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- This page is about the album by Amy Grant. For the Barbra Streisand album, see A Christmas Album (Barbra Streisand album). For the Bright Eyes album, see A Christmas Album (Bright Eyes album)
A Christmas Album is the seventh album by Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).
A Christmas Album was issued on the heels of Grant's immensely successful 1982 LP Age to Age. Primarily for the audiences she attracted with Age to Age, A Christmas Album featured well-known religious and secular standards alongside original songs. Although not as successful as Age to Age, A Christmas Album still peaked in the Top Ten of the Christian chart and spawned a Top 20 Christian radio single in "Emmanuel." A Christmas Album would eventually be certified gold in 1985, and platinum in 1989.
In 2007, A Christmas Album was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.[1]
[edit] Track listing
- "Tennessee Christmas" (Amy Grant, Gary Chapman) – 4:33
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn, William H. Cummings) – 2:53
- "Preiset Dem Konig! (Praise The King!)" (Shane Keister) – 1:39
- "Emmanuel" (Michael W. Smith) – 2:54 Listen (help·info)
- "Little Town" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner, Chris Eaton) – 2:47
- "Christmas Hymn" (Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith) – 2:32
- "Love Has Come" (Amy Grant, Shane Keister, Michael W. Smith) – 4:02
- "Sleigh Ride" (Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson) – 3:35
- "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:45
- "Heirlooms" (Amy Grant, Brown Bannister, Bob Farrell) – 3:42
- "A Mighty Fortress / Angels We Have Heard On High" (Traditional) – 5:00
[edit] Personnel
- Amy Grant: Vocals, Background Vocals, Liner Notes
- Gary Chapman: Guitars, Pedal Steel, Background Vocals.
- Jon Goin: Guitars.
- Paul Leim: Guitar, Drums, Sleigh Bells, Wood Block, Simmons Drums, Linn.
- Dean Parks: Guitars.
- Mike Brignardello: Bass.
- Lenny Castro: Percussion.
- Victor Feldman: Percussion, Shaker.
- Farrell Morris: Percussion, Glockenspiel, Shells, Bell Tree.
- Michael W. Smith: Piano, Vocoder.
- Shane Keister: Synthesizer, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Memory Moog, Mini Moog, Oberheim OB8.
- Thomas McAninch: Horn.
- Bill Champlin: Background Vocals.
- Tamara Champlin: Background Vocals.
- David Page: Background Vocals.
- Richard Page: Background Vocals.
- Steve George: Background Vocals.
- Debbie Hall: Background Vocals.
- Sandy Hall: Background Vocals.
- Edie Lehmann: Background Vocals.
- Carmen Twillie: Background Vocals.
- with the Hollywood Presbyterian Choir.
[edit] Production
- Producer: Brown Bannister
- Executive Producer: Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell, Gary Chapman.
- Engineer: Jack Joseph Puig, Jim Baird, Mike Ross, Ken Corlew, Gene Eichelberger, Brent King.
- Mixed by: Jack Joseph Puig.
- Mastered by: Doug Sax.
- Arranger: ???
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Choir Arrangement, Woodwind Arrangement: Alan Moore.
- Design: Dennis Hill
- Cover Art Concept: Michael Blanton, Dan Harrell.
- Photography: Mike Borum.
- Artwork, Photography, Scenery: Bill Farrell.
- Choir Director: Fred Bock.
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1984 |
Top Contemporary Christian |
9 |
[edit] Awards
GMA Dove Awards
| Year |
Winner |
Category |
| 1984 |
A Christmas Album |
Recorded Music Packaging Of The Year |
[edit] Miscellanea
- A Christmas Album was the first Amy Grant album to be released in the Compact Disc format.
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