Christmas from the Heart (Kenny Rogers album)

For the unrelated 2009 release with the same title, see Christmas from the Heart (David Archuleta album).

Christmas From The Heart
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	October 1998
Recorded	1998
Studio	Creative Recording and Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Christmas music
Length	52:06
Label	Dreamcatcher
Producer	Brent Maher Warren Hartman
Kenny Rogers chronology
Across My Heart (1997) Christmas From The Heart (1998) She Rides Wild Horses (1999)
Rogers' Christmas chronology
The Gift (1996) Christmas From The Heart (1998) Once Again It's Christmas (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Christmas From The Heart is a 1998 holiday album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers.

Overview

Allmusic panned the album, saying: "This is truly a bizarre and disappointing album, combining Rogers' bland adult contemporary versions of traditional Christmas songs with obnoxious numbers sung by children." ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Just Not Christmas"	Sandin, Smith-Cochran	3:09
2.	"The Christmas Song"	Torme, Wells	2:49
3.	"My Favorite Things"	Hammerstein, Rodgers	2:42
4.	"White Christmas"	Berlin	2:57
5.	"Let It Snow!"	Cahn, Styne	2:07
6.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Oakeley, Wade	3:16
7.	"Hey Little Christmas Tree"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	3:04
8.	"Merry Christmas"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	1:44
9.	"Money Isn't What Really Matters"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	2:30
10.	"Heroes"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	2:20
11.	"I Wanna Be a Christmas Present"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	2:20
12.	"The Ballerina Song"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	3:50
13.	"Help Somebody Find Their Way"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	2:20
14.	"If I Only Had Your Heart" (duet with Alyssa Bonagura)	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	3:50
15.	"Mister Perfect"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	2:35
16.	"I Promise You"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	3:30
17.	"The Toy Shoppe"	Golden, Hartman, Rogers	3:10
18.	"Til the Season Comes Around Again"	Goodrum, Jarvis	3:53

Personnel

Musicians

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, arrangements
• Steve Glassmeyer – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, organ, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Bobby Ogdin – keyboards
• Gene Sisk – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Warren Hartman – sequencing, arrangements
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar
• Randy Dorman – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, arrangements
• Rick Harper – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Steve Mandile – electric guitar
• Spencer Campbell – bass
• Chuck Jacobs – bass
• Duncan Mullins – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Lynn Hammann – drums
• Paul Leim – drums
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Jim Horn – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor sax solo, recorder
• Denis Solee – alto saxophone, soprano sax solo, flute, piccolo
• Matt Glassmeyer – tenor saxophone
• Dennis Good – trombone
• Barry Green – trombone
• Chris McDonald – trombone
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Don Sheffield – trumpet
• George Tidwell – trumpet
• Tom McAninch – French horn
• Pat Bergeson – harmonica
• Cynthia Wyatt – harp
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
• Bergen White – string orchestration and conductor, horn orchestration
• Gene Golden – arrangements, horn arrangements
• Tammy Pierce – backing vocals
• Evan Broder – vocals
• Alyssa Bonagura – vocals (14)

Choir

• Darryl Appleton, Stacey Campbell, Rodney Covington (director), Anthony Davis, Pamela Holman, Robin Johnson-Neal, Shonte Johnson, Antonio Jones, Karima Kibble, Gale Mayes, Ann McCray, Larry Neal, Gavin Sesley, Denotra Sharpe, Demetria Slayden and Wanda Watkins

Cast vocals

• Alyssa Bonagura, Lisa Cochran, Sandy Caufield, Steve Glassmeyer, Scott Hogue, Marabeth Jordan, Liza Martine, Michele Rodgers-McGrath, Kenny Rogers, Dennis Scott, Gene Sisk, Scat Springs and Bergen White

Children's vocals

• Dennis Scott – vocal conductor
• Gracie Glassmeyer, Brandon Hargest, Brittany Hargest, Ashley Milling and Jamie Murrah – vocals

Production

• Jim Mazza – executive producer, management for Dreamcatcher Management
• Warren Hartman – producer
• Brent Maher – producer, recording, mixing
• Paul Skaife – recording, mix assistant
• Frank Farrell – MIDI consultant
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jan Greenfield – production assistant
• P. David Eleazar – art direction, design
• Nick Long – art direction, design
• Chris Callis – photography
• Linda Fennimore – snow globe illustration

Reissue

In 2008, Koch Records reissued the CD under the same title, but with one change; the final track is omitted.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "AllMusic Review - Christmas from the Heart". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2008.