This Is Christmas (album)

This Is Christmas
Studio album by Luther Vandross
Released October 18, 1995 (U.S.)
Recorded Camel Island Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Clinton Recording Studios
(New York City, New York)
Sterling Sound
(New York City, New York)
The Hit Factory
(New York City, New York)
The Power Station
(New York City, New York)
Genre R&B, soul, Christmas
Length 48:21
Label Epic
Producer Luther Vandross (also executive), Marcus Miller, Nat Adderley, Jr.
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Luther Vandross chronology
Songs
(1994)
This Is Christmas
(1995)
Your Secret Love
(1996)
Alternative cover
Home for Christmas cover

This Is Christmas is a Christmas album (eleventh overall) by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross, released in October 1995 (see 1995 in music). Sony Music Special Products reissued the album on January 15, 2002 as Home for Christmas with an altered order of tracks.

Contents

Track listings

Original

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "With a Christmas Heart"   Luther Vandross, Skip Anderson 4:04
2. "This Is Christmas"   Vandross, Reed Vertelney 4:45
3. "The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody)"   Vandross, Ivan Hampden 4:45
4. "Every Year, Every Christmas"   Vandross, Richard Marx 5:06
5. "My Favorite Things"   Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 5:58
6. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"   Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane 5:05
7. "I Listen to the Bells (with Darlene Love)"   Vandross, Fonzi Thornton 6:07
8. "Please Come Home for Christmas"   Vandross, Anderson 3:37
9. "A Kiss for Christmas"   Vandross, Hampden 4:12
10. "O' Come All Ye Faithful"   John Francis Wade, Frederick Oakeley 4:19

Home for Christmas

  1. "O' Come All Ye Faithful" - 4:19
  2. "My Favorite Things" - 5:58
  3. "What the World Needs Now" - 5:19
  4. "With a Christmas Heart" - 4:05
  5. "I Listen to the Bells" - 6:07
  6. "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)" - 4:43
  7. "Please Come Home for Christmas" - 3:38
  8. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 5:05

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 28
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4