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0843930026357

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Overview
Sporting nearly identical cover art to Playing with Fire -- the sophomore solo set that appeared a few months earlier in 2016 -- To Celebrate Christmas actually contains more verve than its secular counterpart. Freed from the need of having a hit, Jennifer Nettles plays around, letting "Go Tell It on the Mountain" groove to a hard rock riff and turning "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" into a hot dance shuffle that could've sounded at home during prohibition. Nettles still will play it earnest -- "Circle of Love" is as straight as it gets -- and the record slides into a slow, deliberate march in its back half, heavy on ballads, all of which puts To Celebrate Christmas into the realm of immaculately crafted fireplace music that never quite captures the imagination. That's too bad because early on, To Celebrate Christmas has some attitude -- enough to suggest the album wouldn't be conventional -- but eventually, Nettles finds her own cozy comfort zone, a place that is nothing more than pleasant.
Product Details
Release Date: | 10/28/2016 |
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Label: | Big Machine Records |
UPC: | 0843930026357 |
catalogNumber: | 0150 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Jennifer Nettles Primary ArtistPaul Franklin Dobro,Pedal Steel Guitar
Jim Hoke Clarinet,Tenor Saxophone
Sam Levine Baritone Saxophone
Ann McCrary Background Vocals
Steve Patrick Trumpet
Deborah Person Background Vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas Bass
Tim Lauer Piano,Accordion,Keyboards
Dorian Crozier Drums
Roy Agee Trombone
Tom Bukovac Electric Guitar
Alfreda McCrary Lee Background Vocals
Regina McCrary Background Vocals
Danny Rader Acoustic Guitar
Steve Herrmann Trumpet
Whitney Coleman Background Vocals
Jeffrey Holstein Background Vocals
Kiely Phillips Background Vocals
Technical Credits
Adolphe Adam ComposerDolly Parton Composer
Irving Berlin Composer
Kenny Loggins Composer
Bob James Composer
Billy Smiley Composer
Harry Simeone Composer
Katherine K. Davis Composer
Jim Hoke Horn Arrangements
Henry Onorati Composer
Julian Raymond Arranger,Producer
Howard Willing Engineer
Lars Fox Engineer
Tim Lauer Arranger
Noel Regney Composer
Gloria Shayne Composer
Traditional Composer
Becky Reiser Art Direction
Sandi Spika Borchetta Art Direction
Justin Ford Graphic Design
John Wesley Work Composer
Adam Chagnon Engineer
Greg Wayne Davis Composer
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