Christmastide is Bob Bennett's eighth album; his second with the Signpost Music label. In this release, Bob captures many of Western Civilization's love/hate relationship with the Christmas season.[1]
Christmastide | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2009 | |||
Recorded | Whitewater Productions, Surrey, Canada | |||
Genre | CCM | |||
Length | 45:10 | |||
Label | Signpost | |||
Producer | Roy Salmond | |||
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Track listing
editAll songs written by Bob Bennett, except where noted as "(words / music)".
- "God with Us" – 4:05
- "Brightest and Best" (Reginald Heber / James P. Harding) – 4:07
- "Come Thou Not Expected Bossa" (Traditional) – 5:48
- "It May Not Have Been December" – 3:41
- "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree" (Anonymous / Elizabeth Poston) – 5:36
- "The First Noel" (Traditional) – 1:13
- "Christmas for Cynics" – 3:12
- "Both Things" – 3:25
- "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" (Traditional / John Gardner) – 2:09
- "December MIA" – 4:12
- "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional) – 1:24
- "I Saw Three Ships" (Traditional - adaptation/arrangement: Bennett) – 2:49
- "Carol of the Moon and Stars" – 3:15
Personnel
edit- Bob Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, composer
- Roy Salmond – producer, recording, electric guitars, keyboards, percussion (including Egg Cup), Piano, Ukulele, Basses (except for John's three tunes)
- Randall Stoll – drums, percussion (6)
- Brian Thiessen – electric guitar (3)
- Carolyn Arends – background vocals (1)
- Joel Stobbe – cello (9, 13)
- John Patitucci – bass (2, 3, 7)
- Mike Janzen – rhodes (3, 7)
- Larry Nickel – arranged choral vocals (6) and conductor (6, 9)
- Fabiana Katz – choral vocals (6, 9)
- Jennifer McLaren – choral vocals (6, 9)
- John Nickel – choral vocals (6, 9)
- Karen Mang – choral vocals (6, 9)
- Larry Nickel – choral vocals (6, 9)
- Ray Harris – choral vocals (6, 9)
Release history
editChristmastide was self-released by the artist in 2009. It is distributed in Canada by Signpost Music.
Reviews
editChristianity Today gave the album 4 stars (out of 5) in their November 2009 review; concluding that "Christmastide achieved the twin "Classic" Christmas recording goals of both making light of the season's chaos while ever so poignantly reminding us why we bother to celebrate."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Greer, Andrew. "Christmas Music Wrap-Up 2009". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved March 5, 2019.