Christmas (Bruce Cockburn album)

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Christmas
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1993
RecordedMay 1993 [1]
StudioPhase One Studios, Toronto
Genre Christmas, folk, pop
Length57:22
Label True North
Producer Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn chronology
Nothing but a Burning Light
(1991)
Christmas
(1993)
Dart to the Heart
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Christmas is the eighteenth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released in 1993 by True North Records.

Contents

Track listing

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

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

Album credits

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. "Bruce Cockburn - Albums - Christmas (1993)". cockburnproject.net.
  2. Christmas at AllMusic
  3. "Bruce Cockburn - Christmas". Discogs.