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The obvious title here would have been Wreatha Now, but Aretha opted to follow in the footsteps of at least 20 other artists by going with This Christmas as the title of her first Christmas album. Apart from the Donny Hathaway/Nadine McKinnor-written title track, a duet with her son Edward that is both sweet and playful (at one point, Aretha interjects, "Eddie, you mustn't upstage mom with those high notes"), the disc is filled mostly with the spiritual and relatively serious side of holiday material. The likes of "Silent Night," "Ave Maria," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and "Angels We Have Heard on High" are given the kind of treatment only Aretha could grant, though it should be noted that there are moments where you might feel stuck inside the Aretha Melismatorium. It's not all reverence and reflection: best of all is a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" that can only be termed "personalized."
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Nathan East, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tena Clark, Producer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Chadwick, Author - Timothy Heintz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Fire Choir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Wright, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan East, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tena Clark, Producer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, MainArtist - Donny Hathaway, ComposerLyricist - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Nadine McKinnor, ComposerLyricist - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nathan East, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tena Clark, Producer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, MainArtist - DAVID FOSTER, ComposerLyricist - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Linda Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Heintz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tena Clark, Producer - Fonzi Thornton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - H.B. BARNUM, Conductor - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Michael Powell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tawatha Agee, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White-King, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Gibbs, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Marbury III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Craig, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Darryl Houston, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dahlgren, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Richards White, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shellyn Ponder, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tena Clark, Producer - Aretha Franklin, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Fire Choir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nathan East, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tena Clark, Producer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, MainArtist - Charles Gounod, ComposerLyricist - Johann Sebastian Bach, ComposerLyricist - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Heintz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Fire Choir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Nathan East, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - James "Big Jim" Wright, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tena Clark, Producer - Fonzi Thornton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, MainArtist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - Lisa Fischer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michito Sanchez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White-King, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vaneese Thomas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Fields, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The Fire Choir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aretha Franklin, Producer, Piano, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - H.B. BARNUM, Conductor - Engelbert Humperdinck, ComposerLyricist - Charles Craig, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Onita Sanders, Harp, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, Producer, MainArtist - H.B. BARNUM, Conductor - Michael Powell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Gibbs, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Marbury III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeannie Tenney, Composer - Charles Craig, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Darryl Houston, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dahlgren, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nathan East, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tena Clark, Producer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, ComposerLyricist - Charles Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Heintz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Fire Choir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aretha Franklin, Producer, MainArtist - Clement Moore, Author
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aretha Franklin, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The obvious title here would have been Wreatha Now, but Aretha opted to follow in the footsteps of at least 20 other artists by going with This Christmas as the title of her first Christmas album. Apart from the Donny Hathaway/Nadine McKinnor-written title track, a duet with her son Edward that is both sweet and playful (at one point, Aretha interjects, "Eddie, you mustn't upstage mom with those high notes"), the disc is filled mostly with the spiritual and relatively serious side of holiday material. The likes of "Silent Night," "Ave Maria," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and "Angels We Have Heard on High" are given the kind of treatment only Aretha could grant, though it should be noted that there are moments where you might feel stuck inside the Aretha Melismatorium. It's not all reverence and reflection: best of all is a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" that can only be termed "personalized."
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:47
- Main artists: Aretha Franklin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Enterprises
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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