When Bob Dylan told his record label that he intended to record Christian music, the label executives insisted that if he planned to pursue the project, he must, at least, record the work in Muscle Shoals. They believed this would provide the work "some much-needed credibility". Dylan had not previously expressed a religious attitude, and the executives feared that his new work might be taken as satirical. Recording in the Bible Belt, they thought, might avert a disaster. Dylan subsequently recorded two Christian albums at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, "Slow Train Coming" (1979) and "Saved" (1980).