All I Really Want for Christmas explained
| All I Really Want for Christmas |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Steven Curtis Chapman |
| Cover: | All i really want for christmas-scc.jpg |
| Released: | September 27, 2005 |
| Recorded: | Mid-2005 |
| Genre: | Christmas, Gospel |
| Length: | 52:33 |
| Label: | Sparrow/EMI |
| Producer: | Ed Cash, Brown Bannister, Steven Curtis Chapman |
| Prev Title: | The Abbey Road Sessions |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Musical Blessings |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
All I Really Want for Christmas is the second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman, released on September 27, 2005. The album includes traditional holiday favorites such as "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Silver Bells", as well as some of Chapman's own Christmas songs, some of which had appeared on his previous Christmas albums.
Chapman's adopted daughter, Shaohannah, appears with her father on the album cover. On the first track, she reads the passage of the Nativity of Jesus (Luke 2:7-14) with the music of "The Night Before Christmas" (track 13) in the background.
Credits
- Steven Curtis Chapman – producer, lead vocals, piano (1, 13), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 10), electric guitar (2, 4, 5, 10), programming (2), mandolin (4), string arrangement (4, 13), backing vocals (5, 10)
- Ed Cash – producer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14), audio recording, audio recording backing vocals (2, 4), electric guitar (2), percussion (4, 5, 10), string arrangement (4, 13), programming (5, 7), acoustic guitar (7)
- Brown Bannister – producer (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Ed's, Franklin, Tennessee – recording location
- Stephan Sharp – recording assistant
- East Iris Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
- David Leonard – mixing (1, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14)
- J.R. McNeely – mixing at The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee (2, 4)
- Matt Weeks – mixing assistant
- Shawn Pelton – drums (2, 4, 5, 7, 10), programming (2, 4, 10)
- Craig Young – bass (2, 4, 5, 10)
- Byron House – bass (7, 13)
- Ben Shive – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10), accordion (7)
- Adam Lester – electric guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 10)
- Jerry Douglas – dobro (7)
- Vince Gill – backing vocals (7)
- Blair Masters – string arrangement (2, 4, 7, 13)
- Strings (2, 4, 7, 13)
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- Monisa Angell – viola
- David Davidson – violin
- David Angell – violin
- Conni Ellisor – violin
- Pam Sixfin – violin
- Anthony LaMarchia – cello
- Brad O'Donnell – executive producer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
- Kristin Barlowe – photography
- Megan Thompson – grooming
- Joseph Cassell – wardrobe
- Jan Cook – creative direction
- Tim Frank – photo art direction
- Andy Norris Design – package design
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