First Things First (album)

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First Things First
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Studio album by Bob Bennett
Released 1979
Genre CCM
Label Maranatha! Records
Producer Jonathan David Brown
Bob Bennett chronology
First Things First
(1979)
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. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Bennett, except where noted.

  1. "Carpenter Gone Bad?" – 3:32
  2. "The Night Shift" – 6:34
  3. "Whistling In The Dark" – 2:31
  4. "The Best" – 3:45
  5. "You're Welcome Here" – 3:31
  6. "Forgive And Forget" – 2:48
  7. "(I Know That) My Redeemer Lives" (text: Samuel Medley; Tune: "Duke Street", John Hatton; adap. Bob Bennett) – 3:16
  8. "The Garden Song" – 3:46
  9. "I Belong To You" – 3:57
  10. "Healings" – 4:49
  11. "Spiritual Equation" (CD bonus track) – 2:18

Additional tracks on 2007 release

  1. "Spiritual Equation" (acoustic version, re-release CD) – m:ss
  2. Track by track commentaries (acoustic version, re-release CD) – m:ss

Personnel

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.

Release history

First Things First was originally released on LP and cassette in 1979. 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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References

  1. Bob Bennett at Jamsline Archives — stored on web.archive.org