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Matters of the Heart is Bob Bennett's second release.
Release history
Matters of the Heart was released by CBS/Priority in 1982. The album went out of print mid-year when the label ceased operations. In 1985, Star Song re-released the album and went out-of-print by 1987. Urgent Records re-released a cassette version in 1989 and the CD in 1990 in May 2007 it was released digitally at the iTunes Store.[2]
In January 1983, CCM Magazine named it "Album of the Year - 1982", beating Amy Grant's Age to Age.[3] It was later named it as one of the "Top 20 Christian Albums of All Time",[2] and listed at No. 65 in the book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.[4]
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Bennett, except where noted.
- "Matters of the Heart" – 3:30
- "Falling Stars" – 3:05
- "Mountain Cathedral" – 4:54
- "1951" (Jim Fowler/Michael Aguilar/Bob Bennett) – 3:06
- "A Song About Baseball" – 3:20
- "Madness Dancing" – 3:16
- "Together All Alone" – 2:47
- "Beggar" – 3:55
- "Come and See" (Bob Bennett/Michael Aguilar) – 2:51
- "Heart of the Matter" – 6:11
Personnel
- Bob Bennett – acoustic guitar, vocals, composer
- Steve Swinford – acoustic guitar (track 3)
- Hadley Hockensmith – electric guitar
- Don Gerber – banjo
- Mark Davis – hammer dulcimer
- John Patitucci – acoustic and electric bass
- Keith Edwards – drums
- John Ferraro – drums
- Alex MacDougall – percussion
- Roby Duke – background vocals
- Kelly Willard – background vocals
- Jonathan David Brown – producer, recording, mixing
- Smitty Price – keyboards, charts, track arrangements
References
- ^ "Matters of the Heart - Bob Bennett - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Matters of the Heart at Museweb.
- ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- ^ Hefner, April; Granger, Greg (January 15, 2001). CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums In Christian Music. Harvest House. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0736902813.