Christmas Prayer

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Christmas Prayer
Aaron Neville - Christmas Prayer Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Aaron Neville
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)
RecordedMay 2003–May 2005 [1]
StudioNew Orleans & Nashville [1]
Genre Christmas
Length53:22
Label Tell It
Producer
  • Aaron Neville
  • Art Neville
  • Barry Beckett
  • Milton Davis
  • John Chelew
  • Gary Lux
  • Mark Mazzetti
Aaron Neville chronology
Gospel Roots
(2005)		Christmas Prayer
(2005)		Mojo Soul
(2006)

Christmas Prayer is Aaron Neville's fourteenth studio album and his second Christmas album. It was released October 4, 2005. The album peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Gospel chart, No. 14 on their Christian chart and at No. 74 on the R&B chart.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Thom Jurek of AllMusic writes, "Neville brings home the Christmas season and its good news origins with a quiet passion, a deep sense of reflection, and elegance." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Christmas Prayer"Greg Barnhill3:47
2."Go Tell It on the Mountain" John Wesley Work Jr. 4:19
3."Mary's Boy Child" Jester Hairston 3:53
4."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 2:33
5."Joy to the World"
2:23
6."Merry Christmas Baby" Charles Brown 2:48
7."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
2:49
8."The First Noel"Traditional6:00
9."Christmas Everyday"
4:14
10."O Come All Ye Faithful" John Francis Wade 4:28
11."Ave Maria" Franz Schubert 4:50
12."It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
3:38
13."Amen" Curtis Mayfield 3:07
14."Amazing Grace" (unlisted track) John Newton 4:33
Total length:53:22

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [3]

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [4] 3
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 74

References

  1. 1 2 Milton Davis - credits, AllMusic.
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Christmas Prayer (liner notes). Aaron Neville. Tell It Records. 2005. EGD 73631.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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