Christmas (Bruce Cockburn album)

Christmas is the eighteenth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released in 1993 by True North Records.

Christmas
Studio album by Bruce Cockburn
Released	October 1993
Recorded	May 1993[1]
Studio	Phase One Studios, Toronto
Genre	Christmas, folk, pop
Length	57:22
Label	True North
Producer	Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn chronology
Nothing but a Burning Light (1991) Christmas (1993) Dart to the Heart (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

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

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References

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