Christmas Fantasy

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Christmas Fantasy
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ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
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Genre
Label Blue Note
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  • Barry Eastmond
  • Anita Baker
Anita Baker chronology
My Everything
(2004)
Christmas Fantasy
(2005)
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Christmas Fantasy is the seventh album by American R&B singer Anita Baker. It is Baker's first (and so far only) Christmas album, and remains her last album to date. Released on October 4, 2005, by Blue Note Records, the album peaked at number 120 on the Billboard 200, and number 31 on the R&B chart.

Contents

For the album, Baker performed several classic Christmas songs such as: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", and "Christmas Time Is Here" (which received a Grammy nomination). "Frosty's Rag" is a re-imagined version of "Frosty the Snowman", and also featured is Baker's rendition of the Broadway Holiday song "My Favorite Things".

The album also includes three original compositions by Baker: "Moonlight Sleighride", "Family of Man" and "Christmas Fantasy".

Track listing

  1. "Frosty's Rag (Frosty the Snowman)" (Jack Rollins/Steve Nelson) - 3:46
  2. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Lee Mendelson/Vince Guaraldi) - 4:38
  3. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram/Kim Gannon/Walter Kent) - 5:24
  4. "Christmas Fantasy" (Anita Baker/Barry J. Eastmond) - 4:34
  5. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 4:53
  6. "Moonlight Sleighride" (Baker/Eastmond) - 6:15
  7. "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (with The Yellowjackets) (Traditional) - 5:38
  8. "Family of Man" (Baker/Eastmond/Carol Ricketts/Tiffany Palmer) - 4:49
  9. "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:02

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Jeffries, David. Christmas Fantasy > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-11.