What God Has Done

 (9 customer reviews)

This is a fine collection of what I believe to be Marty's only gospel album. It was recorded during Robbins' prime period in the early 60's meaning that everything from the passionate vocals to the heavenly recording techniques one comes to expect from this old C&W master is there. There is as much conviction in this album of spirituals as there is in any of the gospel albums of other country heavywieghts such as Johnny Cash, Elvis, Hank Williams, or Willie Nelson...and like the best albums in this genre, you don't have to subscribe to any particular theology to be moved by music this lovely. Definitely a must have for us Robbins fans who have precious little of his once extensive catalog on CD. My only major complaint is that this Sony budget pressing of "What God Has Done" contains no liner notes whatsoever. It doesn't even say who produced the album (Don Law? Bob Jonston?) We need more Robbins reissues!

This collection of old and new gospel songs (two of them penned by Marty Robbins) is quite representative of early-1960s country gospel, if less plastic than Elvis Presley's more famous pop-gospel efforts and unusually well-produced. The older numbers work the best, probably because they ARE the best. These include the Charles H. Gabriel classics "An Evening Prayer" and "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (from 1913 and 1907, respectively), Lewis E. Jones' rollicking 1899 "Power in the Blood," and Philip Paul Bliss' elegant cautionary revival ballad "Almost Persuaded." The newer material pales in comparison, with the exception of the rocking "You Gotta Climb" and Robbins' own "A Little Spot In Heaven," a competent bit of tune-writing whose cliched lyrics hang together more literately than what passes for same in modern praise music. Robbin's other number, "With His Hand On My Shoulder," is a forgettable exercise in...Read more

What God Has Done is another of the great Marty Robbins hit.It will appeal to all ages.Great music