Mar 13
Release Year: 1994 Album Rank for Group: #5 of 15 Here’s a blurb: The aptly named Renewed might be the greatest “comeback” album in the history of southern gospel music. By that I don’t really mean that Gold City was “down” and had to rise back to the top. But when you lose half of one of …
Mar 05
Release Year: 1995 Album Rank for Group: #6 of 15 Here’s a blurb: Standing in the Gap was the only major studio recording of new songs that Gold City recorded with David Hill in the lead position. They took full advantage of his talents, utilizing him to great effect on the now-classic “I’m Not Giving Up,” …
Feb 23
Release Year: 2000 Album Rank for Group: #7 of 15 Here’s a blurb: My favorite Gold City lineup ushered in the 2000s with another strong recording. At the time of this album’s release, with the Cathedrals just retired, Gold City was perhaps the strongest and most popular group on the road in southern gospel. With …
Jan 23
Release Year: 1992 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 3 Here’s a blurb: The King’s Gold series is, in my opinion, the greatest collaborative effort in southern gospel music history. I love all four of the albums that came out of it, but none of them quite captured the character of these two groups like …
Jan 19
Release Year: 1996 Album Rank for Group: #8 of 15 Here’s a blurb: The top twenty of my countdown kicks off with the first recording by the Gold City lineup that will find itself all over these rankings now, with six albums in the top twenty. The quartet had already shown that they would be …
Jan 11
Release Year: 1992 Album Rank for Group: #9 of 15 Here’s a blurb: Widely hailed as one of the greatest albums of southern gospel’s modern era, Pillars of Faith combines great song selection, a terrific vision from producer Garry Jones, near technical perfection, and a powerful quartet vocal lineup to deliver a project that sounds …
Dec 12
Release Year: 1986 Album Rank for Group: #10 of 15 Here’s a blurb: Double Take was the introduction to the gospel world of the first Gold City supergroup. With the addition of Mike LeFevre to Tim Riley, Ivan Parker, and Brian Free, one of the sharpest-sounding quartets in the genre’s history was born. That sharpness …
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