The Christmas Album (Johnny Mathis album)

The Christmas Album
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released	October 22, 2002[1]
Recorded	2002 at Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, California, The Hop, Studio City, California, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, Aire Born Studios, Zionsville, Indiana, The Hop North Vancouver, British Columbia[2]
Genre	Vocal Holiday Pop/Rock[1]
Length	30:31
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robbie Buchanan[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Mathis on Broadway (2000) The Christmas Album (2002) The Essential Johnny Mathis (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Christmas Album is the fifth Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis and was released in October 2002 by Columbia Records.^[1] In December of that year it reached number 23 on Billboard magazine's Top Holiday Albums chart and number 143 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

The album also gave Mathis his first entry on Billboard's list of the top Adult Contemporary songs of the week since 1988's number 27 hit "I'm on the Outside Looking In", when "Frosty the Snowman" reached number 29 during the week it spent on the chart in the issue dated January 4, 2003.^[4]

Mathis is pictured on the cover at the age of four years.^[5]

Reception

This holiday outing elicited another positive review from William Ruhlmann of AllMusic: "Backed by the Irish Film Orchestra, which can be alternately lush and swinging, Mathis creates yet another winning collection.^[1]

Track listing

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1. "Joy To The World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) – 2:01
   • Bob Krogstad – arranger
2. "Heavenly Peace" (Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow) – 3:30
   • Robbie Buchanan – arranger
3. "Away in a Manger" (William J. Kirkpatrick) – 2:30
   • Robbie Buchanan – arranger
4. "A Christmas Love Song" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) – 3:35
   • Alan Broadbent – arranger
5. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) – 2:31
   • Bob Krogstad – arranger
6. "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" (Johnny Marks) – 2:00
   • Ray Ellis – arranger
7. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) – 2:44
   • Jonathan Tunick – arranger
8. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 3:34
   • Bob Krogstad – arranger
9. Medley – 5:00
   a. "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill)
   b. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson)
   • Bob Krogstad – arranger
10. "Merry Christmas" (Fred Spielman, Janice Torre) – 3:12
    • Jonathan Tunick – arranger

Personnel

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Performers Johnny Mathis – vocals Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, bass, drums Randy Waldman – piano Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Dave Carpenter – bass Dean Parks – acoustic guitar Michael Landau – electric guitar The Irish Film Orchestra – orchestra Ken Krogstad – orchestra conductor

Production Robbie Buchanan – producer Jay Landers – executive producer Scott Erickson – associate producer, recording engineer Bill Schnee – mixing engineer Dan Garcia – recording engineer Andrew Boland – recording engineer John Bolt – recording engineer Ryan Petrie – assistant recording engineer Kiran Lynch – assistant recording engineer Doug Sax – mastering Robert Hadley – mastering Catirona Walsh – orchestra management Dick Bolks – music preparation Ross DeRoche – music preparation Scott Erickson – music preparation Terry Woodson Music – music preparation Emily Grishman Music – music preparation Douglas Walter – music preparation Christine Wilson – art direction Russell Laschinger – cover and family pictures David Vance – back cover photography Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California

Notes

1. "The Christmas Album - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
2. (2002) The Christmas Album by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 86814.
3. Whitburn 2004, p. 168.
4. Whitburn 2007, p. 179.
5. (2006) Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 82876896852.

References

• Whitburn, Joel (2004), Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004), Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-161-6
• Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201691