Faith Hope Love

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This article is about the album King's X. For Stan Walker's 2019 EP, see Faith Hope Love (EP). For other items with similar names, see Faith, Hope and Love (disambiguation).
Faith Hope Love
Faith hope love album cover.jpg
Studio album by
King's X
ReleasedOctober 23, 1990
RecordedRampart Studios, Houston, Texas
GenreHard rock, progressive metal
Length61:52
LabelMegaforce
ProducerSam Taylor & King's X
King's X chronology
Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
(1989) 		Faith Hope Love
(1990) 		King's X
(1992)

Faith Hope Love is the third studio album by the American rock band King's X.

"Six Broken Soldiers" is the first King's X song to feature drummer Jerry Gaskill on lead vocals.

Track listing[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[2]

All tracks are written by Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor & Jerry Gaskill.

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."We Are Finding Who We Are"Doug Pinnick4:40
2."It's Love"Ty Tabor4:37
3."I'll Never Get Tired of You"Pinnick3:47
4."Fine Art of Friendship"Pinnick4:21
5."Mr. Wilson"Tabor3:39
6."Moanjam"Pinnick6:05
7."Six Broken Soldiers"Jerry Gaskill3:33
8."I Can't Help It"Tabor3:53
9."Talk to You"Pinnick4:36
10."Everywhere I Go"Pinnick3:54
11."We Were Born to Be Loved"Pinnick4:52
12."Faith Hope Love"Pinnick9:22
13."Legal Kill"Tabor4:43
Total length:61:52

Personnel[]

Additional personnel[]

  • Galactic Cowboys (Monty Colvin, Alan Doss, Ben Huggins, Dane Sonnier) - backing vocals on "Mr. Wilson" & "Faith Hope Love"
  • Max Dyer - cello on "Six Broken Soldiers", "Faith Hope Love" & "Legal Kill"
  • Erik Ralske - French horn on "Six Broken Soldiers"
  • Little Willie Sammy Taylor - pipe organ on "Six Broken Soldiers"
  • Kemper Crabb - soprano recorder on "Legal Kill"

Reception[]

Faith, Hope, Love proved to be King's X's most commercially successful album, nearly reaching gold status.

The album was listed at #52 in the 2001 book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Chart performance[]

Chart Peak
U.S. Billboard 31 [4]
UK Albums Chart 70 [5]
U.S. Billboard 200 85 [4]

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "It's Love" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6

References[]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Faith Hope Love at AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ Davis, Erik (10 January 1991). "King's X Faith Hope Love Music Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  3. ^ Garza, Janiss (26 October 1990). "Faith Hope Love Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "King's X album charts [albums]". Billboard. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  5. ^ "UK charts page for King's X". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 May 2012.

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