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Randy Travis
Rise and Shine
Release Date: 2002 10 15
Label: Warner Bros.
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On his second gospel album, Rise and Shine, Randy Travis professes his faith within a traditional/contemporary Nashville setting. As steel guitars keen and fiddles whine, he delivers the message clearly, in his familiar unforced, relaxed style. Aside from "Everywhere We Go," a rousing call to resist secular efforts to "take your Commandments off the schoolhouse walls," these songs generally stick to the rusticities long associated with country Christianity, with evocations of Mama and fishin', a whiff or two of brimstone, and unsubtle wordplay ("The Son/sun's gonna rise and shine"). The music is appropriately sentimental, though the slow-drag, saloon shuffle of "I'm Ready" sounds a lot more like Saturday night than Sunday morning. It adds up to a strong performance, presented with flawless studio clarity and persuasive, understated feeling. Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Raise Him Up	Royer, Rutherford	4:03
2	Rise and Shine	Curtis, Travis	3:02
3	When Mama Prayed	Lee, Overstreet	4:42
4	I'm Ready	Travis, Avis	2:56
5	Three Wooden Crosses	Williams, Johnson	3:21
6	That's Jesus	Travis, Curtis	2:57
7	Pray for the Fish	Scott, Moore, Murph	3:01
8	Jerusalem's Cry	Dary, Travis, Hagee	3:56
9	Keep Your Lure in the Water	Curtis, Perry, Travis	3:02
10	If You Only Knew	Naish, Mathes	4:13
11	Everywhere We Go	Curtis, Travis	2:32
12	Gift	Scott, Moore	3:11
13	Valley of Pain	Mathes, Shamblin	4:04

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