Christmas Wishes (Anne Murray album)

Christmas Wishes
Studio album by Anne Murray
Released	1981 (1981)
Studio	Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Genre	Country
Length	30:58
Label	Capitol
Producer	Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murray chronology
Where Do You Go When You Dream (1981) Christmas Wishes (1981) The Hottest Night of the Year (1982)

Christmas Wishes is a seasonal studio album by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was Anne's first Holiday recording, released by Capitol Records in 1981.

The disc peaked at #34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. ^[1] It stands as one of Anne's biggest-selling career albums, earning double platinum certification from the RIAA. At the time of its deletion, it had sold nearly 3 million US copies.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	2:55
2.	"Silver Bells"	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	2:55
3.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	3:50
4.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	3:35
5.	"Christmas Wishes"	Art Podell, Randy Sparks	2:37
6.	"Joy to the World"	Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts	2:09
7.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	2:56
8.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight	3:06
9.	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	Traditional, John Wesley Work Jr.	2:48
10.	"Silent Night"	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	4:07

Personnel

• Anne Murray – lead vocals, additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10)
• Brian Gatto – electric piano
• Doug Riley – acoustic piano (1–6, 8, 9)
• Jack Lenz – acoustic piano (7, 10)
• Bob Mann – acoustic guitars
• Bob Lucier – steel guitar
• Tom Szczesniak – bass
• Barry Keane – drums
• Rick Wilkins – arrangements and conductor (1–5)
• Peter Cardinali – arrangements and conductor (6–10)
• Bill Richards – concertmaster
• Tommy Ambrose – backing vocals (1–9)
• Bob Farrar – backing vocals (1–9)
• Debbie Fleming – backing vocals (1–9)
• Bob Hamper – backing vocals (1–9)
• Laurie Hood – backing vocals (1–9)
• Vern Kennedy – backing vocals (1–9)
• Judy Marchak – backing vocals (1–9)
• Colina Phillips – backing vocals (1–9)
• Janie Ray – backing vocals (1–9)
• Debbie Greimann – additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10)
• Bruce Murray – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Jim Ed Norman – producer
• Ken Friesen – engineer
• Tom Henderson – recording assistant
• Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA).
• Paul Cade – art direction
• Roy Kohara – art direction
• Phil Shima – design
• Tim Saunders – photography
• Morris Zaslavsky – calligraphy

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	34
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	54
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	19
Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2]	62

References

1. "Christmas Wishes charts". Allmusic . Retrieved 1 March 2011.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.