Christmas from the Heart (Kenny Rogers album)

Christmas From The Heart is a 1998 holiday album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers.

Overview

Allmusic panned the album, saying: "This is truly a bizarre and disappointing album, combining Rogers' bland adult contemporary versions of traditional Christmas songs with obnoxious numbers sung by children."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, arrangements
• Steve Glassmeyer – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, organ, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Bobby Ogdin – keyboards
• Gene Sisk – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Warren Hartman – sequencing, arrangements
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar
• Randy Dorman – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, arrangements
• Rick Harper – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Steve Mandile – electric guitar
• Spencer Campbell – bass
• Chuck Jacobs – bass
• Duncan Mullins – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Lynn Hammann – drums
• Paul Leim – drums
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Jim Horn – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor sax solo, recorder
• Denis Solee – alto saxophone, soprano sax solo, flute, piccolo
• Matt Glassmeyer – tenor saxophone
• Dennis Good – trombone
• Barry Green – trombone
• Chris McDonald – trombone
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Don Sheffield – trumpet
• George Tidwell – trumpet
• Tom McAninch – French horn
• Pat Bergeson – harmonica
• Cynthia Wyatt – harp
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
• Bergen White – string orchestration and conductor, horn orchestration
• Gene Golden – arrangements, horn arrangements
• Tammy Pierce – backing vocals
• Evan Broder – vocals
• Alyssa Bonagura – vocals (14)

Choir

• Darryl Appleton, Stacey Campbell, Rodney Covington (director), Anthony Davis, Pamela Holman, Robin Johnson-Neal, Shonte Johnson, Antonio Jones, Karima Kibble, Gale Mayes, Ann McCray, Larry Neal, Gavin Sesley, Denotra Sharpe, Demetria Slayden and Wanda Watkins

Cast vocals

• Alyssa Bonagura, Lisa Cochran, Sandy Caufield, Steve Glassmeyer, Scott Hogue, Marabeth Jordan, Liza Martine, Michele Rodgers-McGrath, Kenny Rogers, Dennis Scott, Gene Sisk, Scat Springs and Bergen White

Children's vocals

• Dennis Scott – vocal conductor
• Gracie Glassmeyer, Brandon Hargest, Brittany Hargest, Ashley Milling and Jamie Murrah – vocals

Production

• Jim Mazza – executive producer, management for Dreamcatcher Management
• Warren Hartman – producer
• Brent Maher – producer, recording, mixing
• Paul Skaife – recording, mix assistant
• Frank Farrell – MIDI consultant
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jan Greenfield – production assistant
• P. David Eleazar – art direction, design
• Nick Long – art direction, design
• Chris Callis – photography
• Linda Fennimore – snow globe illustration

Reissue

In 2008, Koch Records reissued the CD under the same title, but with one change; the final track is omitted.

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