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Christmastide (album)

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Christmastide
Studio album by
Released2009
RecordedWhitewater Productions, Surrey, Canada
GenreCCM
Length45:10
LabelSignpost
ProducerRoy Salmond
Bob Bennett chronology
My Heart Across the Ocean
(2002)
Christmastide
(2009)
Joy Deep as Sorrow
(2012)

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

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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 - adaptation/arrangement: Bennett) – 2:49
  13. "Carol of the Moon and Stars" – 3:15

Personnel

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  • 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

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Christmastide was self-released by the artist in 2009. It is distributed in Canada by Signpost Music.

Reviews

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Christianity 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

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  1. ^ a b Greer, Andrew (November 11, 2009). "Christmas Music Wrap-Up 2009". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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