Top 100: #43 Lovin’ God & Lovin’ Each Other (Gaither Vocal Band)

Release Year: 1997

Album Rank for Group: #4 of 7

Here’s a blurb: To me, Lovin’ God & Lovin’ Each Other kicked off a new era for the Gaither Vocal Band.  David Phelps hadn’t yet joined, but this recording follows the template used during the group’s glory days of Phelps and Penrod.  There is a sensational Gaither cover, several driving uptempo country-style tunes, and a dip or two into the black gospel/spiritual genre.  This lineup wasn’t able to do the things vocally that they would do after their next personnel change, but the song quality was already there with this album.

Knock my socks off: I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary, My Lord and I

Don’t skip that one: Promises One by One, In That Great Gettin’ Up Morning, At the Cross, Palms of Victory, Singing with the Saints

I could honestly do without: Songs That Answer Questions, Tell Me