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
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)

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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