A Christmas Album (Amy Grant album)

Infobox Album | Name = A Christmas Album
Type = Album
Artist = Amy Grant


Released = September 27, 1983
Recorded = July 3-August 26, 1983,
Caribou Ranch,
Nederland, CO
Genre = Gospel/Christian
Length = 37:35
Label = Myrrh/Word
Producer = Brown Bannister
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3fx7gjlr86im~T1 link]
Last album = "Ageless Medley (EP)"
(1983)
This album = "A Christmas Album"
(1983)
Next album = "Straight Ahead"
(1984) |

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"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. [ [http://www.sparrowrecords.com/news/news_detail_page.aspx?id=527739&tid=227 Sparrow Records News ] ]

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 audio|Emmanuel.ogg|Listen
#"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

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.

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.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

Miscellanea

* "A Christmas Album" was the first Amy Grant album to be released in the Compact Disc format.

* "A Christmas Album" was listed at #40 in the 2001 book, "".

Overview

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