The Season of Love
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The Season of Love (also known as Christmas: The Season of Love) is a Christmas album, as well as the fourth studio album, of the Contemporary Christian group 4Him. It was released on Benson Records on October 1, 1993.[2]
Due to its original success among 4Him's works, the album was re-issued on September 30, 1997 with a new album cover and art.[3][4]
Track listing
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"The Season of Love" | Mark Harris, Don Koch |
4:15 |
| 2. |
"White Christmas" | Irving Berlin |
3:12 |
| 3. |
"The Little Drummer Boy" | Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simone |
3:24 |
| 4. |
"A Night to Remember/O Holy Night" | Harris, Koch; Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau |
4:25 |
| 5. |
"O Little Town of Bethlehem/It Came Upon The Midnight Clear/Away in a Manger/Silent Night! Holy Night!" (medley) | |
5:18 |
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"Do You Hear What I Hear" | Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker |
3:29 |
| 7. |
"In Your Care" | Harris, Billy Simon |
5:11 |
| 8. |
"Hold on to Christmas" | Dave Clark, Konch |
3:37 |
| 9. |
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | |
2:59 |
| 10. |
"A Strange Way to Save The World" | Clark, Harris, Konch |
4:33 |
Total length: |
40:23 |
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- All vocal arrangements by Don Koch & 4Him except track 3
Personnel
-Numbers in parenthesis symbolize track numbers
- 4Him
- Andy Chrisman - lead vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9), backing vocals
- Mark Harris - lead vocals (2, 4, 5 & 10), backing vocals
- Marty Magehee - lead vocals (5, 6, 8 & 9), backing vocals
- Kirk Sullivan - lead vocals (1, 5 & 9), backing vocals
- Musicians
- John Hammond - drums (1)
- Mark Hammond - drums (2,5,8,9)
- Jackie Street - bass (1)
- Craig Nelson - bass (2,5,8,9)
- Jerry McPherson - guitar (1)
- Dennis Dearing - guitar (1)
- Mark Baldwin - guitar (2,5,6,8,9)
- Michael Hodge - guitar (4,7), guitar solo (8,9)
- Don Koch - keyboards (1), additional keyboards (2,4,5,8,9), programming (6), piano (10), track arrangements (6,7), rhythm arrangements (1,4)
- David Huntsinger - keyboards (2,5,8,9)
- Blair Masters - Hammond B3 organ (1), programming (4,7), keyboards (7)
- Bill Baumgart - programming & vocal arrangement (3)
- Mark Douthit - saxophone (1,4)
- Sam Levine - saxophone (5)
- Chris McDonald - brass arrangements (1,4,6)
- Brass (1,4,6) - Chris McDonald, Barry Green, Mike Haynes & Jeff Bailey
- Ralph Carmichael - orchestral arrangements (2,4,5,6,8,9,10)
- The Nashville String Machine - orchestra
- Choir (6) - Bill Baumgart, Chris Willis, Mark Ivey, Angelo & Veronica Petrucci, Rick Elias & Linda Elias
- Production
- Don Koch - producer, co-producer on tracks 2, 5,8 & 9
- Ralph Carmichael - co-producer on tracks 2, 5,8 & 9
- Andy Ivey - executive producer
- Mark Quattrochi - production assistant
- Mike Murray - production assistant
- John Jaszcz - mixing
- Patrick Kelly - mixing assistant
- Aaron Swihart - mixing assistant
- Ken Love - mastering
- Mark Tucker - photography
- Connie Harrington - art direction
- June Arnold - grooming
- Claudia McConnell Fowler - hair stylist
- Music engineering
- Bill Deaton, Tom Laune, Lynn Fuston, Keith Compton, Bill Baumgart, David Murphy, Brett Teegarden, Brent King
References
- ↑ "The Season of Love on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ↑ JesusFreakHideout.com: 4Him Discography
- ↑ "Christmas: The Season Of Love 1997 re-issue on Amazon.com". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Today's Christian Music Christmas: The Season Of Love album overview". Today's Christian Music. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
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- Andy Chrisman
- Mark Harris
- Marty Magehee
- Kirk Sullivan
- Jason Barton
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