Released October 15, 1996 Length 62:03 Release date 15 October 1996 | Recorded 1995-1996 | |
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Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Contents
- Trans siberian orchestra an angel came down lyrics
- Trans siberian orchestra the ghosts of christmas eve
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Vocals
- Child choir
- Solos
- Orchestra
- Songs
- References
It was released on October 15, 1996, and is the first album in their "Christmas trilogy", with The Christmas Attic (1998) and The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) coming after it. All three albums, as well as their The Ghosts of Christmas Eve DVD, were featured in the The Christmas Trilogy box set.
The story is about a young man who wanders into a bar on Christmas Eve where he encounters a mysterious old man who tells him a tale about the magical effect of Christmas Day on the human race. The album takes familiar classical pieces and adds to them new songs and arrangements from both classic and progressive rock influences for which the group is known. The album also contains a mix of vocal and instrumental songs. The primary musicians on the album are all members of the progressive metal band Savatage (Paul O'Neill, the producer of the album, is Savatage's longtime producer). Jon Oliva, one of the principal songwriters on the album, is also a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and original vocalist in Savatage. (Oliva is also the voice of Mephistopheles on Beethoven's Last Night.) Cover art created by Edgar Jerins.
As of November 2014, Christmas Eve and Other Stories was the ninth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (1991 – present), with sales of 3,430,000 copies according to SoundScan.
On November 28, 2011, Christmas Eve and Other Stories was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States.
Trans siberian orchestra the ghosts of christmas eve
Track listing
There is a 2 CD version of Christmas Eve and Other Stories with one CD containing a Special Narrated Version Of Christmas Eve and Other Stories. The narrated CD contains one continuous track of music, with narration by Russell Horton between songs. This special edit was done by Robert Kinkel and was produced by Taro Meyer.
Personnel
Vocals
Solos:
Back-Ups:
Child choir
Conductor:
Choir:
Solos
Orchestra
Songs
1An Angel Came Down3:52
2O Come All Ye Faithful / O Holy Night4:19
3A Star To Follow3:49