This Christmas, Aretha
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This Christmas, Aretha | ||||
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Released | October 14, 2008 | |||
Recorded | June–August 2008 | |||
Genre | R&B, Christmas, holiday | |||
Length | 51:00 | |||
Label | DMI | |||
Producer | Aretha Franklin, Tena Clark | |||
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This Christmas is the first Christmas album and thirty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was originally released on October 14, 2008, as a Borders Bookstore exclusive. The album was reissued in 2009 on DMI Records.
Having failed to launch her own Detroit-based label, Aretha’s Records, she chose to release this album on DMI Records. The album peaked at #102 on the Billboard album chart.
Track listing
Information based on the album’s Liner Notes[4]
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (James Chadwick) – 5:26
- "This Christmas (with Edward Franklin)" (Donny Hathaway & Nadine McKinnor) – 5:23
- "My Grown-Up Christmas List" (David Foster & Linda Thompson-Jenner) – 5:15
- "The Lord Will Make A Way" (Traditional, Arranged by Aretha Franklin) – 5:43
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber & Josef Mohr) – 5:06
- "Ave Maria" (Charles Gounod & Johann Sebastian Bach) – 4:57
- "Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love)" (Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff) – 3:53
- "14 Angels" (Engelbert Humperdinck, Arranged by Aretha Franklin) – 2:08
- "One Night With The King" (Jeannie Tenney) – 6:09
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn) – 5:24
- "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (Clement C. Moore; Adaptation by Aretha Franklin) – 1:52
Personnel
Information based on the album’s Liner Notes[4]
- Vocalists
- Aretha Franklin - vocals (2-3, 8-9, 11, lead on 1, 4-7, 10)
- Tawatha Agee - background vocals (4)
- Bridgette Bryant - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Alvin Chea - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Lynne Fiddmont - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- The Fire Choir - background vocals (1, 5-6, 10)
- Lisa Fischer - background vocals (7)
- Edward Franklin - vocals (2)
- Wendy Fraser - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Dorian Holley - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Clydene Jackson - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Shelly Ponder - background vocals (4)
- Susie Stevens-Logan - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Vanesse Thomas - background vocals (7)
- Fonzi Thornton - background vocals (4, 7)
- Carmen Twillie - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Oren Waters - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Gerald White - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Brenda White-King - background vocals (4, 7)
- Terry Wood - Fire choir member (1, 5-6, 10)
- Instrumentalists
- Aretha Franklin - acoustic piano (5, 8)
- Luis Conte - percussion (2-3, 7)
- Charles "Volley" Craig - bass played by (4, 8-9)
- Matt Dahlgren - guitar (4, 9)
- Nathan East - bass played by (1-3, 6-7, 10)
- Brandon Fields - saxophone (7)
- Richard Gibbs - piano (4, 9)
- Timothy Heinz - keyboards (1, 6, 10)
- Darryl Houston - organ played by (4, 9)
- Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar (1-2, 6-7, 10)
- Ricky Lawson - drums (1-3, 6-7, 10)
- Arthur Marbury - drums (4, 8-9)
- Teddy Richards-White - guitar (4)
- Michito Sanchez - percussion (7)
- Onita Sanders - harp (8)
- James "Big Jim" Wright - keyboards (2-3, 7)
- Production
- Aretha Franklin - producer (4, 8-9)
- H. B. Barnum - conductor (4, 8-9)
- Tena Clark - producer (1-3, 5-7, 10-11)
- Les Cooper - recording engineer (1-3, 5-7, 10-11)
- Todd Fairall - recording engineer (4, 8-9)
- Steve Genewick - Pro-tools editing
- Don Goodrick - assistant recording engineer
- George Gumbs - assistant recording engineer
- Timothy Heinz - rhythm arrangements (1, 6, 10)
- Bill Meyers - orchestral arrangement, orchestra conductor
- Michael J. Powell - recording engineer (4, 8-9)
- Tony Rizzo - assistant recording engineer
- Al Schmitt - audio mixing, strings recording engineer
- Carmen Twillie - choir arrangements, choir conductor (1, 5-6, 10)
- Ed Woolley - assistant recording engineer
- James "Big Jim" Wright - rhythm arrangements (2-3, 7)
References
- ^ Toronto Star review
- ^ MSN Music review
- ^ Kellman, Andy. This Christmas, Aretha at AllMusic
- ^ a b Franklin, Aretha. "This Christmas, Aretha" (Album Notes). DMI Records. 2008.