Age to Age was Amy Grant's breakthrough album, finally earning her serious recognition within the CCM community as it ushered her into stardom. The hit success of the album's first two singles, "Sing Your Praise To The Lord," featuring a piano intro based on J.S. Bach's "Fugue #2 in C Minor" from The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, and "El Shaddai," saw its sales take off, selling well over a million copies. It became the first Christian music album by a solo artist to be certified gold in 1983, and the first ever platinum Christian music album in 1985. Amy Grant excelled in her career because she was comfortable being a Christian entertainer.
The album was listed at #92 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music and it was one of the fastest-selling gospel albums ever released. It sold about 50-60,000 copies a week on average, which was unheard of for a Christian album at the time. Dan Harrell, one of Amy's managers, claimed that it was the fastest selling record in her record company's history. Indeed, it became the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold (1983), and the first Christian album to be certified platinum. It became so popular that it topped Billboard's Christian albums chart for 85 weeks, and was named Gospel Album of the 1980s by Billboard magazine.
In 2007, Age to Age was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.[1]
A Deluxe Edition of Age to Age was reportedly slated for release by EMI on June 10, 2008. [2] However, when EMI released its June 2008 release schedule, Age to Age was not listed. [3]
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