How Great Thou Art

by Neal UmphredBetween 1966 and 1968, Elvis recorded just enough studio material to fill one complete secular album and How Great Thou Art, a far more polite (and slightly surreal) reading of traditional religious material than the previous outing, a half-dozen years earlier. The performances throughout are superb, the sound impeccable; this actually beat Sgt. Pepper as the Best Engineered Album of 1967 in the Grammys! This album is also much closer to mainstream gospel and may not be so immediately accessible to the unconverted; don't let that steer you away from an otherwise great record.