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

12. "Spiritual Equation" (acoustic version, re-release CD) – m:ss
13. 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.