Beauty Has Grace
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| Studio album by Jaci Velasquez | ||||
| Released | May 3, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, pop/rock, contemporary Christian | |||
| Length | 38:54 | |||
| Label | Word Entertainment LLC | |||
| Producer | Martin Terefe, Jaci Velasquez, Dion Lopez | |||
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| Cross Rhythms UK |   |
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Beauty Has Grace is the Christian singer Jaci Velasquez' fifth studio album. It marks a departure in style from her previous albums, having been recorded in London, England, with Martin Terefe (A-Ha, Ron Sexsmith, Leona Naess, KT Tunstall). She co-wrote six of the ten album tracks.
Velasquez decided to name the album "Kensaltown", after Kensal Town and the studio where she recorded and wrote the album, but the label was concerned that people would confuse "Kensaltown" with "Tinsel Town" so they changed it to Beauty Has Grace, a line in the song "This Love". The release date for the album was pushed back several times to May 3. The label also changed the track listing of the album which first featured the song "Hold On to This Moment", but it was replaced for "Reason to Believe"
Reviews for the album were favorable, calling Velasquez's musical change "the boldest, smartest Christian music artistic shift in recent memory". A special edition of the album was released by Family Christian Stores with a bonus track, "Love Will Find You".
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