First Things First (album) explained
First Things First is Bob Bennett's first release. It was released about three years after he became a Christian.[1]
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) – 2:18
Additional 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 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.
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060506045925/http://www.jamsline.com/b_bennett1.htm Bob Bennett at Jamsline Archives
