I Serve a Savior

by Josh Turner

Overview

From the outset of his career, Josh Turner leaned into classic country traditions and he also began singing professionally in a gospel quartet, so it was perhaps only a matter of time before he devoted an album to gospel music. That album, I Serve a Savior, arrived in 2018, just over a year after Deep South gave him his third Billboard Country number one. Deep South relied heavily on Turner's way with a ballad, a gift that also serves him well on I Serve a Savior. Opening with a rollicking version of Hank Williams' "I Saw the Light," the record quickly shifts down a gear with "I Pray My Way Out of Trouble," a duet with Bobby Osborne. Much of the album proceeds at this sober, reflective pace, yet there are just enough uptempo cuts to give this a pulse. I Serve a Savior also gains warmth through its duets with Osborne, Sonya Isaacs, and the Turner family, along with its canny inclusion of three tracks recorded live at Gaither Studios. The end result may not deliver surprises, but it's a sturdy, comforting listen, which is precisely what it was intended to be. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/26/2018
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0602567935032

Tracks

1. I Saw the Light
2. I Pray My Way Out of Trouble
3. Great Is Your Faithfulness
4. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
5. Without Him
6. I Serve a Savior
7. How Great Thou Art
8. The River (Of Happiness)
9. Amazing Grace
10. Long Black Train
11. Doxology
12. Me and God

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Josh Turner   Primary Artist,Guitar (Acoustic)
Bobby Osborne   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Sonya Isaacs   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
The Turner Family   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Glenn Worf   Guitar (Bass),Bass (Upright)
Glen Duncan   Fiddle
Angela Primm   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric)
Gordon Mote   Organ,Piano,Keyboards
Tania Hancheroff   Vocals (Background)
Trey Keller   Vocals (Background)
David Dorn   Keyboards
Matthew Holt   Piano
Mike Johnson   Pedal Steel
Evan Hutchings   Drums
Carl Miner   Banjo,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic)
Colby Turner   Vocals
Hampton Turner   Vocals,Mandolin
Gale Mayes   Vocals (Background)
Jared Manzo   Guitar (Bass),Bass (Upright)
Hawke Turner   Vocals
Marion Turner   Vocals
Vicki Hampton   Vocals (Background)
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Rob Ickes   Dobro,Lap Steel Guitar
Mark Ivey   Vocals (Background)
Jennifer Turner   Piano,Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Hank Williams   Composer
Stuart K. Hine   Composer
Thomas O. Chisholm   Composer
Mylon LeFevre   Composer
William Runyan   Composer
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering
Thomas Ken   Composer
Kenny Greenberg   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Trey Keller   Editing
Paige Conners   Production Coordination
Craig Allen   Design
Michael Gomez   Photography
Debra Wingo   Groomer
Karen Naff   Art Direction
Chris Hollo   Photography
William M. Runyan   Composer
Anonymous, Genevan Psalter   Composer
Brian Wright   A&R
Hampton Turner   Composer
Michael Walter   Engineer
Sarah Marie Burke   A&R
Kera Jackson   Art Producer
Joel McKenney   Assistant
Teddy Wilburn   Composer
Traditional   Composer
John Newton   Composer
Chad Evans   Mixing,Engineer
John Willis   Editing
Loretta Lynn   Composer
Justin Niebank   Mixing
Josh Turner   Arranger,Composer,Liner Notes,Art Direction
Mark Narmore   Composer
Jennifer Turner   Composer
Mills Logan   Mixing,Engineer