''Christmas Worship, Vol. 2'' is the second Christmas album from

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released the album on October 2, 2015. The album is a follow-up to '' Christmas Worship'' (2013).

Critical reception

Tony Cummings, indicating in a ten out of ten review by

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, describes, "Baloche should be congratulated in creating, what is to my ears, the best Christmas song of the year." Awarding the album three stars for ''

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'', Matt Conner states, "''Christmas Worship, Vol. 2'' is an ideal package that puts a fresh spin on well known holiday tunes." Caitlin Lassiter, giving the album four stars from New Release Today, writes, "Paul created something truly refreshing and different with ''Christmas Worship II''." Giving the album four and a half stars at 365 Days of Inspiring Media, Joshua Andre says, "Paul to show us both of these variants of Christmas music, is a treat!". Carolyn Aldis, allotting the album four and a half stars by Louder Than the Music, responds, "Paul has chosen some great artists to work on this album with him and the end product is a gift."

Chart performance

The album placed at No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' magazine Holiday Albums chart.Chart search for ''Christmas Worship, Vol. 2'' on Holiday Albums
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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

* Paul Baloche – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangements * Michael Rossback – acoustic piano, guitars, bass, horns, arrangements * Ari Heinikainen –

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* Ben Gowell – guitars * Scotty Murray – guitars * Carl Albrecht – drums, percussion * Jared Henderson – drums, percussion * David Baloche –

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, backing vocals, vocals (10) * Rita Baloche – backing vocals, vocals (10), vocal arrangements * Bri Giles – backing vocals * Gina Milne – backing vocals, vocals (6) *

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– vocals (1) * Kathryn Scott – vocals (4) *

Phil Wickham Philip David Wickham (born April 5, 1984) is an American contemporary Christian singer, musician and songwriter from San Diego, California. He has released ten worship albums: '' Give You My World'' in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, ''Cann ...

– vocals (5) * Onajé Jefferson – vocals (7) *

Graham Kendrick Graham Kendrick (born 2 August 1950) is a British Christian singer, songwriter and worship leader. He is the son of Baptist pastor M. D. Kendrick and grew up in Laindon, Essex, and Putney. He now lives in Tunbridge Wells and is a member of Ch ...

– vocals (8) *

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– vocals (9) * Madison Cunningham – vocals (12)

Production

* C. Ryan Dunham – executive producer * Michael Rossback – producer, engineer, mixing * Paul Baloche – co-producer * Rita Baloche – vocal producer * Tom Brooks – engineer * Jeoff Harris – engineer, editing, transcriptions * Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) * Becca Nicolson – production coordinator * Thom Hoyman – creative director, design

References

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