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Christmastide (album)

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Released
  
2009

Producer
  
Roy Salmond

Label
  
Philips Records

Length
  
45:10

Release date
  
2009

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Recorded
  
Whitewater Productions (Surrey, BC)

Christmastide (2009)
  
Joy Deep as Sorrow (2012)

Artists
  
Jessye Norman, Bob Bennett

Genre
  
Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music albums
  
The View from Here, Matters of the Heart, Non‑Fiction, First Things First, Lord of the Past: A Compilation

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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.

Contents

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Track listing

All songs written by Bob Bennett, 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 – 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.

    Songs

    1O Come - O Come Emmanuel5:04
    2Once in Royal David's City1:06
    3Unto Us a Child Is Born1:05

    References

    Christmastide (album) Wikipedia
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