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Nashville megastar Alan Jackson sings in a rich, restrained baritone that helps give even his rowdier songs a touch of classic-country elegance. That voice is at its most sensibly sturdy on Precious Memories, a collection of fifteen gospel hymns Jackson originally recorded as a gift to his mom. These graceful acoustic renderings avoid any hint of CMT flash or CCM ickiness: Take the God out of "In the Garden" or "I Love to Tell the Story" and they could work as spare change-of-pace ballads on another Jackson record, and even with the God left in, the gently rollicking "I'll Fly Away" would have fit nicely on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Still, most of the material packs as much churchy tedium as simple charm, and Precious Memories is likely of limited interest to anyone who's not a fan of the originals, a Jackson devotee or the singer's mama.
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Track List
- Blessed Assurance
- Softly And Tenderly
- I Love To Tell The Story
- When We All Get To Heaven
- 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
- In The Garden
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Are You Washed In The Blood? (track not available in Rhapsody)
- I'll Fly Away
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Standing On The Promises
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
- Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
- The Old Rugged Cross
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