Christmastide (album)
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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.[1]
Track listing
All 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) – 2:49
- "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.