- First Things First (Bob Bennett album)
Infobox Album
Name = First Things First
Type = studio
Artist = Bob Bennett
Released =1979
Recorded =
Genre = CCM
Length =
Label =Maranatha! Records
Producer = Jonathan David Brown
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "First Things First"
(1979)
Next album = "Matters Of The Heart "
(1982)"First Things First" is Bob Bennett's first release. It was released about three years after he became a Christian. [http://www.jamsline.com/b_bennett1.htm Jamsline Archives]
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Bennett, except where noted.
#"Carpenter Gone Bad?" – 3:32
#"The Night Shift" – 6:34
#"Whistling In The Dark" – 2:31
#"The Best" – 3:45
#"You're Welcome Here" – 3:31
#"Forgive And Forget" – 2:48
#"(I Know That) My Redeemer Lives" (text: Samuel Medley; Tune: "Duke Street", John Hatton; adap. Bob Bennett) – 3:16
#"The Garden Song" – 3:46
#"I Belong To You" – 3:57
#"Healings" – 4:49
#"Spiritual Equation" (CD bonus track) – 2:18Additional tracks on 2007 release
- "Spiritual Equation" (acoustic version, re-release CD) – m:ss
- Track by track commentaries (acoustic version, re-release CD) – m:ss
Personnel
* Bob Bennett – acoustic guitar, Vocals, composer
* Jim Fielder – acoustic bass
* Ron Tutt – drums
* Alex MacDougall – percussion
* Bob Sanders – baritone horn
* Nils Oliver – cello
* Terry Winch – flugelhorn
* Darrel Gardner – flugelhorn
* Bill Alsup – french horn
* Ron Loofbourrow – french horn
* Val Johnson – trombone
* Phil Ayling – woodwinds
* John Phillips – woodwinds
* Jonathan David Brown – producer, recording, mixing
* James Gabriel – horn/woodwind arrangement on Track 7 ("My Redeemer Lives")Release History
"First Things First" was originally released on LP and cassette. In the early 1990s it was released on CD; where that release contained an additional track, "Spiritual Equation". After being out of print for many years, in 2007 Bob Bennett arranged for a limited twenty-fifth anniversary edition; in addition to the original "bonus track", the 2007 release also contains an acoustic version of "Spiritual Equation" and newly recorded song by song commentaries.
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