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.

"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
" My Redeemer Lives" – 3:16
"The Garden Song" – 3:46
"I Belong To You" – 3:57
"Healings" – 4:49
"Spiritual Equation" – 2:18

Additional tracks on 2007 release

"Spiritual Equation" – m:ss
Track by track commentaries – 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

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.