Track Listing
1. Christmas to Remember, A
2. Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away
3. Silent Night
4. Christmas Lullaby (I Will Lead You Home)
5. Highland Cathedral
6. Jingle Bell Rock
7. Mister Santa
8. 'Til the Season Comes 'Round Again
9. Gabriel's Oboe
10. Welcome to Our World
11. Agnus Dei
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Michael Omartian, Patrick Williams, Vince Gill | | Producer: | Michael Omartian | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Amy Grant, Grace Stumb (vocals); Tom Hemby, Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Jerry McPherson (electric guitar); Bobby Taylor (oboe); Tim Morrison (trumpet); Michael Omartian (piano); Jimmy Lee Sloas, Craig Nelson (bass); John Hammond (drums); Alvin Chea, Randy Crenshaw, Rick Logan, Mervyn Waters, Vince Gill, Don Shelton, Lisa Bevill, J.D. Cunningham, Michael Mellett, Beverly Darnall (background vocals); The Patrick Williams Orchestra
& Choir, Nashville Pipes & Drums, Nashville Studio Orchestra.
Engineers include: Al Schmitt, Ron Huff, Terry Christian.
Recorded at Sony Pictures Studio, Culver City, California; Sound House Studio, Brentwood, Tennessee; Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee.
Personnel: Amy Grant (vocals); Grace Stumb (vocals); Biff Watson (guitar, acoustic guitar); Dennis Budimir, John Goux (guitar); Tom Hemby (acoustic guitar); Jerry McPherson (electric guitar); Marcia Dickstein, Mary Alice Hoepfinger (harp); Assa Drori, Al Hershberger, Connie Ellisor, Carolyn Osborn, Karen Winkelmann, Ron Folsom, Jennifer Walton, Henry Gronnier, Gerald Greer, Paul Tobias, Carrie Wann, Denise Baker, Beverly Drukker, Kristin Fife, Bob Sanov, Joann Cruthirds, Gwen Heller, Eve Butler, Betty Small, Tiffany Hu, Karen Jones, Clayton Haslop, David Stenske, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson , Lee Larrison, Alan Umstead, Darius Campo, Liane Mautner, David Angell, Miwako Watanabe, Catherine Umstead, Janet Askey, Endre Granat (violin); Bruce Christensen, Kathryn Plummer, Vicki Miskolczy, Keith Greene, Jim Grosjean, Simon Oswell, Kris Wilkinson, Monisa Angell, Gary VanOsdale, Raymond Tischer (viola); Jay Dawson (pipe); Lee Levine (clarinet); Bobby Taylor (oboe); Cynthia Estill (bassoon); Dan Higgins, David Shostac, Sheridon Stokes, Barbara Northcutt (woodwinds); Tim Divers, Malcolm McNabb, Jon Lewis , Rick Baptist, Warren Luening, Wayne Bergeron, Jeff Bailey , Tim Morrison, Mike Haynes , George Tidwell (trumpet); Paul Klintworth, Katie Hagen, Linda Patterson, Joy Worland, Marni Johnson , Mark Adams , Jennifer Kummer (French horn); Prentiss Hobbs, Bill Booth, Chris McDonald, Alexander Iles, Bill Reichenbach Jr. , Ken Kugler, Bill Elton, Chauncey Welsch, Ernie Collins (trombone); Gil Long, Jim Self (tuba); Michael Omartian, Mike Lang (piano); David Huntsinger (harpsichord); Craig Nelson (electric bass); Chris McHugh, Gregg Field, John Hammond , Carol Davis (drums); Dale Anderson, Eric Darken (percussion); J.D. Cunningham, Lisa Bevill, Michael Mellett (background vocals); Patrick Williams, Ronn Huff & The Nashville Studio Orchestra.
Audio Mixers: Al Schmitt; Terry Christian.
Recording information: Sony Pictures, Studio, Culver City, CA; Sound House, Brentwood, TN; SOund Kitchen, Franklin, TN.
Arrangers: Michael Omartian; Patrick Williams; Ronn Huff.
Eminently photogenic pop vocalist Amy Grant's holiday album A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER is a pleasant collection that mixes Christmas standards, stirring instrumentals, and some of Grant's own late-winter compositions. Throughout, the singer receives generous backing support from the Patrick Williams Orchestra and Choir, as well as the Nashville Studio Orchestra.
Originals include the album-opening title track as well as the delicate "Christmas Lullaby," on which Grant shares the spotlight with child vocalist Grace Stumb. The strains of bagpipes introduce the orchestral instrumental "Highland Cathedral." Grant's treatments of Christmas vocal standards are impressive, as her "Silent Night" and "Jingle Bell Rock" work the transporting magic that these Christmas chestnuts are known for.
Amy Grant's previous two holiday releases (1983's Christmas Album and 1992's Home for Christmas) focused on traditional tunes, so there was little for Grant to do on her third holiday album but branch out. A Christmas to Remember concentrates on contemporary and original songs -- "Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away," "'Til the Season Comes 'Round Again," "Christmas Lullaby ...
Editorial Reviews
...her most religious album in eons, her unstrained voice providing balm for the post-mall jitters... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (12/10/1999)
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