Christmas
Studio album by
Stephanie Mills
ReleasedOctober 29, 1991
RecordedSkip Saylor Recording and Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, CA); The Enterprise Studio and Encore Studios (Burbank, CA); Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, CA); Jay-Howard Studios and Reflections Studios (Charlotte, NC); The Bennett House (Franklin, TN); Quad Studios (Nashville, TN).
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Length44:41
LabelMCA
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Christmas is a studio album by American recording artist Stephanie Mills, released in October 1991 on MCA Records.[2] The album is a Christmas album, the first by Mills that showcases her soulful renditions of classic Christmas carols such as "White Christmas", "Silent Night", "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", and soul singer Donny Hathaway's, "This Christmas".

Track listing

  1. "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor) - 4:53
  2. "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas (Without You)" (Michael Price, Richard Scher) - 4:14
  3. "We Can Move Mountains" (Randy Kerber, Marybeth Derry) - 4:21
  4. "Merry Christmas" (Stephanie Mills, Narada Michael Walden) - 4:02
  5. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) - 4:36
  6. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 5:18
  7. "Christmas with You" (Terry Lupton, Brian Potter) - 4:59
  8. "Love Is to Listen" (BeBe Winans) - 4:24
  9. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:10
  10. "Jingle Baby" (Amanda McBroom, Tom Snow) - 4:09

Notes

Personnel

  • Stephanie Mills – vocals
  • Donald Lawrence – keyboards (1, 5), bass (1, 5), arrangements (1, 5, 9), vocal arrangements (3, 7)
  • Kevin Bond – acoustic piano solo (1), acoustic piano (2), keyboards (2)
  • Richard Scher – synthesizers (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
  • Steve Barri – additional keyboards (2, 7, 10)
  • Tony Peluso – additional keyboards (2, 7, 10), arrangements (10)
  • Randy Kerber – keyboards (3, 10), arrangements (3), additional keyboards (7)
  • Louis Biancaniello – keyboards (4), programming (4), orchestral arrangements (4)
  • Frank Martin – acoustic piano (4)
  • John Andrew Schreiner – synthesizers (7), drum programming (7), arrangements (7)
  • Cedric Caldwell – keyboards (8), arrangements (8)
  • Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano solo (8)
  • Dean Parks – guitars (3, 7, 10), arrangements (10)
  • Tom Hemby – guitars (8)
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 10)
  • Joel Smith – bass (6)
  • Victor Caldwell – bass (8), drum programming (8)
  • John Robinson – drums (3, 10)
  • Rodney Barber – drum programming (5), first rap (5)
  • Clarence "Flip" Kirby – drums (6)
  • Dave Koz – alto saxophone (2), soprano saxophone (6)
  • Paul McCandless – oboe (4)
  • Joel Peskin – saxophone (10)
  • Paul Riser – string arrangements (1, 6)
  • Sephra Herman – string contractor (1, 6)
  • Narada Michael Walden – arrangements (4)
  • Elbernita Clark Terrell – arrangements (6)
  • The Company – backing vocals (1-3, 5-7, 9): Reginald Adams, Winston Bagley, Rodney Barber, Jerry Friday, Donald Lawrence, Richard Odom and Terry Phillips
  • Kitty Beethoven, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Skyler Jett and Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (4)
  • Terry Phillips – second rap (5)
  • Margaret Bell, Sherrie Kibble, Angie Winans, Debra Winans, BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans – backing vocals (8)
  • BeBe Winans – BGV arrangements (8)
  • The Jinglettes – backing vocals (10): Liz Constantine, Bobbi Page and Terry Wood

Production

  • Stephanie Mills – executive producer, producer (1-3, 5-7, 10)
  • Donald Lawrence – producer (1-3, 5-7, 9)
  • Steve Barri – producer (2, 3, 7, 10)
  • Tony Peluso – producer (2, 3, 7, 10), recording (2, 3, 7, 10), mixing (2, 3, 7, 10)
  • Richard Scher – co-producer (2)
  • Narada Michael Walden – producer (4)
  • Louis Biancaniello – associate producer (4)
  • Rodney Barber – producer (5)
  • David Floyd – recording (1, 5)
  • Taavi Môte – recording (1, 5, 6, 9), mixing (1, 5)
  • David Frazer – recording (4), mixing (4)
  • Keith Blake – recording (7)
  • Michael McCartney – recording (8)
  • Elliott Peters – recording (8)
  • Billy Whittington – recording (8)
  • Mark Williams – recording (9)
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing (6, 9)
  • Ronnie Brookshire – mixing (8)
  • G. Aaron Miller – recording assistant (1, 5, 7, 9)
  • Fred Kelly – recording assistant (7, 10)
  • Brett Perry – assistant engineer (8)
  • Roy Snowdon – assistant engineer (8)
  • Carry Summers – assistant engineer (8)
  • Tracey Schroeder – recording assistant (9)
  • Marc Reyburn – additional recording (4)
  • Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
  • Left Bank Management – project coordinator
  • Mark Sullivan – production coordinator (1-3, 5-7, 9, 10)
  • Janice Lee, Kelly McRae, Cynthia Shiloh and Kevin Walden – production coordination (4)
  • Louis Upkins Jr. – production assistant (8)
  • Larry Brooks at Kosh Brooks Design – art direction, design
  • Todd Gray – photography

References

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