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Christmas Spirit is a Christmas/Holiday seasonal release album by Richard Marx, released in October 2012. Five tracks of the album previously appeared on his 2011 release, The Christmas EP. It reached #181 on the Billboard album chart and got as high as #21 on Billboard's Christmas Albums chart.

Two of its new tracks became Top 20 Adult Contemporary hits.[1] "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" is based on Casting Crowns arrangement of the song from their Peace On Earth album.[citation needed] Christmas Spirit yielded five singles, including "Christmas Spirit", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Christmas Mornings" and "O Holy Night". The album features duets with Kenny Loggins, Sara Watkins and Sara Niemietz.[2]

Marx returned to the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart's Top Ten chart with Little Drummer Boy in December 2012.[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells)
  2. "Christmas Spirit" (Marx, Fee Waybill)
  3. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Mark Hall/Dale Oliver/Bernie Herms)
  4. "Let There Be Peace On Earth" (duet with Kenny Loggins) (Jill Miller, Sy Miller)
  5. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (unknown)
  6. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis/Harry Simeone/Henry Onorati)
  7. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau)
  8. "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix)
  9. "Silent Night" (duet with Sara Watkins) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
  10. "Christmas Mornings" (Marx, Dave Grusin)
  11. "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (duet with Sara Niemietz) (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie)
  12. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
  13. "Alleluia" (Larry Gatlin)

Bonus tracks

  1. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes/Jay W. Johnson)
  2. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans)
  3. "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal/Jim Boothe)
  4. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
2012 The Billboard 200 Albums Chart 181

Album credits

  • Steve Brewster - drums
  • Cliff Colnot - string arrangement
  • David Davidson - arranger, string arrangement
  • Mark Hill - bass
  • Kenny Loggins - featured artist
  • Brandon Marx - background vocals
  • Cynthia Rhodes Marx - background vocals
  • Jesse Marx - background vocals
  • Lucas Marx - background vocals
  • Richard Marx - producer, writer, arranger, string arrangement, lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ruth Marx - background vocals
  • Steve Mauldin - string arrangement
  • Jerry McPherson - electric guitar, guitar
  • Sara Niemietz - featured artist
  • Michael Omartian - piano
  • Will Sayles - drums
  • Matt Scannell - nylon guitar
  • Opal Staples - background vocals
  • Sara Watkins - featured artist
  • Jason Webbs - arranger, piano
  • Simbryt Whittington - background vocals

Miscellaneous

Album was dedicated to grandmother Lois Guildoo and mother-in-law Edna Rhodes

References

  1. ^ a b "Richard Marx Christmas Spirit". Awards. AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Christmas Spirit: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ Gary Trust (3 December 2012). "Barry Manilow, Richard Marx Return To AC Top 10". Billboard (magazine). Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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