Avalon: The Greatest Hits
Introduction '''''Avalon: The Greatest Hits''''' (2009) is a greatest hits album by Contemporary Christian music vocal group Avalon. Titles appearing on the album include fan-favorites "Give It Up", "Adonai", "Can't Live A Day", "All", and "You Were There", as well as "Testify To Love", the latter of which became the longest-running No. 1 Adult Contemporary song in the history of the CCM Update AC chart. Also included is then-new recording and radio single, "Still My God". The song garnered immediate attention and success, eventually becoming Avalon's 21st career #1 radio hit. In addition, the song peaked at #2 on Radio & Records' Soft AC/Inspo chart.
Content ''Avalon: The Greatest Hits'' is the third greatest hits album released by Avalon alongside record label Sparrow Records, the first being 2003's offering Testify To Love: The Very Best Of Avalon. ''Avalon: The Greatest Hits'' marked the end of the quartet's career with Sparrow, fulfilling a contract that spanned over a decade. Despite this, the group soon after released a new, studio album on E1 Music, aptly titled ''Reborn'', on September 15, 2009.
Track listing  # Title Writer(s) ''Original Album'' (Year) Length 1. "Testify to Love" Paul Field, Henk Pool, Robert Riekerk, Ralph Van Manen ''A Maze of Grace'' (1997) 4:45 2. "Give It Up" Mark Heimermann, Grant Cunningham, Rikk Kittleman, Michael Passons, Janna Long ''Avalon'' (1996) 4:10 3. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Cunningham, Matt Huesmann ''A Maze of Grace'' (1997) 3:39 4. "Still My God" Adam Smith, Stephan Sharp New Recording 4:32 5. "Take You at Your Word" Field, Cunningham ''In a Different Light'' (1999) 4:41 6. "Can't Live a Day" Joe Beck, Connie Harrington, Ty Lacy ''In a Different Light'' (1999) 4:46 7. "The Glory" Jim Cooper, Regie Hamm ''Oxygen'' (2001) 5:03 8. "Wonder Why" Cunningham, Huesmann ''Oxygen'' (2001) 4:02 9. "Adonai" Don Koch, Lorraine Ferro, Stephanie Lewis ''A Maze of Grace'' (1997) 4:01 10. "New Day" Long, Lydia Gott, Jody McBrayer, Tedd Tjornhom ''Testify to Love: The Very Best of Avalon'' (2003) 3:26 11. "Everything to Me" Chad Cates, Sue Smith ''Testify to Love: The Very Best of Avalon'' (2003) 4:48 12. "I Don't Want to Go" Jess Cates, Yancy Wideman ''Oxygen'' (2001) 5:24 13. "All" Tjornhom, Ian Eskelin, Brian White ''The Creed'' (2004) 3:47 14. "You Were There" Ben Glover ''The Creed'' (2004) 6:52 15. "Orphans of God" Twila Lebar, Joel Lindsey ''Stand'' (2006) 4:29 16. "In Christ Alone" Stuart Townend, Keith Getty ''Faith: A Hymns Collection'' (2006) 5:04
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