Small Graces

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Small Graces
Small Graces.jpg
Studio album by Bob Bennett
Released 1997 (1997)
Genre CCM
Label Covenant Artists
Producer Phil Naish
Bob Bennett chronology
Songs from Bright Avenue
(1991)		Small Graces
(1997)		 The View from Here
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Small Graces is Bob Bennett's sixth release.

Phil Naish recorded the tracks on Small Graces by having Bob come into the studio and record each track solo (only Bob's guitar & his vocals), along with a click track; to obtain Bob's most natural performance. Then the other players were brought in to play around that initial solo track. Small Graces was Phil Naish's mandola debut. [3]

A click track is a series of audio cues used to synchronize sound recordings, sometimes for synchronization to a moving image. The click track originated in early sound movies, where optical marks were made on the film to indicate precise timings for musical accompaniment. It can also serve a purpose similar to a metronome, as in the music industry, where it is often used during recording sessions and live performances.

Mandola musical instrument

The mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola, a fifth lower than a mandolin. The mandola, although now rarer, is the ancestor of the mandolin, the name of which means simply "little mandola".

Contents

The songs on Small Graces are split between songs that hint at relationships and romance, and those that are directed upward and outward to the body of Christ.

Body of Christ

In Christian theology, the term Body of Christ has two main but separate meanings: it may refer to Jesus' words over the bread at the Last Supper that "This is my body" in Luke 22:19–20, or to the usage of the term by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:12–14 and Ephesians 4:1–16 to refer to the Christian Church. It may also refer to Christ's post-resurrection body in Heaven. Christ also associated himself with the poor of the world and this is also called the Body of Christ.“If we truly wish to encounter Christ, we have to touch his body in the suffering bodies of the poor, as a response to the sacramental communion bestowed in the Eucharist. The Body of Christ, broken in the sacred liturgy, can be seen, through charity and sharing, in the faces and persons of the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters.” said Pope Francis on launching the World Day of the Poor.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Bennett, except where noted.

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.

  1. "Small Graces" – 3:55
  2. "The Only Risk Worth Taking" – 4:13
  3. "Lone Star State" – 3:47
  4. "Hand Of Kindness" – 4:05
  5. "Jesus In Our Time" – 4:45
  6. "The Better Part Of Me" – 4:17
  7. "Jesus Christ The Apple Tree" – 3:38
  8. "The Last One" – 3:08
  9. "My Shadow Companion" – 5:19
  10. "Altar In The Field" – 2:30

Personnel

Release history

Small Graces was released by Covenant Artists in 1997; it was distributed by Myrrh.

Myrrh Records US music record label; imprint of Word Entertainment

Myrrh Records, also known as Myrrh Worship, was an American Christian music record label. According to Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for contemporary Christian music as the label that first published music by Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Randy Matthews and Nancy Honeytree. The label is also known for serving as the first label for popular Christian crossover singer Amy Grant, who joined the label in 1977. She stayed with Myrrh until 1999.

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References

  1. ↑ Rimmer, Mike (1 February 1998). "(Review) Small Graces". Cross Rhythms (43). Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  2. ↑ Rock, Ed (1998). "(Review) Small Graces". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  3. ↑ Bob Bennett in conversation with Tom Loredo.


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