Warmest Christmas Wishes (Engelbert Humperdinck album)

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Warmest Christmas Wishes is the 49th studio album by singer Engelbert Humperdinck, released in 2018.

Background

This was Engelbert's first Christmas album in almost 40 years. It includes two new original songs, “Christmas for the Family” and “Around the Christmas Tree.”[1]

Production

  • Produced by: Jürgen Korduletsch
  • Executive Producers: Jürgen Korduletsch & Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Recording Engineer: Steve Genewick
  • Additional Vocals recorded by: Gary Lux
  • Mixed by: Giuseppe DiCaccamo & Jürgen Korduletsch
  • Mastered by: Robert Vosgien
  • Album Arrangements by: Geoff Stradling
  • Additional Arrangements by: Johnny Harris ("Silently Falls the Snow", "Leise rieselt der Schnee") & Jeff Sturges ("Silent Night")
  • Album Artwork & Layout: Nick Sortino & Carla Lisinski
  • Photography: Craig X Sotres

Release

Warmest Christmas Wishes was released by OK! Good Records on October 12, 2018.[2]

Warmest Christmas Wishes
Warmest Christmas Wishes album.jpg
Studio album by Engelbert Humperdinck
Released October 12, 2018
Recorded 2018
Studio Stagg Street Studios, Conway Recording Studios, Capitol Studios, The Village Studios, Hollywood
Genre Adult contemporary, pop
Length 47:41
Label OK! Good
Producer Jürgen Korduletsch
Engelbert Humperdinck chronology
The Man I Want to Be
(2017)		 Warmest Christmas Wishes
(2018)		 Reflections
(2019)

Track listing

  1. “Please Come Home for Christmas” (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) 4:02
  2. “Driving Home for Christmas” (Chris Rea) 4:08
  3. “Christmas Song (I’m Not Dreaming of a White Christmas)” (Gilbert O'Sullivan) 2:51
  4. “I'll Be Home for Christmas” (Kim Gannon; Walter Kent; Buck Ram) 2:48
  5. "Snowy Christmas (Medley)” (3:28)
    1. ”Let It Snow” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
    2. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” (Meredith Willson)
    3. “Winter Wonderland” (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith)
  6. “A Christmas for the Family” (Jürgen Korduletsch; Engelbert Humperdinck; Veiga Sanchez) 3:20
  7. “Silently Falls the Snow” (Eduard Ebel, Louise Dorsey) 3:03
  8. “O Tannenbaum” (Ernst Anschütz, Melchior Franck) 2:55
  9. “Still Still Still” (traditional, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) 3:13
  10. “Silent Night” (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) 4:36
  11. “Around the Christmas Tree” (Alan Blevins) 3:13
  12. “White Christmas” (Irving Berlin) 3:26
  13. “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” (Frank Loesser) 3:36
  14. “Leise rieselt der Schnee” (Eduard Ebel) 3:02

Personnel

  • Keyboards: Geoff Stradling
  • Guitars: Grant Geissman
  • Bass: Trey Henry
  • Drums: Ray Brinker
  • Percussion: Billy Hulting
  • String Concermaster: Benjamin Powell
  • Contractor: John Rosenberg
  • Saxophone Solo on "Please Come Home for Christmas" & Clarinet Solo on "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?": Alex Budman
  • Backing Vocalists: Meloney Collins, Laura Dickinson, Baraka May, Fletcher Sheridan, Greg Whipple
  • Youth Vocalists: Joey Caraway, Piper Lastrapes, Scarlet Lastrapes, Marcello Silva
  • Backing Vocalist Contractor: Laura Dickinson

Charts

Warmest Christmas Wishes peaked at #13 on Billboard's Holiday chart on October 27, 2018.[3]

References

  1. ↑ OK! Good records - Engelbert Humperdinck to Release ‘Warmest Christmas Wishes’, His First Christmas Album in Almost Forty Years, August 28, 2018
  2. ↑ AllMusic - Warmest Christmas Wishes overview
  3. ↑ Billboard Holiday Albums - week of October 27, 2018

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