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