A Christmas to Remember (album)

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A Christmas to Remember
Amy Grant - A Christmas to Remember.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1999
Studio
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Sound House (Brentwood, Tennessee)
  • Seventeen Grand Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sony Pictures Studios (Culver City, California)
  • Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre Christmas
Length38:45
Label Myrrh/A&M
Producer Michael Omartian
Amy Grant chronology
Behind the Eyes
(1997)
A Christmas to Remember
(1999)
Her Greatest Inspirational Songs
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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A Christmas to Remember is the thirteenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant. The album is a collaboration with the Patrick Williams Orchestra. It is Grant's third Christmas album with a blend of some traditional songs but mostly originals.

Contents

In 2007, A Christmas to Remember was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records, along with Grant's 13 other albums. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front. [2] Because of Grant's deal with her previous label, Word Records, the remastered editions of A Christmas to Remember and Behind the Eyes was not sold in Christian Music retailers such as Family Christian Stores or Lifeway Christian Resources until 2009.[ citation needed ] Until 2009, Word Records continued to distribute those titles to Christian retailers in the original, non-remastered editions while EMI distributed the remastered editions to most major retailers. The twelve remaining remastered editions were distributed by EMI to all US retailers, both Christian and secular. [3]

An early release of the CD was sold exclusively at Target Stores and featured a cover of The Carpenters song "Merry Christmas Darling" as a hidden track.[ citation needed ] This track was eventually re-released on Grant's 2005 compilation Christmas album My Best Christmas .[ citation needed ]

A primetime Christmas special, Amy Grant: A Christmas to Remember, aired on December 15, 1999, on CBS, ABC, 36, Vision Celestial. Special guests included 98 Degrees (whose career saw a boost after the appearance), Tony Bennett and CeCe Winans.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Christmas to Remember" Amy Grant, Chris Eaton, Beverly Darnall4:21
2."Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away" Roger Cook, Wayne Jackson3:15
3."Silent Night" Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber 3:46
4."Christmas Lullaby (I Will Lead You Home)"Grant, Eaton3:10
5."Highland Cathedral"Ulrich Roever, Michael Korb2:49
6."Jingle Bell Rock"Joe Beal, Jim Boothe2:25
7."Mister Santa" Pat Ballard 2:30
8."'Til the Season Comes 'Round Again" John Barlow Jarvis, Randy Goodrum 5:04
9."Gabriel's Oboe" Ennio Morricone 2:14
10."Welcome to Our World" Chris Rice 2:56
11."Agnus Dei" Michael W. Smith 6:15

Personnel

Orchestras

The Patrick Williams Orchestra (Tracks 2-4, 6, 7, 10 & 11)

Rhythm section
Brass and Woodwinds
String section

Nashville Studio Orchestra (Tracks 5, 8 & 9)

Rhythm section
Brass and Woodwinds
String section

Production

Charts

Album  Billboard (U.S.)

YearChartPosition
1999 Billboard 200 36
Top Holiday Albums3
Top Contemporary Christian1
2000Top Pop Catalog23

End of year charts

YearChartPosition
1999Billboard Top Contemporary Christian35
20006
Billboard 200 195

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [4] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. Sparrow Records News [ dead link ]
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  4. "American album certifications – Amy Grant – A Christmas to Remember". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 29 June 2019.