| Sweet Bells | ||||
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| Studio album by Kate Rusby | ||||
| Released | 15 December 2008 (original) 9 November 2009 (re-release) |
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| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 49:14 | |||
| Label | Pure Records | |||
| Producer | Kate Rusby, Joe Rusby | |||
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The album's original cover.
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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).
The album was re-released on 9 November 2009 featuring new cover artwork by Marie Mills. 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.