The Mormon Tabernacle Choir have performed much of the best sacred material of all time, but the songs on
Praise to the Man were undoubtedly even closer to their hearts. A collection of songs in tribute to Latter Day Saints founder Joseph Smith, the album includes new arrangements of many of the best-known LDS hymns, including the title track -- itself written in tribute to Smith. With the Orchestra at Temple Square, the choir begins, fittingly, with "The Morning Breaks," and after the title song, performs "Joseph Smith's First Prayer." Other LDS standards included are "Now We'll Sing with One Accord" and "Praise to the Man." ~ John Bush