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Hard as it may be to believe, but Rod Stewart has gotten through five decades without succumbing to a holiday album. That streak ends in 2012 with the release of Merry Christmas, Baby, an easygoing and chipper collection of secular seasonal standards. A couple of carols are thrown in for good measure but these songs -- "Silent Night," "We Three Kings" presented as a duet with Mary J. Blige -- along with a mildly incongruous "When You Wish Upon a Star," slide by easily on the mellow big-band swing of the rest of the record. Song for song, Merry Christmas, Baby is very much of a piece with Rod's ongoing Great American Songbook series, with Stewart not straying from the familiar form of these songs and producer David Foster laying on all manner of soft, soothing sounds, whether it's acoustic guitars, synthesizers, strings, or a children's choir on "Silent Night." Very rarely does this hint at the Rod of the '70s -- and when it does on the closing "Auld Lang Syne," its intro given a spare folky treatment reminiscent of his Mercury work, it's a bracing, effective reminder of Stewart's skill as a singer -- and instead relies on a gladhanding charm that suits the season, not to mention Stewart in his crooning dotage.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Piano, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Erskine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Piano, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Erskine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob McChesney, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Walden, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Driskill, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Michael Bublé, FeaturedArtist - Felix Bernard, Composer - Richard B. Smith, Author - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - ROD STEWART, MainArtist
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cee-Lo Green, FeaturedArtist - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHNNY MOORE, ComposerLyricist - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Trombone Shorty, FeaturedArtist - Dan Oestreicher, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tim McFatter, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dieyelle Reed, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jule Styne, Composer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob McChesney, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Walden, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Driskill, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, FeaturedArtist - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Botti, Trumpet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Erskine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Walden, Trumpet, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Driskill, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Wilde, ComposerLyricist - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Billy Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nick Trevisick, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jay Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Foster, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Roberts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Trombone Shorty, FeaturedArtist - Dan Oestreicher, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tim McFatter, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dieyelle Reed, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ned Washington, Author - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Leigh Harline, Composer - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Erskine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Arranger, String Arranger, Keyboards, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mary J. Blige, FeaturedArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Arranger, String Arranger, Keyboards, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Savigar, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson Swinford, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID FOSTER, Arranger, String Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), ComposerLyricist - Kimberly Johnson, Unknown, Other - Janna Jacoby-Harold, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michelle Lewis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Arranger, String Arranger, Keyboards, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jorge Vivo, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Caroline Campbell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Matt O'Connor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Erskine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Vivo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROD STEWART, MainArtist - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Caroline Campbell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Evans, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Hard as it may be to believe, but Rod Stewart has gotten through five decades without succumbing to a holiday album. That streak ends in 2012 with the release of Merry Christmas, Baby, an easygoing and chipper collection of secular seasonal standards. A couple of carols are thrown in for good measure but these songs -- "Silent Night," "We Three Kings" presented as a duet with Mary J. Blige -- along with a mildly incongruous "When You Wish Upon a Star," slide by easily on the mellow big-band swing of the rest of the record. Song for song, Merry Christmas, Baby is very much of a piece with Rod's ongoing Great American Songbook series, with Stewart not straying from the familiar form of these songs and producer David Foster laying on all manner of soft, soothing sounds, whether it's acoustic guitars, synthesizers, strings, or a children's choir on "Silent Night." Very rarely does this hint at the Rod of the '70s -- and when it does on the closing "Auld Lang Syne," its intro given a spare folky treatment reminiscent of his Mercury work, it's a bracing, effective reminder of Stewart's skill as a singer -- and instead relies on a gladhanding charm that suits the season, not to mention Stewart in his crooning dotage.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:52
- Main artists: Rod Stewart
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
© 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2012 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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