2010 studio album by Wilson Phillips
Christmas in Harmony is the fourth studio album by American pop group Wilson Phillips . A Christmas album, it is their first in six years, after their 2004 covers album California . The album sees them reunite with Glen Ballard , who also produced their first two albums.
It is the first Christmas album of the group, although the Wilson sisters released a Christmas album in 1993, titled Hey Santa! , and Carnie Wilson released a solo Christmas album titled Christmas with Carnie in 2007. It includes a mixture of traditional Christmas carols , covers of Christmas themed songs and new compositions. The song "Warm Lovin' Christmastime" was written by Carnie's husband, Rob Bonfiglio , and was originally included on Carnie's solo Christmas album.
The first single released was "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day", and the group filmed a video for it.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day " Roy Wood 3:09 2. "Little Drummer Boy " Katherine Kennicott Davis 3:11 3. "Warm Lovin' Christmastime" Robert Bonfiglio 3:25 4. "When a Child Is Born " Fred Jacobson, Ciro Dammicco 2:50 5. "Christmastime" Chynna Phillips , Glen Ballard 2:40 6. "Silent Night " Franz Xaver Gruber , Joseph Mohr 3:02 7. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " J. Fred Coots , Haven Gillespie 2:46 8. "Silver Bells " Jay Livingston , Ray Evans 3:13 9. "Sleigh Ride " Leroy Anderson 2:56 10. "Joy" Phillips, Carnie Wilson , Wendy Wilson , Ballard, Bonfiglio, Scott Campbell, Danny Knutson 3:38 11. "Winter Wonderland " Felix Bernard , Richard Bernhard Smith 2:56 12. "The Christmas Song " Robert Wells , Mel Torme 3:22 13. "Our Prayer " Brian Wilson 1:22
Personnel
Wilson Phillips
Musicians
Zac Rae – keyboards
Glen Ballard – synthesizers
Scott Campbell – additional programming (9)
Robert Bonfiglio – additional programming (10), scat (11)
David Levita – guitars
Simon Smith – bass
Blair Sinta – drums
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophones
Arrangements
Wilson Phillips – vocal arrangements
Glen Ballard – rhythm arrangements (1–12), vocal arrangements
Zac Rae – rhythm arrangements (1–12)
Brian Wilson – arrangements (13)
Production
Executive Producers – Rick Blaskey, David Simone and Winston Simone.
Producer – Glen Ballard
Vocal Production – Rob Bonfiglio and Carnie Wilson
Engineers – Rob Bonfiglio, Scott Campbell and Bill Malina.
Assistant Engineer – Brian Warwick
Mixing – Scott Campbell and Bill Malina
Editing – Scott Campbell and Brian Warwick
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California).
A&R – Gregory Davidson and Cathleen Murphy
Production Coordinator – Jolie Levine
Project Coordinator – Angela Vicari
Project Development – Laura Kazan and Jennifer Liebeskind
Art Direction – Roxanne Silmak
Package Design – Jeff Schultz
Photography – Randee St. Nicholas
Manager – Alex Miller
Charts
Chart (2010)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums
9
References
Studio albums Compilations Singles Related topics