The Christmas Album (Air Supply album)

1987 studio album by Air Supply

The Christmas Album

Studio album by

Air Supply

Released| November 1987
Studio| A&M (Hollywood)
Genre| Soft rock, Christmas
Label| Arista
Producer| Russell Hitchcock, Jimmy Ienner, Michael Lloyd, Graham Russell
Air Supply chronology
| Hearts in Motion
(1986)  | The Christmas Album
(1987)  | The Earth Is...
(1991)

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The Christmas Album is the tenth studio album by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 1987.[2] It was their last studio album to be released under Arista Records. The album features recordings of classic Christmas songs plus the two original songs, "Love Is All" and "The Eyes of a Child". There is a short instrumental version of "What Child Is This" in the track "Silent Night".

## Track listing

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1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:25
2. "The First Noel" (Traditional, William Sandys) - 3:23
3. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 3:07
4. "The Eyes of a Child" (Graham Russell, Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland, Ron Bloom) - 4:33
5. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, John F. Young) - 3:08
6. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) - 3:01
7. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 2:23
8. "Love Is All" (Graham Russell, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) - 4:30
9. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:35
10. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) - 3:14

## Personnel

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* Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell \- lead vocals
* Linda Harmon, Russell Hitchcock, Edie Lehmann, Michael Lloyd, Patti Lloyd, Debbie Lytton, Jeni Lytton, Graham Russell - backing vocals
* Jim Cox, John Hobbs, Michael Lloyd - keyboards
* Laurence Juber, Graham Russell - guitar
* Dennis Belfield - bass guitar
* Ron Krasinski, Paul Leim \- drums
* Alan Estes, Michael Fisher, Ron Krasinski, Bob Zimmitti - percussion
* Brian O'Connor, James Thatcher - French horn
* Ernie Carlson, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary - trombone
* Stuart Blumberg, John Rosenberg - trumpet
* Don Ashworth, Jon Clarke, Ronald Jannelli, John Mitchell - woodwind
* Gayle Levant - harp
* Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Samuel Boghossian, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Arni Egilsson, Jesse Ehrlich, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Harris Goldman, V. Grahat, Endre Granat, Nathan Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelley, Jerome Kessler, Myra Kestenbaum, William Kurasch, Joy Lyle, Michael Markman, Donald McInnes, Buell Neidlinger, Michael Nowak, Stanley Plummer, David Shamban, Sidney Sharp, Harry Shultz, Tibor Zelig - strings
* Brass direction – John Rosenberg
* Orchestra direction – Sidney Sharp
* Arrangements – John D'Andrea (1, 6–7, 9), Nick Strimple (2–5, 10) and Keith Olsen (8)

## Production

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* Producers – Russell Hitchcock, Graham Russell and Michael Lloyd.
* Executive Producer – Jimmy Ienner
* Engineer – Carmine Rubino
* Mixing – Jimmy Ienner, Michael Lloyd, Dan Nebenzal and Carmine Rubino.
* Art Direction and Design – Maude Gilman
* Photography – Robert Cohen

## References

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1. ^ The Christmas Album at AllMusic
2. ^ Air Supply - The Christmas Album @Discogs.com Retrieved 12-20-2013.

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Studio albums|

* Air Supply
* The Whole Thing's Started
* Love & Other Bruises
* Life Support
* Lost in Love
* The One That You Love
* Now and Forever
* Air Supply
* Hearts in Motion
* The Christmas Album
* The Earth Is ...
* The Vanishing Race
* News from Nowhere
* The Book of Love
* Yours Truly
* Across the Concrete Sky
* Mumbo Jumbo

Live & compilations|

* Greatest Hits
* Making Love ... The Very Best of Air Supply
* Greatest Hits Live ... Now and Forever
* Forever Love: 36 Greatest Hits

Singles|

* "Love and Other Bruises"
* "Lost in Love"
* "All Out of Love"
* "Every Woman in the World"
* "The One That You Love"
* "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)"
* "Sweet Dreams"
* "I'll Never Get Enough of You"
* "Even the Nights Are Better"
* "Young Love"
* "Two Less Lonely People in the World"
* "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
* "Just as I Am"
* "The Power of Love (You Are My Lady)"
* "Lonely Is the Night"
* "Without You"
* "Goodbye"
* "Unchained Melody"
* "Dance with Me"

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