Get Ready (Virtue album)

Get Ready is the second album by the gospel group Virtue, released in 1999.[5][3][6] The album contains the singles "Get Ready," "Love Me Like You Do," "Angels Watching Over Me," and "Put Your War Clothes On."

Get Ready
Studio album by
Virtue
ReleasedMay 18, 1999[1]
Recorded1998–1999
GenreGospel
Urban Contemporary Gospel
R&B[2]
Length48:12
LabelVerity Records[3]
ProducerMark and Joey Kibble[4]
Virtue chronology
Virtue
(1997)		 Get Ready
(1999)		 Virtuosity
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

The album is a mixture of adult contemporary, gospel, and soul musical styles.[6]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "emotionally and sonically ambitious," writing that "the quartet's amazing harmonies carry urban, gospel and R&B settings equally well."[4]

Track listing
  1. Get Ready - 4:44
  2. Put Your War Clothes On - 4:15
  3. Now's the Time - 4:10
  4. Angels Watching Over Me - 4:34
  5. Fly Away - 4:21
  6. My Heart's With You - 4:11
  7. Love Me Like You Do - 4:17
  8. Super Victorious - 3:48
  9. You Encourage My Soul - 4:31
  10. Don't Take Your Joy - 4:28
  11. Be Grateful - 4:53

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[7] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] 22
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[9] 4

Year-end charts
Chart (1999) Position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[10] 27

References
  1. "Indianapolis Recorder 14 May 1999 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  2. "The Sounds of 1999". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 22 December 1999.
  3. "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 24, 1999 – via Google Books.
  4. "Get Ready! - Virtue | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. "Virtue | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers. p. 1004.
  7. "Top Christian Albums Chart | Billboard". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 12, 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  8. "Heatseekers Albums Chart | Billboard". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 12, 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  9. "Top Gospel Albums Chart | Billboard". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 12, 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Billboard.com.
  10. "1999 the year in music: Top Gospel Albums". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 December 1999. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 September 2021.



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