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1993 studio album by Bruce Cockburn
Christmas
Studio album by Bruce Cockburn
ReleasedOctober 1993
RecordedMay 1993
StudioPhase One Studios, Toronto
GenreChristmas, folk, pop
Length57:22
LabelTrue North
ProducerBruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn chronology
Nothing but a Burning Light
(1991) 		Christmas
(1993) 		Dart to the Heart
(1994)
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Christmas is the eighteenth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released in 1993 by True North Records.

Track listing

All tracks traditional, arranged by Bruce Cockburn, except where noted.

  1. "Adeste Fidelis" (John Francis Wade) – 0:52
  2. "Early on One Christmas Morn" (Traditional) – 3:02
  3. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:38
  4. "Riu Riu Chiu" (Traditional) – 6:26
  5. "I Saw Three Ships" (Traditional) – 4:19
  6. "Down in Yon Forest" (Traditional) – 4:09
  7. "Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes" (Traditional) – 3:09
  8. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Traditional) – 3:12
  9. "Shepherds" (Bruce Cockburn) – 2:52
  10. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 4:10
  11. "Jesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol)" – 6:33
  12. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 2:53
  13. "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" – (Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis, arr. Sam Phillips) – 6:41
  14. "Mary Had a Baby" (Traditional) – 4:42
  15. "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason) – 0:44

Album credits

Musicians

  • Bruce Cockburn – vocals, guitar, percussion (tracks 4, 7, 14), dulcimer (tracks 4, 6, 7), harmonica (tracks 5, 7), wind chimes (track 6)
  • Gary Craig – drums (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11), percussion (track 14), backing vocals (track 14)
  • Colin Linden – guitar (track 2, 9), slide guitar (tracks 5, 8, 10), electric guitar (track 11), backing vocals (track 2)
  • Richard Bell – piano (track 2), organ (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13), accordion (tracks 7, 14), backing vocals (track 14)
  • Dick Smith – percussion (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14), backing vocals (track 14)
  • Hugh Marsh – violin (tracks 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13)
  • John Dymond – bass (tracks 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14), backing vocals (track 14)
  • Colina Phillips – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)
  • Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)
  • Vivienne Williams – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8, 10)
  • Alberto Mirabal – backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)
  • Candi Sosa – backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)
  • Eliseo Borrero – backing vocals (tracks 4, 7)
  • Sam Phillips – backing vocals (tracks 9, 13)
  • T-Bone Burnett – humming (track 5)
  • Jenny Cockburn – backing vocals (track 7)

Production

  • Bruce Cockburn – producer
  • Joe Schiff – recording, mixing
  • Eric Ratz – assistant engineer
  • Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Christopher Austopchuk, Sara Rotman – art direction
  • David Katzenstein – photography

References

  1. "Bruce Cockburn - Albums - Christmas (1993)". cockburnproject.net.
  2. Christmas at AllMusic
  3. "Bruce Cockburn - Christmas". Discogs.
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