Christmastide (album)

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Christmastide
Christmastide.jpg
Studio album by Bob Bennett
Released 2009
Recorded Whitewater Productions (Surrey, BC)
Genre CCM
Length45:10
Label Signpost Music
Producer Roy 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]

Bob Bennett (singer-songwriter) American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bob Bennett is an American contemporary Christian music singer, guitarist and songwriter from Downey, California. Bennett is known for his distinctive baritone voice, Christian lyrics and folk-inspired guitar playing.

Contents

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

Personnel

Release history

Christmastide was self-released by the artist in 2009. It 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.

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