Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album)

For his follow-up Gospel album, see Precious Memories Volume II
Precious Memories
Studio album by Alan Jackson
Released February 28, 2006
Genre Christian country, gospel
Length 37:00
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
What I Do
(2004)		 Precious Memories
(2006)		 Like Red on a Rose
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(71/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com [2]
Allmusic [3]
Billboard(favorable) [1]
E! OnlineC [1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+ [4]
No Depression(favorable) [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Stylus MagazineB+ [7]

Precious Memories is the thirteenth studio album, and the first gospel album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on February 28, 2006 on the Arista Nashville label. Unlike his previous albums, this is a side project composed of traditional gospel songs. Although no singles were released from it, Precious Memories earned RIAA platinum certification.

A second volume, Precious Memories Volume II, was released on March 26, 2013.

Track listing

All tracks traditional unless noted otherwise.

  1. "Blessed Assurance" – 1:56 (Phoebe P. Knapp, Fanny J. Crosby)
  2. "Softly and Tenderly" – 3:17 (Will L. Thompson)
  3. "I Love to Tell the Story" – 2:53 (William G. Fischer, Katherine Hankey)
  4. "When We All Get to Heaven" – 1:44
  5. "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" – 1:52
  6. "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) – 2:54
  7. "Are You Washed in the Blood?" – 1:15
  8. "I'll Fly Away" (Albert E. Brumley) – 2:13
  9. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles Converse, Joseph Scriven) – 2:16
  10. "Standing on the Promises" – 1:35
  11. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" (Helen H. Lemmel) – 3:47
  12. "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" – 1:34
  13. "The Old Rugged Cross" (George Bennard) – 3:06
  14. "How Great Thou Art" (Stuart Hine) – 3:32
  15. "I Want to Stroll Over Heaven with You" (Dale Dodson) – 3:06

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[8]

Background vocals on "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" by Denise, Mattie and Ali Jackson. Assistant background vocals: Dani Jackson.

Chart performance

Precious Memories debuted at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his eighth #1 country album. In August 2006, Precious Memories was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Charts

Charts (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 4
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Christian Albums 1

Sales and certifications

Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments
United States RIAA Platinum[10] 1,000,000+

Awards

In 2007, the album won a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ About.com review
  3. ↑ Precious Memories at AllMusic
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ No Depression review
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived May 9, 2008)
  7. ↑ Stylus Magazine review
  8. ↑ Precious Memories (CD). Alan Jackson. Arista Nashville. 2005. 82876-80281-2.
  9. 1 2 "Precious Memories - Alan Jackson". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  10. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  11. ↑ 38th Annual GMA Awards on About.com
Preceded by
Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood		 Top Country Albums number-one album
March 18–24, 2006 		Succeeded by
Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood
Preceded by
Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood		 Top Country Albums number-one album
April 8–14, 2006 		Succeeded by
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