How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats

How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats
How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats
Studio album by Charlie Daniels
Released	January 29, 2002
Label	Sparrow
Producer	Charlie Daniels; Ron W. Griffin; David Corlew; Patrick Kelly
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ReleasedJanuary 29, 2002

LabelSparrow

ProducerCharlie Daniels
Ron W. Griffin
David Corlew
Patrick Kelly

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Allmusic	^[1]

How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats is a studio double album by American rock band the Charlie Daniels Band. The album sees the band performing Christian hymns in their style. According to Daniels, "I didn’t want to do it in a churchy way, [...] I wanted to do it like CDB would do it."^[2] Released on January 29, 2002 through Sparrow Records, the album peaked at number 40 on the Top Country Albums chart.

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Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	40
U.S. Billboard Top Contemporary Christian	23

v t e Charlie Daniels
Chris Wormer Charlie Hayward Bruce Brown Ron Gannaway Shannon Wickline former and original members Charlie Daniels Billy Cox Buddy Davis Earl Grigsby Jeffrey Meyer Mark Fitzgerald Barry Barnes Gary Allen Joel DiGregorio Jim Marshall Fred Edwards Tom Crain Jack Gavin Mark Matejka Pat McDonald
Studio albums	Charlie Daniels (1971) Te John, Grease, & Wolfman (1972) Honey in the Rock (1973) Way Down Yonder (1974) Fire on the Mountain (1974) Nightrider (1975) Saddle Tramp (1976) High Lonesome (1976) Midnight Wind (1977) Million Mile Reflections (1979) Full Moon (1980) Windows (1982) Me and the Boys (1985) Homesick Heroes (1988) Simple Man (1989) Renegade (1991) America, I Believe in You (1993) Road Dogs (2000) How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats (2002) Redneck Fiddlin' Man (2002) Songs from the Longleaf Pines (2005) Deuces (2007)
Compilation albums	A Decade of Hits (1983) Super Hits (1994) Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB (1998) Volunteer Jam/Classic Live Performances: Volume One (1999) Volunteer Jam/Classic Live Performances: Volume Two (1999) Freedom and Justice for All (2003) Essential Super Hits (2004) 16 Biggest Hits (2006) Land That I Love (2010)
Live albums	Live! (2001) Live from Iraq (2007)
Christmas albums	Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas (2009)
Singles	"Uneasy Rider" (1973) "The South's Gonna Do It" (1975) "Long Haired Country Boy" (1975) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (1979) "Mississippi" (1979) "Long Haired Country Boy" (re-release) (1980) "In America" (1980) "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" (1980) "Sweet Home Alabama" (1981) "Still in Saigon" (1982) "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye" (1986) "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" (1988) "Uneasy Rider '88" (1988) "Simple Man" (1989) "Long Haired Country Boy" (re-release) (1997) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (re-release) (1998) "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" (2001)
Guest singles	"The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (Mark O'Connor with Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and Travis Tritt) (1993)
Video releases	Volunteer Jam: The Movie (2007) Live from Iraq (2007)
Related articles	Discography "It Hurts Me" Volunteer Jam Urban Cowboy Middle Tennessee State University (Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center)

How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats

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