Winter Wonderland (Paul Carrack album)
Winter Wonderland is the tenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, and his first after leaving the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2005 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label.
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| Released | 2005 | |||
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| Length | 36:50 | |||
| Label | Carrack-UK | |||
| Producer | Chris Walden | |||
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 Artwork for the 2005 European release version, A Soulful Christmas | ||||
This was Carrack's first holiday-themed album, and was recorded in collaboration with the SWR Big Band. The songs are mostly familiar Christmas/winter-themed classics; Carrack covers his own "Beautiful World" as the album's final track.
The album was issued in Europe as A Soulful Christmas, with an altered running order and four additional tracks.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | 3:19 |
| 3. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Let It Snow" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:39 |
| 6. | "The Christmas Song" | Robert Wells, Mel Tormé | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Sleigh Ride" | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish | 2:32 |
| 8. | "What A Wonderful World" | Bob Thiele, George David Weiss | 3:10 |
| 9. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | 2:37 |
| 11. | "Beautiful World" | Paul Carrack, T-Bone Wolk | 4:14 |
A Soulful Christmas track listing
This album was released in Europe with a revised track listing as A Soulful Christmas. This version of the album features 4 additional tracks: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I Say A Little Prayer", and 2 duet versions of "Silent Night",
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Let It Snow" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | |
| 2. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | |
| 3. | "Silent Night (duet with Lindsay Dracass)" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr | 2:44 |
| 4. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | |
| 5. | "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | |
| 6. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent | 2:29 |
| 7. | "The Christmas Song" | Robert Wells, Mel Tormé | |
| 8. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | |
| 9. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | |
| 10. | "I Say A Little Prayer" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Sleigh Ride" | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish | |
| 12. | "What a Wonderful World" | Bob Thiele, George David Weiss | |
| 13. | "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | |
| 14. | "Beautiful World" | Paul Carrack, T-Bone Wolk | |
| 15. | "Silent Night / Stille Nacht (duet with Stefan Gwildis)" | Gruber, Mohr | 2:44 |
Personnel
- Paul Carrack – vocals
- Lindsay Dracass – vocals (3)
- Stefan Gwildis – vocals (15)
- Chris Walden – conductor, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15)
- Steve Sidwell – arrangements (5, 14)
- Dieter Reith – arrangements (8, 11, 13)
- Conny Schock – arrangements (10)
- Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – arrangements (10)
SWR Big Band
- Conny Schock – keyboards
- Klaus Wagenleiter – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Dieter Reith – organ
- Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – guitars
- Decebal Badila – bass
- Guido Jöris and Thomas Simmerl – drums
- Jörg Gebhardt – percussion
- Klaus Graf, Jörg Kaufmann, Axel Kühn, Andreas Maile and Pierre Paquette – saxophones, woodwinds
- Ian Cumming, Marc Godfroid, Ernst Hutter and Georg Maus – trombone
- Felice Civitareale, Karl Farrent, Claus Reichstaller and Rudi Reindl – trumpet, flugelhorn
Production
- Chris Walden – producer
- Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – additional producer, mixing
- Ulrich de Veer – executive producer
- Karl Farrent – executive producer
- Rudi Reindl – executive producer
- Volker Neumann – recording engineer
- Manfred Deppe – recording supervisor
- Tanja Hiesch – recording assistant
- Jürgen Koppers – mastering
- Felix Gaubatz – editorial contributor
- Michael Golla – A&R consultant
- WAPS (Hamburg, Germany) – design
- Marcus Weber – photography
- Hans-Peter Zachary – album concept, liner notes
References
External links
- Winter Wonderland at AllMusic
- Winter Wonderland at Discogs (list of releases)