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- Artist: Andraé Crouch
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- Release Date: September 28, 1993
- Total Time: 70:04
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Gospel
Review
Released on 1993 on A&M's subsidiary Light, this was the definitive Andraé Crouch best-of. Light issued its own pair of exhaustive three-disc sets in 2002, and a more wieldy but still gargantuan triple-CD set called Definitive Greatest Hits from Compendium came to the shelves. That said, since sound quality is not a factor, this single volume is a far better bet for one reason. While the pair of Light Mega 3 collections put out virtually everything he recorded for the label, and the Compendium set offers all of Crouch's stylistic transitions, what he will be remembered for most is his ability to blend true, dyed in the wool black gospel with modern smooth soul and hit the charts with an undiluted Christian message. Crouch is a visionary in the same way Curtis Mayfield was; he used gospel as a way of attracting those outside the church in, and for those in the church to be able to relate to modern trends in African-American trends in popular music. What's more, it wasn't cynical. This collection offers virtually every major hit Crouch laid down in the 1970s, the period of his greatest impact, and the renditions of these tunes are the authoritative and critically recognized ones all in one handy, economical, 20-track disc where all is killer and there is no filler. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Take a Little Time | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:27) |
| Everything Changed | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:43) |
| Tell Them | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:45) |
| I'm Gonna Keep on Singin' | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (2:44) |
| My Tribute | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:36) |
| Bless His Holy Name (Psalm 1:03) | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:03) |
| I'm Coming Home | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:31) |
| Just Like He Said He Would | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (4:36) |
| If Heaven Never Was Promised to Me | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (2:58) |
| Take Me Back | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (4:15) |
| Jesus Is the Answer | Sandra Crouch, Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (5:04) |
| Through It All | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:25) |
| Satisfied | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:02) |
| I Don't Know Why | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (2:59) |
| Jesus (Every Hour He'll Give You Power) | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:13) |
| I Come That You Might Have Life | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (4:25) |
| I Didn't Think It Could Be | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (4:52) |
| Oh I Need Him | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (3:58) |
| I've Got Confidence | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (2:57) |
| It Won't Be Long | Andraé Crouch | Andraé Crouch | (2:20) |
