''The Christmas Album'' is the tenth studio album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply released in 1987.Air Supply - ''The Christmas Album'' @Discogs.com
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. The album features recordings of classic Christmas songs plus the two original songs, "Love Is All" and "The Eyes of a Child." There is a short instrumental version of "What Child Is This" in the track "Silent Night".

Track listing

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, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 3:07 #"The Eyes of a Child" ( Graham Russell,

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, Rolf Løvland, Ron Bloom) - 4:33 #" Silent Night" ( Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr,

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) - 3:08 #" The Christmas Song" ( Mel Torme, Robert Wells) - 3:01 #" Sleigh Ride" ( Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 2:23 #" Winter Wonderland" ( Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:35 #" O Come All Ye Faithful" (

Frederick Oakeley Frederick Oakeley (5 September 1802 – 30 January 1880) was an English Roman Catholic convert, priest, and author. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1828 and in 1845 converted to the Church of Rome, becoming Canon of the Westminster ...

John Francis Wade John Francis Wade (1 January 1711 – 16 August 1786) was an English hymnist who is sometimes credited with writing and composing the hymn " Adeste Fideles" (which was translated to "O Come All Ye Faithful" in 1841 by Frederick Oakeley), even tho ...

) - 3:14 #"Love Is All" (Russell,

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Personnel

* Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell - lead vocals * Linda Harmon, Russell Hitchcock, Edie Lehmann, Michael Lloyd, Patti Lloyd, Debbie Lytton, Jeni Lytton, Graham Russell - backing vocals * Jim Cox, John Hobbs, Michael Lloyd - keyboards * Laurence Juber, Graham Russell - guitar * Dennis Belfield - bass guitar * Ron Krasinski, Paul Leim - drums * Alan Estes, Michael Fisher, Ron Krasinski, Bob Zimmitti - percussion * Brian O'Connor, James Thatcher - French horn * Ernie Carlson, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary - trombone * Stuart Blumberg, John Rosenberg - trumpet * Don Ashworth, Jon Clarke, Ronald Jannelli, John Mitchell - woodwind * Gayle Levant - harp * Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Samuel Boghossian, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Arni Egilsson, Jesse Ehrlich, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Harris Goldman, V. Grahat, Endre Granat, Nathan Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelley, Jerome Kessler, Myra Kestenbaum, William Kurasch, Joy Lyle, Michael Markman, Donald McInnes, Buell Neidlinger, Michael Nowak, Stanley Plummer, David Shamban, Sidney Sharp, Harry Shultz, Tibor Zelig - strings * Brass direction – John Rosenberg * Orchestra direction – Sidney Sharp * Arrangements – John D'Andrea (1, 6–9) and Nick Strimple (2–5, 10)

Production

* Producers – Russell Hitchcock, Graham Russell and Michael Lloyd. * Executive Producer – Jimmy Ienner * Engineer – Carmine Rubino * Mixing – Jimmy Ienner, Michael Lloyd, Dan Nebenzal and Carmine Rubino. * Art Direction and Design – Maude Gilman * Photography – Robert Cohen

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christmas Album, The 1987 Christmas albums Christmas albums by Australian artists Christmas albums by English artists Air Supply albums Albums produced by Jimmy Ienner Albums produced by Graham Russell Arista Records Christmas albums Pop rock Christmas albums