Sweet Bells
2008 studio album by Kate Rusby
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Sweet Bells is the first Christmas album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on 15 December 2008 on Pure Records. In November 2011, Rusby released a follow-up, entitled While Mortals Sleep (2011).
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| Released | 15 December 2008 (original) 9 November 2009 (re-release) | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 44:07 | |||
| Label | Pure Records | |||
| Producer | Kate Rusby, Joe Rusby | |||
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 The album's original cover. | ||||
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| The Guardian |   [1] |
The album was re-released on 9 November 2009 featuring new cover artwork by Marie Mills.[2] Sweet Bells, the carol featured on the album, is a carol peculiar to Yorkshire, based on the carol While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night but with an alternative tune and extra lyrics.
Track listing
- "Here We Come A-Wassailing" - 3:09
- "Sweet Bells" - 3:34
- "Poor Old Horse" - 3:45
- "Hark the Herald" - 4:29
- "The Holly and the Ivy" - 3:21
- "Hark, Hark, What News" - 3:21
- "Candlemas Eve" - 5:18
- "Hail Chime On" - 4:12
- "Serving Girl's Holiday" - 4:37
- "Awake Arise Good Christians" - 3:42
- "The Miner's Dream of Home" - 4:39