We Need a Little Christmas (Andy Williams album)

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We Need a Little Christmas
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Studio album by
Andy Williams
ReleasedJune 19, 1995 [1] [2]
Recorded1995 [2]
StudioQuad Studio,
Nashville, Tennessee,
Studio 3319,
Nashville, Tennessee,
Synchrosound Studios,
Nashville, Tennessee,
CMP Studio,
Nashville, Tennessee,
Joy Spring Farm Studio,
Liepers Fork, Tennessee,
Digital Domain Studio,
Irvine, California,
The Battery,
Nashville, Tennessee [2]
Genre
Length44:53
Label Unison Music
Producer Don Boyer [2]
Andy Williams chronology
16 Most Requested Songs: Encore!
(1995)		We Need a Little Christmas
(1995)		 The Best of Andy Williams
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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We Need a Little Christmas is the fifth Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams (and his forty-second studio album overall) that was released by Unison Music in 1995. [2] It gives an adult contemporary treatment to songs that Williams had previously recorded for 1963's The Andy Williams Christmas Album ("Away In A Manger", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", "Silent Night"), 1965's Merry Christmas ("Mary's Little Boy Child"), 1974's Christmas Present ("Angels We Have Heard On High", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", "What Child Is This"), and 1990's I Still Believe in Santa Claus ("I'll Be Home for Christmas") and includes three songs that Williams had not recorded before. In a brief note on the back of the jewel case Williams writes, "These all-new recordings feature fresh, innovative arrangements of some of my favorite carols. I felt like I was singing them for the very first time." [2]

Contents

The Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album Gold certification for sales of 500,000 units on February 2, 1998. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Mary's Little Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 4:14
  2. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:21
  3. "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) – 3:08
  4. "Away in a Manger" (traditional) – 3:01
  5. "We Need a Little Christmas" (Jerry Herman) – 3:33
  6. Angel Medley – 4:40
    a. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional)
    b. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley)
  7. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:02
  8. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 3:34
  9. "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" (traditional) – 2:33
  10. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (John Baptiste Calkin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) – 3:08
  11. "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix) – 4:10
  12. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber; Joseph Mohr) – 5:29

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved June 10, 2017. Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (1995) We Need a Little Christmas by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. Nashville: Unison Music V20044.
  3. 1 2 "We Need a Little Christmas - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 6, 2011.

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