A Christmas Cornucopia

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Released 12 November 2010 Artist Annie Lennox Producer Mike Stevens		A Christmas Cornucopia (2010) Nostalgia (2014) Release date 12 November 2010 Label Island Music

Recorded October 2009 – Summer 2010 in London, England Genres Christmas music, Soul music Similar Annie Lennox albums, Christmas music albums

Annie lennox angels from the realms of glory 2010

A Christmas Cornucopia is the fifth studio album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in November 2010. It was Lennox's first album after signing to the Universal Music Group (Island Records in the UK, Decca in the US and Europe) following her departure from Sony BMG, which had been her label for almost 30 years. It was also her second cover album (after 1995's Medusa) and her first of holiday music. Lennox was also born on Christmas Day.

The album is a collection of Lennox's favourite Christmas songs, though includes one original track written by Lennox, "Universal Child", which was released digitally as a single on 12 October 2010. A music video for Lennox's version of the classic Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" premiered on 4 November 2010, which was released as the second digital single from the album.

God rest ye merry gentlemen

Reception

Metacritic gives A Christmas Cornucopia a weighted average score of 73 based on 9 reviews, meaning "generally favorable reviews". Ian Wade of BBC Music gave the album a very positive review, saying "this collection could find itself becoming as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine awarded the album 3.5/5 and said "Lennox seems more inspired on A Christmas Cornucopia than she has in years." John Hunt of Qatar Today magazine gave the album 9/10 and said "in particular, the vocal work and musical arrangement of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' are impactful to the point of being intimidating."

Personnel

Matt Allison – engineer

Marcus Byrne – engineer

Annie Lennox – accordion, African drums, African percussion, arranger, dulcimer, Fender Rhodes, flute, harmonium, keyboards, marimba, orchestral arrangements, pan pipes, percussion, piano, pipe organ, producer, reed organ, santur, string arrangements, triangle, vibraphone, vocal percussion, vocals, whisper, whistle, Wurlitzer

Heff Moraes – mixing, mixing Consultant

Mike Owen – photography

Dave Robbins – conductor

Mark Stevens – African drums, engineer, percussion

Mike Stevens – arranger, bass, drones, engineer, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar, nylon string guitar, keyboards, mixing, music box, orchestral arrangements, organ, Hammond organ, oud, producer, programming, string arrangements, strings

Barry Van Zyl – African drums, percussion

Songs

1Angels From the Realms of Glory4:00
2God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:32
3See Amid the Winter's Snow3:30

References

A Christmas Cornucopia Wikipedia

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