Jimmy Swaggart: The Best of Jimmy Swaggart (Jim Records)
Glenn O'Brien, Spin, April 1987
A LOT OF fundamentalists today preach against the evils of rock 'n' roll, but TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart has gone and done something about the evils of rock 'n' roll. He's come up with an alternative and you can find out about it on his own five-record set.
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