''Chris Squire's Swiss Choir'' is the second and final solo album by

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. An album of traditional Christmas music, it was released in 2007 and includes former

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guitarist

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, future

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drummer and keyboardist

Jeremy Stacey Jeremy Stacey (born 27 September 1963) is a British drummer and keyboard player. His early works included the 1990s band The Lemon Trees (with twin brother Paul Stacey on guitars, Guy Chambers and others) and Denzil. He has also played with ...

and the

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. All tracks were arranged by Chris Squire and Gerard Johnson.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

*Chris Squire –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, record producer *

–

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and acoustic guitars * Gerard Johnson –

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– drums *

– chorus *

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– vocals, musical direction *Amy George – soprano voice *Laura Macara – vocals * Alan White – drums, piano, keyboards, backing vocals and record producer on "Run with the Fox".

Production

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–

music arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...

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– music arranger *Gregg Jackmann – mixing *Gerard Johnson – music arranger,

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, mixing,

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

*Nigel Luby – engineer

Cover

*Hugh Gilmour – photography

References

{{Reflist Chris Squire albums 2007 Christmas albums Christmas albums by English artists