Track Listing 1. Little Drummer Boy 2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 4. Christmas Song, The 5. O Come All Ye Faithful 6. Child's Prayer 7. Feliz Navidad - (Spanish) 8. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 9. Christmas Time Is Here 10. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 11. What Child Is This 12. White Christmas 13. Silent Night 14. One Little Candle
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Luis Conte | | Producer: | Roy Bittan | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Chicago: Lee Loughnane (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Robert Lamm (vocals, piano, electric piano); Bill Champlin (vocals, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming); Jason Scheff (vocals, keyboards, bass, programming); Keith Howland (guitar); Walt Parazaider (flute, alto & tenor saxophones); James Pankow (trombone, synthesizers); Tris Imboden (drums). Additional personnel includes: Roy Bittan (accordion, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizers); Luis Conte (percussion). Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California; Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California; Goldmine Studios, Woodland Hills, California. Chicago ventures into the Christmas market with XXV. They've been around so long it was an inevitable move, the only surprise is that they waited this long to make it. XXV features classic Christmas songs like "Little Drummer Boy," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" done up Chicago-style. Over the years, the band's original U.S.-Beatles-with-horns sound had mutated into a smooth R&B/pop sound, but those trademark horns are still there to let you know they haven't forgotten their roots. The band's secret weapon is singer/keyboardist Bill Champlin, founder of the hippie-era San Francisco band Sons of Champlin. One of the more believable blue-eyed soul singers extant, Champlin invests these songs with palpable emotion and commitment.
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