It's the Holiday Season explained

It's the Holiday Season
Type:	studio
Artist:	Martina McBride
Cover:	Martina holiday.jpg
Recorded:	Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, California) Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)^[1]
Genre:	Country, Christmas
Length:	26:15
Label:	Broken Bow
Producer:	Martina McBride^[2]
Prev Title:	Reckless
Prev Year:	2016

It's the Holiday Season is the fourteenth studio album and second Christmas album by Martina McBride. It was released on October 19, 2018.^[3]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart, with 1,400 copies sold in the first week.^{[4] [5]} It has sold 15,100 copies in the United States as of January 2019.^[6]

This was the last recording composer Patrick Williams contributed prior to his death. The album is dedicated in memory to him.

Personnel

Vocals and Rhythm Section

• Martina McBride – lead vocals
• Tom Ranier – grand piano
• Graham Dechter – guitars
• Chuck Berghofer – bass
• Peter Erskine – drums
• Daniel Greco – percussion
• Mark Ivey – backing vocals
• Marabeth Quil – backing vocals
• Kira Small – backing vocals
• Bergen White – backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Orchestra

• Patrick Williams – arrangements and conductor
• Elliot Deutsch – additional arrangements (6)
• Joe Soldo – contractor
• Ralph Morrison – concertmaster
• Gordon Berger, Bill Edwards, J.B. Griffiths, Daniel Perito and Terry Woodson – music copyists

Horns

• Dan Higgins and Don Shelton – alto saxophone
• Gene Cipriano – baritone saxophone
• Jeff Driskill and Bob Sheppard – tenor saxophone
• Ben Devitt – bass trombone
• Charles Loper, Bob McChesney and Charlie Morillas – trombone
• Wayne Bergeron, Chuck Findley, Rob Schaer and Michael Stever – trumpet

Strings

• Timothy Loo, Christina Soule and John Walz – cello
• Amy Wilkins – harp
• Andrew Duckles, Matt Funes and Carolyn Riley – viola
• Darius Campo, Neel Hammond, Carrie Kennedy, Johana Krejci, Joel Pargman, Alyssa Park, Radu Pieptea, Neil Samples, Mary Sloan, Jenny Takamatsu and Ina Veli – violin

Production

• Martina McBride – producer
• Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
• Steve Genewick – recording assistant
• Chandler Harrod – mix assistant
• Allen Ditto – vocal recording
• John McBride – additional mixing
• Jory Roberts – additional mix assistant
• Chris Small – digital editing
• Ryan Smith – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Glenn Sweitzer – package design
• Joseph Llanes – photography
• Courtney Kivela Robinson – wardrobe stylist
• Lindsay Doyle – hair, make-up

External links

• Web site: It's the Holiday Season by Martina McBride on iTunes. 19 October 2018. Itunes.apple.com. 10 October 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Martina McBride Reveals New Christmas Album and Tour . Jim . Casey . August 13, 2018 . Nash Country Daily .
2. Web site: Martina McBride – It's the Holiday Season (2018, CD).
3. Web site: Martina McBride Details Holiday Album and Tour. https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001839/http://www.cmt.com/news/1797884/martina-mcbride-details-holiday-album-and-tour/. dead. August 14, 2018. Cmt.com. 10 October 2018.
4. Web site: Holiday Albums . November 3, 2018. Billboard.
5. News: Top 10 Country Albums: October 30, 2018. Matt. Bjorke. October 30, 2018. Roughstock. November 3, 2018.
6. News: Top 10 Country Albums: January 7, 2019. Matt. Bjorke. January 7, 2019. Roughstock. January 10, 2019.