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Christmas (Sparrow Records album)

Christmas is a 1988 compilation Christmas album released by Sparrow Records. It features CCM artists' interpretation of the best-known Christmas songs done in their genres like rock ("Jingle Bell Rock" by Geoff Moore), pop ("O Holy Night" by Steve Camp), R&B ("Silent Night" by BeBe & CeCe Winans) and even mariachi ("Winter Wonderland" by Steve Taylor). Christmas also contains an original composition called "Home for the Holidays" sung by participating artists on this album. American R&B singer Deniece Williams was nominated for a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance, Female for her rendition of "Do You Hear What I Hear" at the 31st Grammy Awards. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Lead vocalists

Musicians

  • Phil Naish – keyboards (1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12), acoustic piano (4)
  • Mark Gershmel – keyboards (3)
  • Carl Marsh – Fairlight CMI (4)
  • Eric Persing – keyboards (5), programming (5)
  • Roby Duke – additional keyboards (5)
  • Rudy Van Eyken – accordion (6)
  • Steve Camp – acoustic piano (8)
  • Tim Miner – keyboards (9), drum programming (9), backing vocals (9)
  • Geof Barkley – organ (10)
  • Tom Hemby – guitars (1, 2, 7, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (8)
  • Jerry McPherson – guitars (1, 7, 8)
  • Dann Huff – guitars (2, 7, 12)
  • Gordon Kennedy – guitars (3, 12)
  • Teddy Irwin – guitars (4)
  • Marty Walsh – guitars (5)
  • George Llanes – guitars (6)
  • José Hernández – vihuela (6), trumpet (6)
  • Michael Gallagher – guitars (9)
  • Dale Oliver – guitars (10)
  • Steven Curtis Chapman – guitars (11), guitar solo (11), backing vocals (11)
  • David Hungate – bass (1, 7, 8, 12)
  • Mike Brignardello – bass (2, 11)
  • Tommy Sims – bass (3, 9, 10), keyboards (9), drum programming (9), backing vocals (9)
  • Craig Nelson – bass (4)
  • Jose Arellano – guitarrón (6), Spanish vocals (6)
  • Paul Leim – drums (1, 7, 8, 12), percussion (1, 7), timpani (7)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (2, 3, 10, 11)
  • Alex MacDougall – additional percussion (5)
  • Lynn Nichols – percussion (6)
  • Terry McMillan – percussion (10, 11)
  • John Catchings – cello (4)
  • Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – harp (4)
  • Steve Pearlman – violin (6)
  • Harry Scorzo – violin (6)
  • Steve Tavaglione – saxophone (5)
  • Ramone Acevedo – trumpet (6)
  • Rick Florian – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 10)
  • David Mullen – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
  • Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 10, 11)
  • Billy Smiley – backing vocals (3)
  • Lynn Davis – backing vocals (5)
  • Phil Perry – backing vocals (5)
  • Cindy Cruse – backing vocals (9)
  • Rob Johnson – backing vocals (9)
  • Don Wallace – backing vocals (9)
  • Herb Chapman – backing vocals (11)

Production

  • Billy Smiley – producer (1–3, 7, 8, 10–12)
  • Norbert Putnam – producer (4)
  • Roby Duke – producer (5)
  • Brad Westering – producer (5)
  • Steve Taylor – producer (6)
  • Tim Miner – producer (9)
  • Tommy Sims – producer (9)
  • Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn – art direction
  • Rossi Advertising – design
  • Mark Tucker – photography

Technical

  • David Schober – basic track recording (1–3, 7, 8, 10–12), mixing (1–3, 6–8, 10–12), overdub engineer (2, 8, 12), vocal engineer (2, 8, 12), recording (6)
  • Billy Smiley – mixing (1–3, 7, 8, 10–12)
  • Norbert Putnam – recording (4), mixing (4)
  • Chris Taylor – recording (5), mixing (5)
  • Loyd Harris – recording (9)
  • Tim Miner – recording (9), mixing (9)
  • Tommy Sims – recording (9), mixing (9)
  • Win Kutz – mixing (9)
  • Brent King – additional engineer (1, 7, 11)
  • Ronnie Brookshire – additional engineer (2)
  • Carry Summers – additional engineer (2, 10, 11)

Charts

Radio singles

References