Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs

Disc 1
1	I Believe 2:06
2	Peace in the Valley 3:22
3	Take My Hand, Precious Lord 3:18
4	It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) 3:55
5	Milky White Way 2:13
6	His Hand in Mine 3:16
7	I Believe in the Man in the Sky 2:13
8	He Knows Just What I Need 2:13
9	Mansion over the Hilltop 2:57
10	In My Father's House 2:05
11	Joshua Fit the Battle 2:41
12	Swing Down Sweet Chariot 2:33
13	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs 1:51
14	If We Never Meet Again 2:00
15	Known Only to Him 2:08
16	Working on the Building 1:53
17	Crying in the Chapel 2:26
18	Run On 2:22
19	How Great Thou Art 3:02
20	Stand by Me 2:28
21	Where No One Stands Alone 2:43
22	So High 1:57
23	Farther Along 4:05
24	By and By 1:51
25	In the Garden 3:09
26	Somebody Bigger Than You and I 2:26
27	Without Him 2:28
28	If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side 1:38
29	Where Could I Go But to the Lord 3:35
Disc 2
1	We Call on Him 2:34
2	You'll Never Walk Alone 2:45
3	Only Believe 2:49
4	Amazing Grace 3:36
5	Miracle of the Rosary 1:52
6	Lead Me, Guide Me 2:41
7	He Touched Me 2:41
8	I've Got Confidence 2:21
9	An Evening Prayer 1:55
10	Seeing Is Believing 2:54
11	A Thing Called Love 2:25
12	Put Your Hand in the Hand 3:16
13	Reach out to Jesus 3:15
14	He Is My Everything 2:41
15	There Is No God But God 2:19
16	I, John 2:17
17	Bosom of Abraham 1:36
18	Help Me 2:29
19	If That Isn't Love 3:31
20	Why Me Lord? Live 2:51
21	How Great Thou Art Live 3:36
22	I, John previously unreleased 2:10
23	Bosom of Abraham previously unreleased 0:52
24	You Better Run previously unreleased 1:52
25	Lead Me, Guide Me previously unreleased 2:53
26	Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus/Nearer My God to Thee previously unreleased 2:51

Barnes & Noble

From his childhood to his sad death at age 42, Elvis Presley lived and breathed gospel music: It was what he turned to for comfort in troubled times, for relaxation after shows and recording sessions, and it was more indispensable to his identity as a Southern man than any of the other musical styles he embraced. Amazing Grace is a moving document, complete with urgent testimonies ("Take My Hand, Precious Lord") from important gospel writers (Thomas Dorsey, for one), that Elvis delivers with unassailable conviction and unstudied authority. This two-disc set contains 55 recordings (virtually every gospel song Elvis ever recorded between 1957 and 1972), including five previously unissued recordings from 1972 with Elvis accompanied only by the great guitarist James Burton, pianist Charlie Hodge and the vocal ensemble J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet. Here's the evidence Elvis's detractors wish didn't exist: Material that demands nuance and delicacy to make its point brings out a subtlety in Elvis's style, a searching, vulnerable quality overwhelming in its emotional charge. This is an artist completely inside his songs, and from there, inside our souls, asking who we are. David McGee

All Music Guide

Elvis recorded quite a bit of gospel over the course of his career, and this two-CD, 55-song set has the bulk of it. Most of this is drawn from his three gospel LPs (His Hand in Mine, 1960; How Great Thou Art, 1967; He Touched Me, 1972), as well as a 1957 EP. Presley was undoubtedly heavily influenced by gospel (at times he indicated regret at not having chosen to become a gospel singer), and this material has played pretty well with critics. Elvis sings with skill and reasonable commitment, and the backing musicians include such Elvis/Nashville standbys as Scotty Moore, Hank Garland, Floyd Cramer, Charlie McCoy, Pete Drake, the Jordanaires, and James Burton. At the same time, let's have a reality check here. Rock- and pop-oriented fans are going to find this two-and-a-half-hour set tough going, unless they have a taste for spirituals as well. Things get a little more accessible when the tempos brighten, but often it's on the sedate side. For both collectors and listeners, highlights of the collection are five previously unreleased tracks from 1972. Recorded with only Charlie Hodges on piano and J.D. Sumner & the Stamps on backing vocals, they present Presley's gospel at its sparsest and most spontaneous. Richie Unterberger