Christmastide (Bob Bennett album)
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Christmastide is Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett (singer-songwriter)
Bob Bennett is an American Christian singer, guitarist and songwriter from Downey, California. Bennett is known for his distinctive baritone voice, Christian lyrics and folk-inspired guitar playing.-Career:...

'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.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett (singer-songwriter)
Bob Bennett is an American Christian singer, guitarist and songwriter from Downey, California. Bennett is known for his distinctive baritone voice, Christian lyrics and folk-inspired guitar playing.-Career:...

, except where noted as "(words / music)".
  1. "God with Us" – 4:05
  2. "Brightest and Best" (Reginald Heber / James P. Harding) – 4:07
  3. "Come Thou Not Expected Bossa" (Traditional) – 5:48
  4. "It May Not Have Been December" – 3:41
  5. "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree" (Anonymous / Elizabeth Poston) – 5:36
  6. "The First Noel" (Traditional) – 1:13
  7. "Christmas for Cynics" – 3:12
  8. "Both Things" – 3:25
  9. "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" (Traditional / John Gardner) – 2:09
  10. "December MIA" – 4:12
  11. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional) – 1:24
  12. "I Saw Three Ships" (Traditional) – 2:49
  13. "Carol of the Moon and Stars" – 3:15

Personnel

  • Bob Bennett
    Bob Bennett (singer-songwriter)
    Bob Bennett is an American Christian singer, guitarist and songwriter from Downey, California. Bennett is known for his distinctive baritone voice, Christian lyrics and folk-inspired guitar playing.-Career:...

    – 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 conducted (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

Christmastide was released by Signpost Music in 2009 and is distributed in Canada by Signpost Music.

Reviews

Christianity Today gave the CD 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.

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