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Christmastime (Michael W. Smith album)

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Released
  
1998

Length
  
45:04

Release date
  
13 October 1998

Genre
  
Christmas music

Recorded
  
1998

Artist
  
Michael W. Smith

Label
  
Reunion Records

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Christmastime (1998)
  
This Is Your Time (1999)

Producers
  
Brown Bannister, Michael W. Smith

Similar
  
Michael W Smith albums, Christmas music albums

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Christmastime is a studio album by Michael W. Smith. It was his second holiday-themed release, following 1989's Christmas.

Contents

Michael w smith christmastime


Track listing

  1. "The Happiest Christmas" (Myles Rudge, Ted Dicks) – 3:08
  2. "Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells" (Kay Thompson, Johnny Mandel, J. Pierpont) – 2:17
  3. "Christmastime" (MWS, Joanna Carlson) – 4:15
  4. "Welcome to Our World" (Chris Rice) – 3:28
  5. "Hope of Israel" (MWS) – 3:17
  6. "Medley: Sing We Now of Christmas/O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/Emmanuel" (MWS) – 5:27
  7. "O Christmas Tree" (instrumental duet with Phil Keaggy)– 3:53
  8. "The Christmas Waltz" (with Sandi Patty) (Sammy Cahn, Jules Styne) –3:00
  9. "We Three Kings" – 3:22
  10. "Medley: Away in a Manger/Child in the Manger" – 5:06
  11. "Carols Sing" (Paul and Martha Puckett) – 2:14
  12. "Medley: I Saw Three Ships/Joy to the World" – 5:37

Personnel

  • Michael W. Smith: vocals (1-4, 6, 8, 10), piano (3-7, 9-12), programming (3), arrangements (6, 7, 9, 10, 12), keyboards (11)
  • Harold Jones: drums (1, 2, 8)
  • Steve Brewster: drums (3)
  • Paul Leim: drums (6)
  • Eric Darken: percussion (7, 12)
  • David Hungate: bass (1, 2, 8)
  • Leland Sklar: bass (6)
  • Jerry Kimbrough: guitar (1, 2, 8)
  • Phil Keaggy: guitars (7)
  • Shane Keister: piano (1, 2, 8), orchestrations (8)
  • Blair Masters: keyboards (11)
  • Jerry O'Sullivan: Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes and tin whistle (12)
  • Horn arrangements (2, 8): Chris McDonald
  • Horns (2, 8) – Trombones: Chris McDonald, Barry Green and Ernie Collins; Trumpets: Mike Haynes, Jeff Bailey, Steve Patrick and George Tidwell; Alto saxophones: Mark Douthit and Sam Levine; Tenor saxophones: Doug Moffett and Dennis Solee
  • Ronn Huff: orchestrations (1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
  • Tom Howard: orchestrations (3, 10), choir arrangements (3, 10)
  • Carl Marsh: orchestrations (6, 7, 12)
  • The London Session Orchestra: orchestra (1-8, 10, 12)
  • Gavyn Wright: concertmaster
  • Music copyists: Tom McAnich, Ric Domenico, Michael Goode, Stephen Danenberg, Wally Dunbar and Mike Casteel
  • Sandi Patty: duet vocal (8)
  • Anna Smith: vocal (10)
  • Background vocals (2, 8): Tim Davis (also BGV arrangement), Amy Joy Weimer, Lisa Cochran and Mark Ivey
  • Background vocals (6): Wayne Kirkpatrick, Chris Harris, Chris Rodriguez and Lori Wilshire
  • The Hollywood Presbyterian Choir: adult choir (3, 6, 11), directed by Fred Bock
  • The American Boyhood Choir: boychoir (3, 6, 10, 11), directed by James Litton
    • Production
  • Produced by Brown Bannister for RBI Productions
  • Co-produced by Michael W. Smith
  • Production manager: Traci Sterling Bishir
  • Engineered by Steve Bishir
  • Assistant engineers: Hank Nirider and Charlie Warwick
  • Additional engineering: Jess Sutcliffe, Russ Long and Gary Pacsoza
  • Recorded at East Iris Sound (Nashville, TN) and Deer Valley Studio (Franklin, TN)
  • Overdubs recorded at Quad Studios and Soundstage (Nashville,TN)
  • Hollywood Presbyterian Choir recorded at Westlake D (Los Angeles, CA)
  • American Boychoir recorded at Avatar Studios (New York, NY)
  • Sandi Patty vocal recorded at Gaither Studios (Alexandria, IN)
  • Orchestra recorded by Alex Marcou and Douglas Blair at Abbey Road Studios (London, England); Mark Tucker and Erik Jordan at CTS Studios (Wembley, England)
  • Tracks 1, 2, 8 mixed by Al Schmidt at Village Recorders (Los Angeles, CA), assisted by Bill Smith
  • Tracks 3, 10 mixed by Bill Deaton at The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN), assisted by Fred Paragano
  • Tracks 4–7, 9, 11, 12 mixed by Steve Bishir at The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN), assisted by Todd Gunnerson (4–7, 9) and Hank Nirider (11, 12)
  • Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA)
  • Art direction: Diana Lussenden
  • Photography: Ben Pearson
  • Design: Janice Booker/Altar Ego Design

    • Songs

    1The Happiest Christmas3:08
    2Jingle Bells2:18
    3Christmastime4:16

    References

    Christmastime (Michael W. Smith album) Wikipedia
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