Holiday Songs and Lullabies

1998 studio album by Shawn Colvin

Holiday Songs and Lullabies

Studio album by

Shawn Colvin

Released| October 27, 1998 Reprint on October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25)
Recorded| June 1998
Genre| Christmas, contemporary folk, lullaby
Length| 36:51
Label| Columbia
Producer| Doug Petty
Shawn Colvin chronology
| A Few Small Repairs
(1996)  | Holiday Songs and Lullabies
(1998)  | Whole New You
(2001)

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Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

Holiday Songs and Lullabies is a studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Shawn Colvin. It was released in 1998 on Columbia Records.[1]

## Tracks

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1. "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Traditional) – 4:04
2. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 2:37
3. "Now the Day Is Over" (Traditional) – 1:47
4. "Rocking" (Traditional) – 2:33
5. "Windy Nights" (Robert Louis Stevenson, Alec Wilder) – 3:10
6. "All Through the Night" (Traditional) – 2:03
7. "Love Came Down at Christmas" (Traditional) – 3:04
8. "Silent Night" (Josef Mohr, Franz Gruber) – 3:22
9. "All the Pretty Li'l Horses" (Traditional) – 1:43
10. "Little Road to Bethlehem" (Michael Head, Margaret Rose) – 2:52
11. "Seal Lullaby" (Rudyard Kipling, Alec Wilder) – 2:29
12. "Evening Is a Little Boy/The Night Will Never Stay" (Eleanor Farjeon, Frances Frost, Alec Wilder) – 3:09
13. "The Christ Child's Lullaby" (Traditional) – 2:19
14. "Close Your Eyes" (Johannes Brahms, William Engvick) – 1:39

## Sequel

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A sequel "The Starlighter" is due for release February 23, 2018

## Personnel

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* Shawn Colvin – vocals, guitar
* Larry Campbell – mandolin, pedal steel guitar, fiddle
* Andy Hess – bass
* Ben Street – bass
* Mark Egan – bass
* Steuart Smith – guitar
* Shawn Pelton – drums
* Dan Petty – guitar, lap steel guitar
* Doug Petty – organ, piano
* Paul Frazier – background vocals
* Marlon Saunders – background vocals
* Jill Seifers – background vocals
* Clark Gayton – euphonium
* John Clark – French horn
* David Taylor – bass trombone
* Jim Pugh – trombone
* Kenny Rampton – flugelhorn
* John Owens – flugelhorn
* Alan J. Stepansky – cello
* Sandra Park – violin
* Sharon Yamada – violin
* Rebecca Young – viola
* Rev. Dan Willis – oboe

Production notes:

* Doug Petty – producer, arranger, string and brass arrangements
* Maurice Sendak – artwork
* Alec Wilder – arranger
* Aaron Keane – engineer
* Steve Addabbo – engineer
* Ray Martin – engineer
* Fred Remmert – engineer
* Noah Simon – assistant engineer
* George Morgan – assistant engineer
* Matt Kane – assistant engineer
* Joe Ferla – mixing
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* Neil Kellerhouse – design
* Mary Maurer – art direction, design
* Deborah Feingold – photography

## Chart positions

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Year  | Chart  | Position

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1998  | The Billboard 200 | 181

## References

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1. ^ a b Allmusic entry for Holiday Songs and Lullabies. Accessed May 13, 2009.

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Shawn Colvin

Studio albums|

* Steady On (1989)
* Fat City (1992)
* Cover Girl (1994)
* A Few Small Repairs (1996)
* Holiday Songs and Lullabies (1998)
* Whole New You (2001)
* These Four Walls (2006)
* All Fall Down (2012)
* Uncovered (2015)
* Colvin & Earle (2016)
* The Starlighter (2018)
* Steady On: 30th Anniversary Acoustic Edition (2019)

Live albums|

* Live '88 (1995)
* Live (2009)

Compilation albums|

* Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection (2004)
* The Best of Shawn Colvin (2010)

Singles|

* "Sunny Came Home"
* "You and the Mona Lisa"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Geoffrey Colvin (brother)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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