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Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album
Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album
Studio album by Selah
Released	August 8, 2006
Studio	Arcade Studios, Blackbird Studios, Sound Shop, Love Shack Studios and Little Big Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); MaxiMedia Recording Studios (Dallas, Texas); The Troubadour Studio (MacGregor, Texas);
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Length	48:01
Label	Curb
Producer	Allan Hall; Jason Kyle; Todd D. Smith; Keith Thomas;
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album is an album from contemporary Christian group Selah. It features the collaboration of other artists of the genre in each song. The album was released on August 8, 2006.

Track listing

Album release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bless the Broken Road" (featuring Melodie Crittenden)	Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, Marcus Hummon	4:10
2.	"Gentle Healer" (featuring Amy Perry)	Michael Card	2:45
3.	"Glory" (featuring Nichole Nordeman)	Nichole Nordeman	4:12
4.	"I Will Sing of My Redeemer" (featuring BarlowGirl)	Chad Cates, Todd Smith, Tony Wood	3:34
5.	"Follow Jesus (Landa Yesu)" (featuring Nicole C. Mullen)	Cates, James Smith, Smith, Wood	4:01
6.	"Mary Sweet Mary" (featuring Plumb)	Tiffany Arbuckle-Lee, Keith Thomas	3:13
7.	"All My Tears (Be Washed Away)" (featuring Kim Hill)	Julie Miller	3:49
8.	"Ain't No Grave" (featuring Jason Crabb & Adam Crabb)	James Hollihan, Russ Taff	4:43
9.	"Be Thou Near to Me" (featuring Amy Perry)	David Grow	3:34
10.	"The Faithful One" (featuring Christy Nockels)	Chris Eaton, Brian Gene White	5:47
11.	"Sweet Jesus" (featuring Jill Phillips)	Smith, Matthew West, Wood	3:01
12.	"Softly and Tenderly" (featuring Cynthia Clawson)	Raymond Brown, Will L. Thompson	5:12
Total length:			48:01

Personnel

Selah

Allan Hall – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano
Todd Smith – vocals, backing vocals

Musicians and Vocalists

Matt Stanfield – keyboards, programming
Keith Thomas – keyboards, programming
Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
John Thompson Jr. – acoustic guitars
Biff Watson – acoustic guitars
David Hungate – bass
Shannon Forest – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Adam Crabb – harmonica (8), backing vocals (8)
David Angell – strings
Monisa Angell – strings
David Davidson – strings, violin solo
Anthony LaMarchina – strings
Pamela Sixfin – strings
Kristin Wilkinson – strings
Paul Mills – string arrangements
Jason Kyle – backing vocals
Melodie Crittenden – vocals (1)
Amy Perry – vocals (2, 9)
Nichole Nordeman – vocals (3)
BarlowGirl – backing vocals (4)
Nicole C. Mullen – vocals (5)
Plumb – vocals (6)
Kim Hill – vocals (7)
Jason Crabb – vocals (8), backing vocals (8)
Christy Nockels – vocals (10)
Jill Phillips – vocals (11), backing vocals (11)
Cynthia Clawson – vocals (12)

Production

Bryan Stewart – A&R
Allan Hall – producer
Todd Smith – producer
Jason Kyle – producer, tracking engineer, mixing, editing
Keith Thomas – producer
Jeff Balding – tracking engineer, mixing
Steven Collins – assistant engineer
Allen Ditto – assistant engineer
Michael Havens – assistant engineer
Doug Sax – mastering
Sangwook Nam – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Ojai, California) – mastering location
John Ozier – artist coordinator
Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
Erika Anderson – photography
Brian Jannsen – management

Awards

At the 38th GMA Dove Awards, the album won a Dove Awards for Inspirational Album of the Year.^[2] The title song was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Song of the Year, while the song "Glory" (featuring Nichole Nordeman) was nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year.^[3]

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard's Christian Albums where it remained for 39 weeks. The title song also peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Christian Songs.^[4]

References

^ AllMusic review
^ 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Albums Nominees & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim
^ 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Songs Nominees & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim
^ Bless the Broken Road on Billboard

[1] AllMusic review

[2] 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Albums Nominees & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim

[3] 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Songs Nominees & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim

[4] Bless the Broken Road on Billboard

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