Christmas (Bruce Cockburn album)

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Released October 1993 Length 57:22 Artist Bruce Cockburn Label True North Records		Recorded May 1993 Producer Bruce Cockburn Release date October 1993

Studio Phase One Studios, Toronto Genres Christmas music, Pop music Similar Night Vision, Sunwheel Dance, World of Wonders, Life Short Call Now, Nothing but a Burning Light

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Christmas is the eighteenth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released in 1993 by True North Records.

All tracks traditional, arranged by Bruce Cockburn, except where noted.

"Adeste Fidelis" (John Francis Wade) – 0:52
"Early on One Christmas Morn" (Traditional) – 3:02
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:38
"Riu Riu Chiu" (Traditional) – 6:26
"I Saw Three Ships" (Traditional) – 4:19
"Down in Yon Forest" (Traditional) – 4:09
"Les Agnes Dans Nos Campagnes" (Traditional) – 3:09
"Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Traditional) – 3:12
"Shepherds" (Bruce Cockburn) – 2:52
"Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 4:10
"Jesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol)" – 6:33
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 2:53
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" – (Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis, arr. Sam Phillips) – 6:41
"Mary Had a Baby" (Traditional) – 4:42
"Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason) – 0:44

Bruce Cockburn – vocals, guitar, percussion (tracks 4, 7, 14), dulcimer (tracks 4, 6, 7), harmonica (tracks 5, 7), wind chimes (track 6)

Gary Craig – drums (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11), percussion (track 14), backing vocals (track 14)

Colin Linden – guitar (track 2, 9), slide guitar (tracks 5, 8, 10), electric guitar (track 11), backing vocals (track 2)

Richard Bell – piano (track 2), organ (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13), accordion (tracks 7, 14), backing vocals (track 14)

Dick Smith – percussion (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14), backing vocals (track 14)

Hugh Marsh – violin (tracks 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13)

John Dymond – bass (tracks 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14), backing vocals (track 14)

Corlina Phillips – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)

Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)

Vivienne Williams – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)

Alberto Mirabal – backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)

Candi Sosa – backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)

Eliseo Borrero – backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)

Sam Phillips (tracks 9, 13)

T-Bone Burnett – humming (track 5)

Jenny Cockburn – backing vocals (track 7)

Bruce Cockburn – producer

Joe Schiff – recording, mixing

Eric Ratz – assistant engineer

Mike Piersante – assistant engineer

Greg Calbi – mastering

Christopher Austopchuk, Sara Rotman – art direction

David Katzenstein – photography

1Adeste Fidelis0:53
2Early on One Christmas Morn3:03
3O Little Town of Bethlehem3:38

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