Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas | ||||
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Released | November 20, 2001 | |||
Recorded | July 1997–July 1998 | |||
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Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 36:02 | |||
Label | Beyond Music | |||
Producer | Lovemongers | |||
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Here Is Christmas cover | ||||
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AllMusic | (original release) [1] |
AllMusic | [2] |
antiMusic | [3] |
Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas is a Christmas album and the twelfth studio album by American rock band Heart. It was originally released under the title Here Is Christmas on October 20,1998,by 2b Music,serving as the second album of the Lovemongers,a side project involving Ann and Nancy Wilson,their longtime friend and collaborator Sue Ennis and Frank Cox. [1] [4]
On November 20,2001,Beyond Music re-released Here Is Christmas as a Heart album with the same track listing and new artwork. [2] The album was reissued on November 16,2004,by Sovereign Artists with a different cover and two bonus tracks—"Mary" and "Let's Stay In". [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Here Is Christmas" | 4:11 | |
2. | "Balulalow" | 1:18 | |
3. | "Christmas Waits" |
| 3:06 |
4. | "William and Rose" |
| 3:54 |
5. | "Ave Maria" |
| 4:49 |
6. | "How Beautiful" |
| 5:28 |
7. | "The Last Noel" | Cox | 4:21 |
8. | "It's Christmas Time" |
| 3:37 |
9. | "Oh Holy Night!" | Adolphe Adam | 3:20 |
10. | "Bring a Torch" | Traditional | 1:58 |
Total length: | 36:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Here Is Christmas" |
| 4:12 |
2. | "Christmas Waits" |
| 3:08 |
3. | "Mary" | Patty Griffin | 4:50 |
4. | "How Beautiful" |
| 5:29 |
5. | "William and Rose" |
| 3:56 |
6. | "Let's Stay In" |
| 3:27 |
7. | "Balulalow" |
| 1:19 |
8. | "Ave Maria" |
| 4:51 |
9. | "The Last Noel" | Cox | 4:23 |
10. | "It's Christmas Time" |
| 3:38 |
11. | "Oh Holy Night!" | Adam | 3:19 |
12. | "Bring a Torch" | Traditional | 1:57 |
Total length: | 44:29 |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas and its 2004 reissue. [6] [7]
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