Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns

Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1962
Recorded	Nashville, TN
Genre	Country, gospel
Length	28:29
Label	RCA Victor LSP-2601
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Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns is the title of a recording of instrumental gospel hymns by guitarist Chet Atkins.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jason Ankeny wrote that the album is "simply too brief to stand as a definitive collection of the guitarist's spiritual recordings; his instrumental work is impeccable of course, but performances of favorites like "Amazing Grace," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "The Old Rugged Cross" pass by too quickly to properly whet the listener's appetite."^[1]

Reissues

• Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns was re-released by BMG in 1998.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (Thomas A. Dorsey) – 2:43
2. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 2:36
3. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (Traditional) – 2"07
4. "In the Garden" – 2:31
5. "When They Ring the Golden Bells" (Traditional) – 2:30
6. "Just As I Am" (William B. Bradbury, Charlotte Elliott) – 1:43

Side two

1. "Further Along" (Traditional) – 3:03
2. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" – 2:05
3. "The Old Rugged Cross" (George Bennard) – 2:25
4. "Lonesome Valley" (Carter) – 2:02
5. "God Be With You" (Traditional) – 2:33
6. "Were You There" (Traditional) – 2:11

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar

References