Description

In the years the Inspirations have spent on the road—nearly four decades at the time of the album's release—they have accumulated a long list of accolades, with dozens of radio hits, and numerous individual and group awards. But of the dozens of recordings they have released, The Journey Ahead is their only album to be honored with a Singing News Fan Award for Album of the Year. The Inspirations put their unique twist on several Southern Gospel classics, including the Rambos / Happy Goodmans classic The Holy Hills and the ubiquitous bass feature Give the World a Smile. Archie Watkins also anchors a swift and dynamic quartet treatment of the Lewis Family song They're Holding up the Ladder. The group also revisits a classic they introduced twenty years before (in 1983), The Wonder of Wonders. The project has several strong new songs, too, including I Will Praise Him and He Changed it All. Strong song selection and faithfulness to the trademark style fans have come to love leave no question why this project is one of the Inspirations' most acclaimed.