Producer Kwesi Graves Release date 21 November 2006 | Label Edel AG | |
Released 21 November 200610 November 2006 (Hong Kong) Recorded August — September 2006Dublin, Ireland and London, England Length 31:12 (American release) Similar Robin Gibb albums, Other albums | ||
My Favourite Christmas Carols is the sixth studio album by Robin Gibb. Released in November 2006, it was the final studio album to be released in his lifetime and is the only album to be composed entirely of traditional Christmas songs.
Contents
The album was recorded from August to September 2006, the time when many Christmas albums by other artists are recorded. In November 2011, Gibb was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and died on 20 May 2012 at the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure.
Album information
Recording took place in Dublin and London. The last song, "The First Noël" has new lyrics written by Gibb. The instrumental tracks are by Kwesi Graves (Although credited as Michael Graves on Magnet) including pipe organ and string sections and sometimes they push envelope with percussion beats. His version of "Good King Wenceslas" is missing two verses.
The album contains "Come Some Christmas Eve Or Halloween" a song by the Bee Gees from 1968 on Idea sessions. My Favourite Christmas Carols was released on 21 November 2006 at Germany by Edel Records, Hong Kong by Evolution Records and in the United States by Koch Records. The American release of the album omitted "Come Some Christmas Eve Or Halloween", "Ellan Vannin" and the medley. "Mother of Love" was released as a single the same month as the album, and was available to download on Musicload.
Personnel
Songs
1Mother of Love3:15
2In the Bleak Mid Winter3:58
3Oh Come All Ye Faithful2:54