''Home for Christmas'' is the fifth studio album and second Christmas album by Scottish singer

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. It was released on 25 October 2013 in Australia, on 29 October in the United States, and on 25 November 2013 in the United Kingdom. The album is a Christmas holiday album featuring a posthumous duet with

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who died in 1977 and two duets with

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and

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. The album also features an original song, "Miracle Hymn", written for Boyle's debut acting role in the film ''

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Background

Boyle was granted permission to use recordings of Elvis Presley from Graceland Estates singing "

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". The single was released on 6 December 2013 in Ireland and on 8 December in the United Kingdom, as a charity single for

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U.K. and for the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation in the U.S. It is the second time Boyle has covered "O Come, All Ye Faithful". She first covered the song for her second album, '' The Gift'' (2010).

Track listing

;Notes *"O Come, All Ye Faithful" uses samples from the 1971 Elvis Presley recording of the same name from the album '' Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas''

Personnel

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- vocals (tracks 6, 8, 10, 12, lead on tracks 1–5, 7, 9, 11) *Dishan Abrahams - bass guitar (tracks 5, 7) * Steve Anderson - musical arrangement (tracks 2–3, 5, 7, 9-11), music programming (1, 3, 5, 7, 10), drums (3, 5, 7), bass guitar (3), piano (10), keyboards (3, 11) *Graham Archer - recording engineer (track 3) *Steven Blake - bagpipes (track 3) *Kevin Burleigh - recording engineer (track 7) *Carmel Thomas Youth Singers - choir vocals (track 1) *Chris Hill - bass played by (tracks 4, 6, 8) *Ginger Holliday - sampled background vocals (track 1) *

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- sampled background vocals (track 1) *Jake Jackson - recording engineer (track 12), audio mixing (12) *Rob Johnston - choir director (tracks 2, 4–5, 7, 9, 11) *Charlie Kenny - drums (tracks 4, 6, 8) *Sean Kenny - recording engineer (tracks 2-11) *

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- background vocals (track 1) *Adam Looker - assistant recording engineer (tracks 2–3, 12) *Andrew Lucas - choir director (tracks 2, 9, 11) *Lorne MacDougall - bagpipes (track 3) *Avril Mackintosh - recording engineer (tracks 3-12), Pro Tools engineer (1) *

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- musical arrangement (tracks 2-11), music programming (1-3, 7, 9), orchestra conductor (2), piano (2, 5–8), keyboards (3, 11), drums (3, 7), bass guitar (3), organ played by (9) *

- guest vocals, lead vocals (track 5) *Michael McGoldrick - uilleann pipes (track 7) *

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- fiddle (track 7) *Fred Molin - recording engineer (track 5) *Jimmy Nielson - assistant recording engineer (tracks 2-12) *James Nisbet - guitar (tracks 4–5, 7, 10) *

- guest vocals, background vocals (track 3) *

- sampled lead vocals (track 1) *Temple Riser - sampled background vocals (track 1) *

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- strings performed by (tracks 2, 5, 7, 11) *RSVP Voices - choir vocals (tracks 2, 4–5, 7, 9, 11) * Donald Shaw - accordion (track 7), recording engineer (7) * St. Albans Cathedral Boys Choir - background vocals (tracks 2, 9, 11) *Mitch Stevens - background vocals (track 7) *Gary Thomas - recording engineer (tracks 2-12) *Tom Trapp - musical arrangement (track 12) *Jeremy Wheatley - audio mixing (tracks 2-12) *Zone 1 Brass - brass performed by (track 1)

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References

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