Christmas Eve and Other Stories

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Christmas Eve and Other Stories
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Studio album by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Released October 15, 1996
Genre Rock opera
Length 66:46
Label Lava Records
Producer(s) Paul O'Neill and Robert Kinkel
Professional reviews
Trans-Siberian Orchestra chronology
Christmas Eve and Other Stories
(1996)		 The Christmas Attic
(1998)


Christmas Eve and Other Stories is a CD of Christmas carols by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. This CD takes familiar carols and adds to them the rock touch that the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is known for. The CD contains a mix of vocal and instrumental songs.

Contents

[edit] Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It is Christmas Eve, and the Lord is looking down on earth from the heavens. He sends his youngest angel off on a mission, saying, "Go down to the earth and bring back to me the one thing that best represents everything good that has been done in the name of this day."

The Angel goes down to Earth, a little troubled by the magnitude of this endeavor. For everyone, Christmas Eve is an important day, and so much is done to honor the birth of Jesus Christ. How can he find something to represent this day?

[edit] Track listing

  1. "An Angel Came Down" – 3:52
  2. "O Come All Ye Faithful" / "O Holy Night" – 4:19 *
  3. "A Star to Follow" – 3:49
  4. "First Snow" – 3:53 *
  5. "The Silent Nutcracker" – 2:22 *
  6. "A Mad Russian's Christmas" – 4:42 *
  7. "The Prince of Peace" – 3:33
  8. "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" – 3:25 *
  9. "Good King Joy" – 6:36
  10. "Ornament" – 3:37
  11. "The First Noel" – 0:55 *
  12. "Old City Bar" – 6:18
  13. "Promises to Keep" – 2:41
  14. "This Christmas Day" – 4:20
  15. "An Angel Returned" – 3:52
  16. "O Holy Night" – 2:39 *
  17. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – 1:16 *
  • (*) indicates an instrumental
  • Songs "O Holy Night" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" are bonus tracks.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performers

[edit] Vocals

Solos:

  • John Margolis
  • Marlene Danielle
  • Michael Fawcette
  • Thomas Faresse
  • Ken Williams
  • Babi Floyd

Back-Ups:

  • Zak Stevens
  • Nancy Jackson
  • Peggy Harley
  • Latasha Spencer
  • Danielle Lander
  • Jeffrey Stackhouse
  • Timothy Carosi
  • Peter Valentine

[edit] Child choir

Conductor:

  • Anthony Piccolo

Choir:

  • Joseph Murray
  • Andrian Ross
  • Nigel Tangredi
  • Warren Wilson
  • Beth Butler
  • Cabiria Jacobson
  • Rachel Rosenfield
  • Caroline Ross

[edit] Instrumental

[edit] Solos

  • Cello - Mary Wooten
  • French Horn - John Clark

[edit] Orchestra

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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