First Things First is Bob Bennett's first release. It was released about three years after he became a Christian.Bob Bennett at Jamsline Archives — stored on web.archive.org
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 <li>"Spiritual Equation" (acoustic version, re-release CD) – m:ss <li>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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