Christmas Through Your Eyes
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| Christmas Through your Eyes | ||
| EP by Gloria Estefan | ||
| Released | September 27, 1993 (Worldwide) | |
| Recorded | Crescent Moon Studios, Miami; Capitol Studios, Los Angeles; The Hit Factory and Flying Monkey Studios, New York and the Village Recorder, Los Angeles | |
| Genre | Holiday | |
| Length | 44:01 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gloria Estefan chronology | ||
| Mi Tierra (1993) |
Christmas Through your Eyes' (1993) |
Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me (1994) |
Christmas Through your Eyes is the sixth studio solo album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the sixteenth overall and first Ep, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music).
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[edit] History
Even she was enjoying her success with her multi-awarded and successful Latin album, Mi Tierra, she went to studio to recorded a completely new album, this time in English language, a Christmas collection released in the 1993 Fall.
The collection show more traditional songs than new songs, among those traditional songs were, "Silver Bells", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "This Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" among other more. And some new songs composed with her like "Christmas Through your Eyes" in which she worked with songwriter Diane Warren. The collection also included a Spanish-language song called "Arbolito de Navidad".
Gloria Estefan in this album proves not to be only a singer who can sings pop or dance songs, cause she demonstrates her ability to sing big band, like in the song "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow"; Jazz in the song "This Christmas" and other rhythms. Gloria has appeared in the three American versions of the Christmas compilations "Now..That’s What I call Christmas", some of those songs are "I’ll be home For Christmas" and "Christmas Through your Eyes". The other is "Christmas in Layaway", that is not available at this collection.
The album wasn’t released any official single, but Gloria made some videos, those were the videos of the songs "This Christmas" and "Silent Night", available on her video-collection Everlasting Gloria!.
The album received successful merits such the platinum certification at U.S. for sold more than a million of copies and it went in the #43 at the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The album has sold more than a 1.5 millions copies around the world, according to a 2001 review of her album sales, on her discography database web.
[edit] Track listing
- "Overture: Silver Bells" (Livingston, Evans) - 4:18
- "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Torme, Wells) - 4:13
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Martin, Blane) - 5:30
- "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" (Cahn) - 3:56
- "This Christmas" (Hathaway, McKinnor) - 4:11
- "I’ll be Home for Christmas" (Ram) - 3:30
- "White Christmas" (Berlin) - 4:13
- "Silent Night" (Mohr, Gruber) - 4:38
- "Christmas Through your Eyes" (Estefan, Warren) - 5:01
- "Arbolito de Navidad" (Barros) - 3:56
- "Christmas Auld Lang Syne" (Curtis, Military) - 2:35
[edit] Personnel
- Gloria Estefan - vocal, background vocals
- Rene Toledo - guitar
- Warren Luening - trumpet
- George Graham - trumpet
- Larry Hall - trumpet
- Charles Davis - trumpet
- James Thatcher - french horn
- Kurt Snyder - french horn
- Marilyn Johnson - french horn
- Calvin Smith - french horn
- William Waltous - trombone
- Charles Loper - trombone
- William Reichenbach - trombone
- Donald Wadrop - tuba
- Dorothy Remsen - harp
- Jerry Williams - percussion
- Alan Esters - percussion
- Gerald Vinci - violin
- Norma Leonard - violin
- Assa Drori - violin
- Don Palmer - violin
- Dixie Blackstone - violin
- Robert Sanov - violin
- Patricia Aiken - violin
- Miran Kojan - violin
- Jay Rosen - violin
- Kwihee Shamban - violin
- Patricia Johnson - violin
- Bette Bryers - violin
- Jennifer Johnson - violin
- Kenneth Yerke - violin
- James Ross - viola
- Margot MacLaine - viola
- Rick Gerding - viola
- Carrie Holzman-Little - viola
- Gloria Strassner - cello
- Anna Karam - cello
- Danny Little - cello
- Nancy Stein-Ross - cello
- Kenneth Wild - bass
- Drew Dembowski - bass
- Susan Ranney - bass
- Gene Cipriano - woodwinds
- Susan Ranney - woodwinds
- Geraldine Rotella - woodwinds
- Brice Martin - woodwinds
- Luoise DiTullio - woodwinds
- Larry Dermer - keyboards
- Juanito Marquez - acoustic guitar
- The American Boychoir - chorus
- Rob Mounsey - background vocals
[edit] Production
- Producers: Phil Ramone
- Arrangers: Patrick Williams, Rob Mounsey, Pat Williams, Doug Kastaros, Peter Schwartz, Juanito Marquez, Clay Ostwald
- Vocal Arrangers: Gene Puerling
- Engineers: Eric Schilling, Humberto Gatica, Patrice Levisohn, Charley Pollard, Richard Alderson, Lolly Grodner, Robert Hart
- Assistant Engineers: Sebastian Krys, Leslie Ann Jones, Nora Castilo, Charlie Paakkari, Neil Perry
- Mixed by: Eric Schilling
- Mix Assistant: Sebastian Krys
- Project Coordinator: Hill Dell’Abate
- Mastered by Bob Ludwing at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
- Management: Emilio Estefan Jr.
[edit] Design
- Art direction: David Coleman
- Photography: Alberto Tolot
[edit] Singles
No Singles were released, only the videos of the songs:
[edit] Chart performance and certifications
Even when the album was released worldwide, the album was only charted at US at the official charts and it’s only received a certification there. It’s appears on a lot of secondary charts on other countries.
| Chart (1993) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top 200 albums chart | 43 |
| Country | Certification |
| U.S. | Platinum |
