Christmas Through Your Eyes | ||||
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Released | September 27, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992–1993 | |||
Studio | Crescent Moon (Miami); Capitol Studios and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles); The Hit Factory and Flying Monkey Studios (New York) | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 46:01 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Phil Ramone | |||
Gloria Estefan chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B− [2] |
Los Angeles Times | [3] |
Music Week | [4] |
Christmas Through Your Eyes is the fourth solo studio album, and 16th overall, by Latin-American singer Gloria Estefan, released on September 27, 1993, by Epic Records. It is also Estefan's first Christmas album.
Following the success of her multi-awarded Latin album Mi Tierra , Estefan recorded a collection of all Christmas songs released in the early autumn of 1993. The collection contains mostly traditional songs along with the title track, an original song written by Estefan and Diane Warren. The title track was previously released with a different instrumental arrangement on Estefan's 1992 Greatest Hits album, and it was released as a double A-side single with "Miami Hitmix" in Europe. [5] The Spanish-language song called "Arbolito de Navidad" is also included.
Estefan, who had found worldwide success singing pop and dance songs, was accompanied by a big band on the song "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and sings a jazz-inspired rendition of "This Christmas". Music videos were filmed and released for the songs "This Christmas" and "Silent Night", which are included on the video collection Everlasting Gloria!.
Technologically, the album production was used as a testing ground for what would be the digital long-distance audio technology used in the production of the Frank Sinatra album Duets using the Dolby Digital system provided by Skywalker Ranch-based Entertainment Digital Network, so that Estefan could remotely listen to the production sessions in Los Angeles from her home studio in Miami. Both the Estefan and Sinatra album were produced by Phil Ramone and principally recorded and mixed by Eric Schilling.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Overture: Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 4:18 |
2. | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" | Mel Torme, Robert Wells | 4:13 |
3. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 5:30 |
4. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn | 3:56 |
5. | "This Christmas" | Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor | 4:11 |
6. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:30 |
7. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 4:13 |
8. | "Silent Night" | Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber | 4:38 |
9. | "Christmas Through Your Eyes" | Gloria Estefan, Diane Warren | 5:01 |
10. | "Árbolito de Navidad" | Jose Barros | 3:56 |
11. | "Christmas Auld Lang Syne" | Mann Curtis, Frank Military | 2:35 |
Total length: | 46:01 |
Adapted from AllMusic. [6]
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Region | Date |
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Europe | September 27, 1993 |
United States | September 28, 1993 |
Canada | October 12, 1993 |
Japan | November 3, 1993 |
The album went to No. 43 on the Billboard 200 Pop Album chart and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States for shipments of over a million copies.
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