''Christmas Wish'' is the twenty-second studio album by British-Australian singer

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

. It is the second original album of

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recorded by Newton-John after Tis the Season'' with

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(Hallmark, 2000), and the compilation partly from that, ''The Christmas Collection''. It is her second album produced by

Amy Sky Amy Sky (born 24 September 1960) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five, and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder. She has a degree from t ...

. It features versions of classic Christmas songs and guest appearances from

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

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, Michael McDonald and others. In 2008, the album was re-released as a

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exclusive and included the bonus track "

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".''Billboard'' – 17 January 2009

Critical reception

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editor

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called ''Christmas Wish'' a "clean, low-key affair, where her versions of traditional Christmas carols ..are interspersed with brief instrumental interludes. Nothing here is too high-energy, it sometimes borders on the sleepy, but as background holiday mood music, it is effective."

Track listing

All tracks produced by

Personnel

Performers and musicians * Olivia Newton-John – vocals, harmony vocals (9) * Greg Johnston – keyboards (1, 5, 7, 15), guitars (15), bass guitar (15) * Mark Lalama – acoustic piano (1, 5, 11, 13, 21, 23), keyboards (7) * Roman SebastIan – keyboards (2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20) *

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

– keyboards (3), acoustic piano (3), string arrangements (3) * Mark Masri – keyboards (4), backing vocals (15, 21) *

Jim Brickman James Merrill Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums ''Peace'' (2003) for Best Instrumental, and ''Faith'' (2009) for Best New Age Album ...

– acoustic piano (7) * Steven MacKinnon – acoustic piano (9),

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

(9) * Stephen Moccio – keyboards (17, 19), acoustic piano (17, 19) * Jamie Oakes – guitars (7, 11, 23),

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(11) * Pavlo Simtikidis – guitar (10) * Andy Timmons – guitars (21) * George Koller – bass guitar (1, 5, 7, 11, 21, 23),

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(23) * Mark Kelso – percussion (1, 5, 11, 23), drums (7, 15, 19, 21) *

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–

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(1),

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(1), bansuri (5),

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(11), C flute (11) * Paul Widner – cello (4, 9, 11) * Amy Shulman –

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(13, 19) * Stephanie O'Keefe –

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(13, 19) *

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– saxophone (21) * Phil Manos – orchestration (3), orchestral arrangements (13, 19) * The Westlake Players – orchestra (13, 19) * Robbie Buchanan – arrangements (22), string arrangements and conductor (22) * Zoe Sky Jordan – backing vocals (1) * Lauren Mayer – backing vocals (1) *

– backing vocals (1, 5, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23), arrangements (1, 5, 11, 13, 23), French backing vocals (11), keyboards (12, 15) *

– vocals (3) *

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– backing vocals (5), harmony vocals (19) *

Jann Arden Jann Arden (born Jann Arden Anne Richards; March 27, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is famous for her signature ballads, "Could I Be Your Girl" and "Insensitive (song), Insensitive", which is her biggest hit to date. Ea ...

– vocals (11) * Steve Real – Spanish backing vocals (11) * Michael McDonald – vocals (13) * Amoy Levy – backing vocals (15, 21) *

– vocals (22), arrangements (22) Technical * Amy Sky – producer (1–21, 23), additional production (22) * Robbie Buchanan – producer (22) * Barry Manilow – producer (22) * Steve Addabbo – recording * Jim "Pinky" Beeman – recording * David Bryant – recording * Zack Fagan – recording * Vic Florencia – recording, mixing (1–21, 23), additional mixing (22) * Brian Friedman – recording *

Humberto Gatica Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. Gatica's inter ...

– recording * Michael Jack – recording * Jared Kvitka – recording * Michael Medina – recording * Ted Onyszczak – recording *

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– recording, mixing (22) * Dustin Su – recording * Brian Wohlgemuth – recording * Matthew Zimmerman – recording * Steve Crowder – recording assistant *

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– recording assistant * Rocky Grisez – recording assistant * Greg Kolchinsky – recording assistant * Greg Johnston – additional engineer * Mark Kelso – additional engineer * Steven MacKinnon – additional engineer * Azra Ross – additional engineer * Joao Carvalho – mastering * Paul Jarmon – creative direction * Megan Schaefer – art direction * Jennifer Bergstrom – graphic design * Michael Caprio – cover design * J. Michael Lafond – photography Studios * Recorded at Concrete Jungle, Lenz Entertainment, Phase One Studios, Silverbirch Productions, Hey World Studios and The Nucleus (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); Chartmaker Studios, The Cat's Room and The Document Room (Malibu, California);

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(Hollywood, California); Gari Entertainment (Westlake, California); Shelter Island Sound (New York City, New York);

Ocean Way Recording Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates record ...

(Nashville, Tennessee); Wild Sound (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Palace Cleaners (Irving, Texas). * Mixed at Concrete Jungle * Mastered at Joao Carvalho Mastering (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christmas Wish (Olivia Newton-John Album) Olivia Newton-John albums 2007 Christmas albums Christmas albums by Australian artists Pop Christmas albums