The Christmas Album (Air Supply album) explained
The Christmas Album is the tenth studio album by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 1987. It was their last studio album to be released under Arista Records. The album features recordings of classic Christmas songs plus the two original songs, "Love Is All" and "The Eyes of a Child". There is a short instrumental version of "What Child Is This" in the track "Silent Night".
Track listing
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:25
- "The First Noel" (Traditional, William Sandys) – 3:23
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 3:07
- "The Eyes of a Child" (Graham Russell, Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland, Ron Bloom) – 4:33
- "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, John F. Young) – 3:08
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) – 3:01
- "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:23
- "Love Is All" (Russell, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 4:30
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:35
- "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) – 3:14
Personnel
- Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell – lead vocals
- Linda Harmon, Russell Hitchcock, Edie Lehmann, Michael Lloyd, Patti Lloyd, Debbie Lytton, Jeni Lytton, Graham Russell – backing vocals
- Jim Cox, John Hobbs, Michael Lloyd – keyboards
- Laurence Juber, Graham Russell – guitar
- Dennis Belfield – bass guitar
- Ron Krasinski, Paul Leim – drums
- Alan Estes, Michael Fisher, Ron Krasinski, Bob Zimmitti – percussion
- Brian O'Connor, James Thatcher – French horn
- Ernie Carlson, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary – trombone
- Stuart Blumberg, John Rosenberg – trumpet
- Don Ashworth, Jon Clarke, Ronald Jannelli, John Mitchell – woodwind
- Gayle Levant – harp
- Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Samuel Boghossian, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Arni Egilsson, Jesse Ehrlich, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Harris Goldman, V. Grahat, Endre Granat, Nathan Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelley, Jerome Kessler, Myra Kestenbaum, William Kurasch, Joy Lyle, Michael Markman, Donald McInnes, Buell Neidlinger, Michael Nowak, Stanley Plummer, David Shamban, Sidney Sharp, Harry Shultz, Tibor Zelig – strings
- Brass direction – John Rosenberg
- Orchestra direction – Sidney Sharp
- Arrangements – John D'Andrea (1, 6–9) and Nick Strimple (2–5, 10)
Production
- Producers – Russell Hitchcock, Graham Russell and Michael Lloyd.
- Executive Producer – Jimmy Ienner
- Engineer – Carmine Rubino
- Mixing – Jimmy Ienner, Michael Lloyd, Dan Nebenzal and Carmine Rubino.
- Art Direction and Design – Maude Gilman
- Photography – Robert Cohen
