Track Listing

1. How Great Thou Art
2. In the Garden
3. Somebody Bigger Than You and I
4. Farther Along
5. Stand by Me
6. Without Him
7. So High
8. Where Could I Go But to the Lord
9. By and By
10. If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side
11. Run On
12. Where No One Stands Alone
13. Crying in the Chapel
14. You'll Never Walk Alone [*]
15. We Call on Him [*]
16. Who Am I? [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4623 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
Elvis' second Gospel album How Great Thou Art was released in 1967 and won a Grammy. How Great Thou Art is a dramatic, ambitious, and almost revolutionary reinterpretation of Gospel. Bonus tracks include the Grammy nominated "You'll Never Walk Alone" plus two others, "We Call On Him" and "Who Am I."

Customer Reviews

Overdue reissue
The plethora of remastered Elvis sacred anthologies has made the original individual albums obsolete, but afficianados still appreciate hearing the music in its original context and enjoying the original cover [booklet] art. The remastered sound (done in 2007, apparently) is excellent, and the additional of three tracks, including Elvis' Grammy-winning "You'll Never Walk Alone", is a nice bonus. Nitpicks: "Peace in the Valley", the final cut on the original 1967 album, has been cut (the 1957 track is available on myriad CDs), and the cover art has been cropped (especially noticeable on the top and bottom) and reproduced darker and more color-saturated than the original, which does nothing to improve it..

Elvis' second Gospel album
Released in early 1967, this was Elvis' second, full length Gospel album. It was a hit in the US climbing to 18 on the album chart and eventually being certified MULTI-PLATINUM by the RIAA and being award a Grammy. It was a bigger hit in the UK reaching 11 on the album chart there. It includes Crying In The Chapel which was a huge hit worldwide; it peaked at number 3 on the US singles chart in 1965 and stayed at number 1 on the US Adult Contemporary chart for 7 weeks. It also topped the charts in the UK as well as several other countries. This release is made even better than the original with the includsion of bonus tracks including You'll Never Walk Alone which was a minor hit in 1968. Elvis' performance of these songs is excellent!

While this is an excellent CD, there are better Elvis Gospel collections available now, such as his excellent Ultimate Gospel CD.

Classic Album in best-ever Remastered sound: How Great It is!
I agree with the two other reviewers but to the fan from Virginia, it should be noted that this "How Great Thou Art" release is in the best-ever sound and in the original context, as opposed to those great but overwhelming collections.

This is a classic (and under-heralded) Elvis album that deservedly is back in stores in better than ever sound, despite the minor cover art imperfections as noted by the other reviewer. There may be an extended "FTD" release of this album soon by Sony for its die-hard collector label for who like all the outtakes (etc.) but until then, this is a total gem, and at budget prices, well-worth picking up with all the two-other remastered gospel albums by Elvis.