Inspiration (Tammy Wynette album)
Inspiration is a studio album by American country artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in March 1969 via Epic Records and contained 11 tracks. It was Wynette's first collection of inspirational music and her sixth studio album issued in her career. All of the album's songs were covers of gospel and other inspirational songs. It was received positively by several reviewers and charted on the American Country LP's chart following its original release.
Inspiration
Background, recording and content[edit]
Tammy Wynette was among country music's most popular artists during the 1960s and 1970s. Between 1968 and 1969 alone, she had five singles reach the top of the American country songs chart. Among these songs was 1969's "Stand by Your Man", which became her most commercially successful single.[3] Epic Records released six studio albums by Wynette between 1969 and 1970. Following the Stand by Your Man LP, the label released Wynette's first album of religious music titled Inspiration.[4] The album was recorded in October 1968 at the Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Billy Sherrill served as the producer for the album's recording sessions.[5]
According to critic Thom Jurek, the album's traditional, religious material was modernized with a country pop production style. Jurek noted an emphasis on instruments such as the pedal steel guitar , fiddle and "honky tonk upright pianos".[1] Inspiration consisted of 11 tracks, all of which were covers of hymns or other inspirational numbers.[6][1] The album opens with a cover of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone". Among its other covers are "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "How Great Thou Art" and "I Believe".[1][5]
All credits are adapted from the original liner notes of Inspiration.[5]
Technical personnel