Songs from Bright Avenue is Bob Bennett's fifth release. The album was made in the shadow of Bennett's divorce from his first wife. Bennett stated, "I was 'foolish' enough to make a record about my divorce. The normal [procedure] in Christian music is that if you go through a divorce, you simply go underground for a year and show up with a new spouse, and no one's the wiser. When Songs From Bright Avenue came out, I realized that this was not going to be the 'Hey-let's-buy-a-big-bag-of-Fritos-and-invite-the-gang-over' type of record. I've had people tell me that it was just too painful to listen to. I say, 'I understand that, but go back and listen and see if you can find some hope there because I certainly tried [to convey that]'."[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Bennett, except where noted.
"Here On Bright Avenue" – 4:48
"No Such Thing As Divorce" – 4:14
"Angels Around Your Bed" – 3:15
"The Doing of the Thing" – 5:14
"Our Codependent Love" – 5:21
"My Secret Heart" – 5:24
"Save Me" – 4:09
"Unto the Least of These" – 4:39
"Hope Like a Stranger" – 3:56
"The Place I Am Bound" – 4:26
"Singing For My Life" – 3:32
"I'm Still Alive Tonight" – 2:23
Personnel
Bob Bennett – acoustic guitar, vocals, composer
Breg Jennings (2, 10) – acoustic guitar
Dan Foster (10) – tin whistle
Danny O'Lannerghty (5) – electric bass, acoustic bass, rhythm charts
David Wilcox (3, 9, 11) – background vocals
Gene Elders (2,10) – fiddle
Gordon Garrison – sound engineer
Greg Jennings (1, 4) – electric guitar
Jimmy Mattingly (8) – fiddle, mandolin
Jonathan David Brown – producer, recording, mixing
