (2006)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Be Thou My Vision"	Eleanor Hull	3:17
2.	"Great Is Thy Faithfulness"	Thomas Chisholm William M. Runyan	5:38
3.	"Bika Mono Ve (Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior) / It Is Well with My Soul"	Francis J. Crosby; William H. Doane / Horatio Spafford; Philip Bliss	5:42
4.	"There Is a Fountain"	William Cowper Lowell Mason	4:02
5.	"Amazing Grace"	John Newton	3:27
6.	"How Great Thou Art"	Carl Boberg Stuart K. Hine	6:13
7.	"His Eye Is on the Sparrow"	Charles H. Gabriel Civilla D. Martin	3:43
8.	"Be Still My Soul / What a Friend We Have in Jesus"	Catharina von Schlegel; Jane Laurie Borthwick / Joseph M. Scriven; Charles C. Converse	3:57
9.	"By and By (We'll Understand It Better By and By)"	Jim Smith Marcella Smith Todd Smith Charles Albert Tindley	3:33
10.	"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"	Isaac Watts	4:03
11.	"Part the Waters / I Need Thee Every Hour"	Annie Hawks Robert Lowry	3:12
12.	"Precious Lord, Take My Hand / Just a Closer Walk with Thee"	Thomas A. Dorsey / Traditional	5:09
13.	"There Is Power in the Blood"	Lewis Jones	3:08
14.	"O Sacred Head Now Wounded"	Bernard of Clairvaux Hans Leo Hassler	4:47
15.	"Be Thou Near to Me"	David Grow	3:32
Total length:			63:23

Personnel

• Steve Brewster – drums
• Jim Brickman – piano
• Jorgen Carlsson – guitar, bass
• Dane Clark – drums
• Melodie Crittenden – vocals
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Eric Eldenius – drums
• David Grow – keyboards, percussion
• Allan Hall – piano, vocals
• David Hungate – bass
• Jakk Kinkaid – guitar
• Jason Kyle – backing vocals
• Chris Leiber – keyboards
• Jerry McPherson – guitar
• Randy Melson – bass
• John Mock – whistle
• Gordon Mote – organ
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Mark Pay – guitar
• Chris Rodriguez – guitar
• John Andrew Schreiner – keyboards
• Jim Smith – vocals
• Laban Smith – vocals
• Shawn Tubbs – guitar
• Windy Wagner – backing vocals
• Biff Watson – guitar

Awards

At the 37th GMA Dove Awards, the album was nominated for Inspirational Album of the Year.[1] Two songs from the album were also nominated for awards. "Be Thou My Vision" was nominated for Worship Song of the Year[2] and "All My Praise" was nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year.[3]

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	117
US Top Christian Albums[5]	3

References

1. Jones, Kim. "Inspirational Album of the Year (Nominee)". About.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
2. Jones, Kim. "Worship Song of the Year (Nominee)". About.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
3. Jones, Kim. "Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year (Nominee)". About.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
4. "Selah Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. September 9, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
5. "Selah Chart History (Top Christian Albums)". Billboard. September 9, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2020.