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Arriving nine months after Katharine McPhee’s 2010 bleached-blonde AAA makeover Unbroken, Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You finds McPhee going back to her roots, returning to her brunette locks and reviving the show-stopping theatrics that made her a star on American Idol. Christmas Is the Time is an old-fashioned holiday record through and through, from the reliance on standards to the soft, roomy arrangements that allow plenty of space for McPhee to hit her high notes, all without drawing too much attention to herself. It’s a setting well suited for McPhee’s strengths, and song for song, this may be her strongest album: she does well by the standards, and the pop songs -- including “It’s Not Christmas Without You” and the title track originally sung by Billy Squier -- are good adult contemporary numbers. The album is simple and lean, not intent on making McPhee into a chart star, benefiting from a seasonal formula that allows her to simply sing like she did when she was on Idol.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Chris Bleth, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Levant, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Dukov, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Chris Botti, Trumpet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RANDY WALDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Gary Novak, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berghofer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian O’Conner, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - James Pierpont, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berghofer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Dresel, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fletcher Sheridan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Loucks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Trist Curless, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michelle Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Dukov, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Neil Stubenhaus, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Dresel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Trist Curless, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Adolphe Adam, ComposerLyricist - Doug Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fletcher Sheridan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Loucks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Trist Curless, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris Bleth, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Levant, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berghofer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Dresel, Snare Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fletcher Sheridan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Loucks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Trist Curless, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian O’Conner, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Pierce, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Squier, ComposerLyricist - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Neil Stubenhaus, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Dresel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Dukov, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - BILLY SHERRILL, ComposerLyricist - Doug Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Pierce, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Bova, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Neil Stubenhaus, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Dresel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Dukov, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - RANDY WALDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - Gary Novak, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berghofer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steven Miller, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Treece, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ALLEN SIDES, Producer - MERVYN WARREN, ComposerLyricist - Doug Petty, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine McPhee, MainArtist - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hallerin Hill, ComposerLyricist - Suite 3 Music, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Arriving nine months after Katharine McPhee’s 2010 bleached-blonde AAA makeover Unbroken, Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You finds McPhee going back to her roots, returning to her brunette locks and reviving the show-stopping theatrics that made her a star on American Idol. Christmas Is the Time is an old-fashioned holiday record through and through, from the reliance on standards to the soft, roomy arrangements that allow plenty of space for McPhee to hit her high notes, all without drawing too much attention to herself. It’s a setting well suited for McPhee’s strengths, and song for song, this may be her strongest album: she does well by the standards, and the pop songs -- including “It’s Not Christmas Without You” and the title track originally sung by Billy Squier -- are good adult contemporary numbers. The album is simple and lean, not intent on making McPhee into a chart star, benefiting from a seasonal formula that allows her to simply sing like she did when she was on Idol.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:16
- Main artists: Katharine McPhee
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Forecast
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
© 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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