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The Christmas Album (Roberta Flack album)

The Christmas Album is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack. It was released by Capitol Records on November 4, 1997, in the United States. Flack's first Christmas album, it features the song, "As Long as There's Christmas," a duet with Peabo Bryson from the direct-to-video Disney film, ' (1997). In 2003, the album was reissued by Punahele Productions under the title Holiday; this version omitted "As Long as There's Christmas".

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jason Ankeny rated the album three ouf of five stars and wrote: "For smooth sound and Flack's fine vocals, it is recommended to her fans."

Track listing

Tracks 1–4 & 6–9 produced by Roberta Flack, Jerry Barnes and Philip Hamilton. Track 5 produced by Robbie Buchanan.

Personnel

  • Roberta Flack – vocals, arrangements (1–4, 8, 9)
  • Nat Adderley – keyboards, acoustic piano
  • Katreese Barnes – keyboards, acoustic piano, backing vocals
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (5), bass (5), drum programming (5), arrangements (5)
  • Shelton Becton – keyboards, acoustic piano, backing vocals, arrangements (6, 7)
  • Sherrod Barnes – guitars
  • Dean Brown – guitars
  • Philip Hamilton – guitars, electric bass
  • Jeff Johnson – guitars
  • James Harrah – guitars (5)
  • Jerry Barnes – electric bass, backing vocals
  • Richard Patterson – electric bass
  • William "Ju Ju" House – drums, percussion
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Gail Deadrick – arrangements
  • Bernard Wright – arrangements (9)
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals
  • Stuart Getz – backing vocals
  • Andre Smith – backing vocals
  • Peabo Bryson – vocals (5)

Strings

  • Stanley Hunte – contractor
  • Sanford Allen – concertmaster
  • Jesse Levy, Caryl Paisner and Bruce Wang – cello
  • Olivia Koppel, Lois Martin, Maxine Roach and Yuri Vodovoz – viola
  • Sandra Billingslea, Larissa Blitz, Robert Chausow, Max Ellen, Charles Libove and Belinda Whitney-Barratt – violin

Choir

  • Jerry Barnes, Katreese Barnes, Colleen Maria Johnson Becton, Shelton Becton, Vivian Cherry, Angela Clemmons-Patrick, Dennis Collins, Ada Dyer, Diva Gray, Sharon Jerry-Collins, Frank Simms and Andre Smith

Production

  • Jay Landers – executive producer
  • Bambi Moé – executive producer
  • Howie Lindeman – recording (1–7, 9), mixing (1–7, 9)
  • Jeremy Smith – recording (8)
  • Bill Schnee – mixing (8)
  • Dragan Čačinović-Čač – assistant engineer (1–7, 9)
  • Greg Gasperino – assistant engineer (1–7, 9)
  • Ken Ross – assistant engineer (1–7, 9)
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Joan Martin – production coordinator
  • Robert Abriola – art direction
  • Caroline Ford – photography

2003 reissue

  • Benjamin Newberry – mixing
  • Peter Graeme – art direction

Release history

References