Why is this one of my Desert Island Discs?

My second pick is another Lauren Talley album. This is my second most played album in the over 20 years that I have been on last.fm. It's another album that I can listen to all the way through without skipping tracks. It's Lauren's second solo album and it's called "Surrender". This album has some more up-tempo Southern Gospel songs, plus a few ballads, a black gospel song, a classic hymn, a Spanish sounding song with some Spanish lyrics included, and one track that is a story song with a haunting sound that's different from all the others. Really a great album overall in my opinion. The tracks I am picking from this one today are "Closet Religion", which is Lauren's cover of a black gospel song that was written and originally recorded by Dottie Peoples, "Almighty", which has a little bit of a Spanish sound and some Spanish lyrics thrown in too, and "Reverend John", which is my most played song from this album. It's a story song that has a little bit of haunting sound to it.