Once Again It's Christmas

Once Again It's Christmas is the 28th studio album by Kenny Rogers, released in 2015. A holiday album, it features such musical acts as Alison Krauss, Winfield's Locket and Jennifer Nettles. As of January 2016, 34,900 copies were sold in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• Pat Coil – acoustic piano (1, 3, 4, 8), Rhodes electric piano (2), synthesizers (2, 11), Hammond B3 organ (5, 6, 11)
• John Hobbs – Rhodes electric piano (1, 3–6, 8), acoustic piano (2, 11), synthesizers (4)
• Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (7)
• Jim Brickman – acoustic piano (10)
• Troy Welstad – Hammond B3 organ (10)
• Steve Sundholm – programming (10)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar (1–6, 11)
• John Willis – acoustic guitar (1–8, 11)
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7), mandocello (4)
• Randy Dorman – electric guitar (8)
• Tim Ellis – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
• Keith Sommers – electric guitar (10)
• Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (2, 5)
• Paul Brainard – pedal steel guitar (10)
• Viktor Krauss – bass (1–8, 11)
• Colby Hendricks – bass (10)
• Steve Brewster – drums (2–6, 8, 11)
• Mike Braun – drums (10)
• Eric Darken – percussion (1, 5, 7, 8, 11)
• Pat Bergeson – harmonica (1)
• Denis Solee – tenor saxophone (6)
• George Tidwell – trumpet (6)
• Warren Hartman – arrangements (1–7, 9, 11)
• Larry Hall – orchestra (2–4, 7, 8, 11), orchestral arrangements (3, 4, 7, 8)
• Bergen White – orchestral arrangements (2, 11), harmony vocal arrangements (4)
• Darren Rust – arrangements (9)
• Ted Sampson – additional vocal concept arrangement (11)
• Winfield's Locket – vocals (2)
• Jennifer Nettles – vocals (3)
• Alison Krauss – vocals (7)
• Home Free – vocals (9)

Harmony vocals

• Tania Hancheroff (1, 4–6, 11)
• Mark Ivey (1, 4, 11)
• Shane McConnell (1, 4, 11)
• Lisa Silver (1, 4, 11)
• Kira Small (1, 4, 11)
• Bergen White (1, 4, 11)
• Perry Coleman (2, 5)
• Vicki Hampton (5, 6)
• Cindy Walker (5, 6)
• Rachel Hamar (10)
• Michelle Sundholm (10)
• Steve Sundholm (10)

Production

• Rebekah Gordon – A&R direction
• Jason Henke – A&R direction
• Cris Lacy – A&R direction
• Warren Hartman – producer (1–8, 11)
• Kyle Lehning – producer (1–8, 11)
• Darren Rust – producer (9)
• Steve Sundholm – producer (9)
• Jim Brickman – producer (10)
• Paige Connors – production coordinator
• Katherine Petillo – art direction, design
• Shane Tarleton – creative director
• Piper Ferguson – photography
• Kenny Rogers – cover photography
• Bob Burwell, Jason Henke and Ken Levitan for Vector Management – personal management
• Kevin Dalton and Dwight Wiles for Smith Wiles & Co. – business management
• Lisa Ray – brand management
• Greg Oswald for WME Entertainment – booking

Technical credits

• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Casey Wood – recording (1–8, 11)
• Kyle Lehning – mixing (1–8, 11)
• Jordan Lehning – vocal recording (1–8, 11), digital editing (1–8, 11), recording assistant (9)
• Kevin Sokolnicki – vocal recording (1–8, 11), additional recording (1–8, 11)
• Darren Rust – recording (9), mixing (9)
• Steve Sundholm – mixing (10)
• Chris Ashburn – recording assistant (1–8, 11)
• Shawn Daugherty – recording assistant (1–8, 11)
• Justin Francis – recording assistant (1–8, 11)
• Jason Mott – recording assistant (1–8, 11)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References