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Wikipedia / First Things First (album)

First Things First is Bob Bennett's first release. It was released about three years after he became a Christian.

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 "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 – bass guitar

  • Ron Tutt – drums

  • Alex MacDougall – percussion

  • Al Perkins – electric guitar, slide guitar

  • 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.

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