All I Really Want for Christmas

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All I Really Want for Christmas
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2005
RecordedMid-2005
Genre Christmas, Gospel
Length52:33
Label Sparrow/EMI
Producer Ed Cash, Brown Bannister, Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman chronology
The Abbey Road Sessions
(2005)
All I Really Want for Christmas
(2005)
Musical Blessings
(2006)
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All I Really Want for Christmas is the second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman, released on September 27, 2005. The album includes traditional holiday favorites such as "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Silver Bells", as well as some of Chapman's own Christmas songs, some of which had appeared on his previous Christmas albums. [2]

Contents

Chapman's adopted daughter, Shaohannah, appears with her father on the album cover. On the first track, she reads the passage of the Nativity of Jesus (Luke 2:7-14) with the music of "The Night Before Christmas" (track 13) in the background.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

Album release
No.TitleLength
1."Luke 2:7-14 as told by Shaoey"1:31
2."Angels from the Realms of Glory"4:42
3."I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"4:09
4."All I Really Want"4:53
5."The Miracle of Christmas"4:03
6."Go Tell It on the Mountain"3:33
7."Christmas Is All in the Heart"5:01
8."Silver Bells"3:41
9."Winter Wonderland"2:51
10."God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"3:59
11."It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"4:20
12."O Little Town of Bethlehem"4:57
13."The Night Before Christmas"4:14
14."Shaoey and Her Dad Wish You a Merry Christmas"0:30
Total length:52:24

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