''A Gift'' is the second Christmas album by Canadian
country music singer
Paul Brandt
Paul Rennée Belobersycky (born July 21, 1972), known professionally as Paul Brandt, is a Canadian country music artist. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break. In 1996, he made his mark on the country music c ...
. It won the 2007
Gospel Music Association of Canada
The Gospel Music Association of Canada or GMA Canada (formerly known as the CGMA) is a not for profit association, founded in 1974, whose purpose is to promote Christian music in Canada.
History
GMA Canada is created in 1974 in Ontario wi ...
Covenant Award for Seasonal Album of the Year, while the title song "A Gift" won the Seasonal Song of the Year award. The track "
Christmas Convoy
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, ...
" is a reworked version of Brandt's cover of
C. W. McCall's "
Convoy".
Track listing
# "
Let It Snow" (
Sammy Cahn,
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became s ...
) – 3:00
# "A Gift" (Paul Brandt) – 2:50
# "
White Christmas
White Christmas most commonly refers to:
* White Christmas (weather), snowfall or snow-covered ground on Christmas Day
* "White Christmas" (song), a 1942 song written by Irving Berlin
White Christmas may also refer to:
Film, television, and the ...
" (
Irving Berlin) – 3:25
# "
Christmas Convoy
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, ...
" (P. Brandt,
Chip Davis,
Bill Fries
William Dale Fries Jr. (November 15, 1928 – April 1, 2022) was an American advertising executive and spoken word artist who won several Clio Awards for his advertising campaigns. He is best known for his character C. W. McCall, a truck-drivi ...
) – 4:43
# "Hands" (P. Brandt, Liz Brandt) – 4:33
# "
Go Tell It on the Mountain" (
Public domain) – 4:52
# "
I'll Be Home for Christmas" (
Kim Gannon
James Kimball "Kim" Gannon (November 18, 1900 – April 29, 1974) was an American songwriter, more commonly a lyricist than a composer.
Biography
Gannon was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish-American family from Fort Ann in upstate New ...
,
Walter Kent,
Buck Ram) – 3:51
# "
Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:57
# "
Mary, Did You Know?" (
Buddy Greene,
Mark Lowry) – 3:30
# "
We Three Kings" (Reverend John H. Hopkins Jr.) – 5:36
References
External links
''A Gift'' review at Soulshine Retrieved June 6, 2009.
Paul Brandt albums
2006 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by Canadian artists
Country Christmas albums
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