2012 in Review: Top Songs

It’s hard to believe my second year writing for Southern Gospel Critique has just about come and gone.  What a blessing it is to be able to listen to such great music, and interact with other folks who love it too.

Since it’s the end of the 2012, I’ll once again share my personal favorite songs released on gospel recordings in the past year.  Other than that, there are no prerequisites.  Stay tuned this week, as I’ll also be posting my favorite albums of 2012.

Here’s my list.  What are some of your favorite songs of the past year?

1. “Make Way for the Master,” Talleys, Love Won
2. “Up Above,” Talleys, Love Won
3. “Good News From Jerusalem,” Tribute Quartet, Our Anthem
4. “Unspoken Request,” McKameys, Bearing Precious Seed
5. “Everybody’s Gonna Have a Wonderful Time Up There,” Mark Trammell Quartet, Lifetime
6. “He Took My Case,” Barry Rowland and Deliverance, Mike Mine the Real Thing
7. “Too Good to Not Be True,” Perrys, Through the Night
8. “If There Ever Was a Time,” Crabb Family, Together Again
9. “The Church Will Overcome,” Talleys, Love Won
10. “Meet Me Over on the Other Side,” Mark Trammell Quartet, Lifetime
11. “In the Valley He Restoreth My Soul,” Canton Junction, Canton Junction
12. “The Blood and Its Power,” Barry Rowland & Deliverance, Make Mine the Real Thing
13. “All Our Hope,” Barry Rowland & Deliverance, Make Mine the Real Thing
14. “So Simple, So Profound,” Inspirations, It’s in the Savior’s Hands
15. “What’s That for a Healer,” Barry Rowland & Deliverance, Make Mine the Real Thing
16. “Too Much to Gain to Lose,” Mark Trammell Quartet, Lifetime
17. “One of These Mornings,” Perrys, Through the Night
18. “It’s in the Savior’s Hands,” Inspirations, It’s in the Savior’s Hands
19. “He Crossed Out My Sin and Shame,” Barry Rowland & Deliverance, Make Mine the Real Thing
20. “Cross Over to the Other Side of Jordan,” Dailey & Vincent, The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent
21. “Glorious Freedom,” Gaither Vocal Band, Pure and Simple
22. “But He Did,” Barry Rowland & Deliverance, Make Mine the Real Thing
23. “The Song of Heaven,” Tribute Quartet, Our Anthem
24. “Sometimes I Wonder,” Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Here We Are Again
25. “The Greater God’s Love Will Shine,” Harper Family, Changes
26. “God’s Great,” Old Paths, Right Now
27. “Cast Aside,” Dailey & Vincent, The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent
28. “The Galilean,” Booth Brothers, Greater Vision, Legacy Five, Jubilee 3
29. “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Mark Trammell Quartet, Lifetime
30. “That’s Why I Love Him So,” Talleys, Love Won