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Winter Wonderland | ||||
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Released | 2005 | |||
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Length | 36:50 | |||
Label | Carrack-UK | |||
Producer | Chris Walden | |||
Paul Carrack chronology | ||||
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A Soulful Christmas cover | ||||
Winter Wonderland is the tenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, and his first after leaving the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2005 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label.
This was Carrack's first holiday-themed album, and was recorded in collaboration with the SWR Big Band. The songs are mostly familiar Christmas/winter-themed classics; Carrack covers his own "Beautiful World" as the album's final track.
The album was issued in Europe as A Soulful Christmas, with an altered running order and four additional tracks.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 3:29 |
2. | "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | 3:19 |
3. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:26 |
4. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 4:16 |
5. | "Let It Snow" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:39 |
6. | "The Christmas Song" | Robert Wells, Mel Tormé | 3:31 |
7. | "Sleigh Ride" | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish | 2:32 |
8. | "What A Wonderful World" | Bob Thiele, George David Weiss | 3:10 |
9. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 3:37 |
10. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | 2:37 |
11. | "Beautiful World" | Paul Carrack, T-Bone Wolk | 4:14 |
This album was released in Europe with a revised track listing as A Soulful Christmas. This version of the album features 4 additional tracks: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I Say A Little Prayer", and 2 duet versions of "Silent Night",
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let It Snow" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | |
2. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | |
3. | "Silent Night (duet with Lindsay Dracass)" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr | 2:44 |
4. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | |
5. | "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | |
6. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent | 2:29 |
7. | "The Christmas Song" | Robert Wells, Mel Tormé | |
8. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | |
9. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | |
10. | "I Say A Little Prayer" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 3:52 |
11. | "Sleigh Ride" | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish | |
12. | "What a Wonderful World" | Bob Thiele, George David Weiss | |
13. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | |
14. | "Beautiful World" | Paul Carrack, T-Bone Wolk | |
15. | "Silent Night / Stille Nacht (duet with Stefan Gwildis)" | Gruber, Mohr | 2:44 |
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