Sweet Bells

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sweet Bells

| type = studio

| artist = Kate Rusby

| cover = Sweetbellsrerelease.jpg

| alt =

| released = 15 December 2008 (original)
9 November 2009 (re-release)

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 44:07

| label = Pure Records

| producer = Kate Rusby, Joe Rusby

| prev_title = Awkward Annie

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Make the Light

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Sweetbellsoriginal.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = The album's original cover.

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = The Guardian

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=Kate Rusby: Sweet Bells |date=2008-12-12 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307094522/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/12/kate-rusby-sweet-bells-review |archive-date=2016-03-07 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/12/kate-rusby-sweet-bells-review}}

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.katerusby.com/diary.php |title=Kate Rusby - the Official Website |accessdate=2010-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402172157/http://www.katerusby.com/diary.php |archivedate=2010-04-02 }} 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.