| Product Summary | | Label: Warner/reprise/maverick | | UPC: 00093624985099 | | Release Date: 9/30/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 208794147 | | Item#: M4D3NC | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 1830 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Joy To the World ~ Faith Hill |  | | 2. What Child is This ~ Faith Hill | | | 3. Santa Claus is Coming To Town ~ Faith Hill | | | 4. Little Drummer Boy ~ Faith Hill | | | 5. O Come All Ye Faithful ~ Faith Hill | | | 6. Holly Jolly Christmas ~ Faith Hill | | | 7. Away In a Manger ~ Faith Hill | | | 8. O Holy Night ~ Faith Hill | | | 9. Winter Wonderland ~ Faith Hill | | | 10. Silent Night ~ Faith Hill | | | 11. Baby Changes Everything, A ~ Faith Hill | |
| | Although it was years in coming, Faith Hill is convinced that Joy to the World will be the only Christmas record that she will make. "I have one album by Johnny Mathis, one by Eddy Arnold and so on" she says, "There's something nostalgic about Christmas and about those albums for me. I hope that we made something that will become familiar to people every year at Christmas time. And I look at this that way. I'm proud of what we chose to be on the album, and happy with the way it came together." With Joy to the World, Hill has accomplished the very difficult task of pleasing both the artist and the little girl in front of the TV set in Star, Mississippi. For fans everywhere, it will be a welcome addition to the spirit of that most wonderful of seasons.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: London Oratory School Schola, Metro Voices (vocals); Dann Huff, Jerry McPherson, Tom Bukovac (guitar); Pete Hutlinger, Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); David Schnaufer (dulcimer); Jonathan Yudkin (celtic harp, fiddle, viola, cello); Michael Compton (mandolin); Conni Ellisor, Karen Winkelmann, Catherine Umstead, Gerald Greer, Denise Baker, Carolyn Bailey, Beverly Drukker, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Bruce Wethey, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson, Alan Umstead, David Angell, Cate Myer, Janet Askey (violin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Kristin Wilkinson, Jim Grosjean, Monisa Angell, Gary Vanosdale (viola); Julie Tanner, Sari Reist, Lynn Peithmann, Anthony LaMarchina, Carole Rabinowitz (cello); Nashville String Machine (strings); Ann Richards (flute); Eric Rigler (tin whistle, Uilleann pipe); Lee Levine (clarinet); Bobby Taylor (oboe); Jim Lotz (bassoon); Doug Moffet, Robbie Shankle, Matt Davich, Sam Levine, Denis Solee, Buddy Skipper (saxophone); Jeff Bailey, Mike Haynes, Steve Patrick, George Tidwell (trumpet); Beth Beeson, Jennifer Krummer, Jeff Meyer, Calvin Smith (French horn); Chris Dunn, Prentiss Hobbs, Barry Green, Chris McDonald (trombone); Gilbert Long (tuba); Jon Gilutin (piano); Bettie Ross (organ); Jimmy Nichols, Charlie Judge (keyboards); Jack Jezioro, Paul Bushnell, Craig Nelson (bass instrument); Glenn Worf (upright bass); Neil Stubenhaus (electric bass); Keith Carlock, Shannon Forrest (drums); Eric Darken, Steve Brewster, Sam Bacco, Ron Sorbo (percussion). | | Audio Mixer: Allen Sides. | | Arrangers: Dann Huff; Faith Hill; David Campbell; Byron Gallimore. | | The marketing department at Warner Brothers must have really wanted to get a jump on the holiday season when they released Faith Hill's 2008 Christmas album, JOY TO THE WORLD, in September. Hill's set of carols and traditional songs may not suit the late summer, but that doesn't make JOY TO THE WORLD any less of a treat. As albums like BREATHE and FIREFLIES proved, Hill has no problem crossing over to mainstream audiences, and this Christmas set (the singer's first) should strengthen that appeal. If the song selection itself isn't surprising--including the usual fare like "What Child is This," "O Come All Ye Faithful," and "Silent Night"--the arrangements are. A large orchestra, featuring brass, strings, reeds, percussion, and two different choirs, give these renditions a full, sweeping flavor reminiscent of the big bands of the 1940s and `50s. The album also includes an original single, "A Baby Changes Everything," which features one of Hill's most compelling performances. |
Producer: Dann Huff; Faith Hill; Byron Gallimore |
Engineer: Sara Lesher; Erik Lutkins; Jon Bailey; Steve Churchyard; Dino Herrmann |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/30/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 2-511500 | | Label : Warner Brothers Nashville | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624985099 |
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| | Bio | | | Faith Hill "With this album," says Faith Hill, "I wanted you to be able to feel Christmas; for it to bring back childhood memories of Christmas." With Joy to the World, one of country music's most important figures does just that. Working with producers Dann Huff and Byron Gallimore, engineer Allen Sides and Grammy-winning arranger David Campbell, Hill has crafted a one-of-a-kind Christmas record, freshly conceived yet anchored in tradition. It is a loving tribute to both the spirit and the music of Christmas, one that pays tribute to the classics. "I was inspired by my love of some of the greatest singers of our time; Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Doris Day and Eddy Arnold, and the list goes on," she says. "And I wanted to try to capture the spirit of the classic Christmas programs that I watched when I was a little girl; the claymation special Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman cartoon. There's just a sensibility about that time, those specials and that sound that I really wanted to convey with this album." The arrangements are diverse. From the big band orchestration of songs like "Santa Claus is Coming to Town, "Winter Wonderland" and "Holly Jolly Christmas," to the a cappella "The Little Drummer Boy" and the Appalachian feel of "Away in a Manger." The CD opens with "Joy to the World," and, says Hill, "From the very first note you hear, I wanted it to be joyous. I wanted to give you (the listener) the impression of what the song meant before a word was ever uttered." In addition to other standards including "Silent Night" and "O Come All Ye Faithful," Joy to the World includes one new song, the Craig Wiseman/Tim Nichols/K.K. Wiseman-penned, "A Baby Changes Everything." "It's a song that contemporizes both the celebration, contemplation and the meaning behind Christmas. In my opinion," she adds, "it's one of the most remarkably beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard."
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