My Kind of Christmas
My Kind Of Christmas adalah album natal pertama yang diluncurkan oleh penyanyi Christina Aguilera pada tahun 2000 lalu, bersamaan dengan album Mi Reflejo dan repacaged album Christina Aguilera yaitu Christina Aguilera Special Limited Edition.
Album tersebut berisi beberapa lagu natal yang sudah tidak asing untuk didengar, antara lain O Holy Night, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire), This Christmas dan Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Beberapa lagu baru juga dimunculkan di dalam album ini, salah satunya adalah Christmas Time yang juga dijadikan sebagai single unggulan album My Kind Of Christmas.
My Kind of Christmas telah terjual lebih dari 3 juta keping di seluruh dunia dan 1 juta keping telah terjual hanya di kawasan Amerika Serikat Saja.
Daftar lagu
[sunting | sunting sumber]- "Christmas Time" (Alex Alessandroni, Chaka Blackmon, Steven Brown, Ray Cham, Ron Fair) – 4:02
- "This Year" (Christina Aguilera, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Charlie Midnight, Scott Spock) – 4:14
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 4:03
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (featuring Eric Dawkins) (Traditional) – 4:11
- "Merry Christmas, Baby" (featuring Dr. John) (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 5:44
- "Oh Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 4:52
- "These Are the Special Times" (Diane Warren) – 4:31
- "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor) – 4:01
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:25
- "Xtina's Xmas" (Aguilera) – 1:32
- "The Christmas Song" (holiday remix) (Tormé, Wells) – 4:03
- First Version
- 5. "Silent Night / Noche De Paz" (Traditional, Arranged By Christina Aguilera & Ron Fair) – 4:49
Personil
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Christina Aguilera - vokalis dan penyanyi latar
- Alex Alessandroni - keyboard (instrumen)
- BabyBoy - keyboard
- Wayne Bergeron - trumpet
- Chuck Berghofer - gitar (bass)
- Larry Bunker - perkusi
- Celebrity Voices Choir
- Pete Christlieb - saxophone
- Gene Cipriano - saxophone dan woodwind
- Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
- Eric Dawkins - keyboard, vocal dan penyanyi latar
- Mario de Leon - violin
- Joel Derouin - violin
- Dr. John - piano
- Assa Drori - violin dan concert master
- Stephen Erdody - selo
- Peter Erskine - drums
- Ron Fair - strings dan conductor
- Kirstin Fife - violin
- Jerry Folsom - French horn
- Steve Forman - perkusi
- Gary Foster - woodwind
- Matt Funes - viola
- Armen Garabedian - violin
- Galina Golovin - violin
- Agnes Gottschewski - violin
- John Goux - gitar
- Endre Granat - violin
- Mimi Granat - viola
- Scott Haupert - viola
- Oscar Hidalgo - contrabass
- Dan Higgins - saxophone dan woodwind
- Lily Ho-Chen - violin
- Ashley Ingram - gitar
- Judy Johnson - selo
- Kim Johnson - penyanyi latar
- Marni Johnson - French horn
- Tiffany Ju - violin
- Anne Karam - cello
- Roland Kato - viola
- Ray Kelley - selo
- Joe Ketendjian - violin
- Renita Koven - viola
- Johana Krejci - violin
- Gary Kuo - violin
- L.A. Mass Choir
- Timothy Landauer - selo
- Natalie Leggett - violin
- Kathleen Lenski - violin
- Sal Lozano - saxophone
- Norman Ludwin - contrabass
- Warren Luening - trumpet
- Earl Madison - selo
- Andy Martin - trombone
- The Matrix - gitar (bass) dan keyboard
- Alan Mautner - violin
- Myron McKinley - organ
- Joe Meyer - French horn
- Miari - penyanyi latar
- Frances Moore - violin
- Jorge Moraga - viola
- Carole Mukogawa - viola
- Sammy Nestico - horn conductor
- Jack Nimitz - woodwind
- Brian O'Connor - French horn
- Katia Popov - violin
- Barbara Porter - violin
- Billy Preston - organ dan piano
- Tom Ranier - piano
- Susan Ranney - contrabass
- Robin Ross - viola
- Bob Sanov - violin
- Don Sebesky - konduktor
- Don Shelton - woodwind
- Sheridon Stokes - woodwind
- Phil Teele - trombone
- Raymond Tischer - viola
- Cecilia Tsan - selo
- Mike Watts - celeste
Produksi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Producers: Ron Fair, The Matrix
- Executive producer: Ron Fair
- Engineers: Brad Haehnel, The Matrix, Michael C. Ross, Sol Survivor
- Assistant engineers: Howard Karp, Chris Wonzer
- Mixing: Peter Mokran, Dave Pensado, Michael C. Ross
- Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
- Assistants: Chad Brown, Bobby Butler, Brian Dixon, Tony Flores, Paul Forgues, David Guerrero, Michael Huff, Ed Krautner, Charles Paakkari, Howard Risson, Chris Shepherd, Jason Stasium, Bradley Yost
- Directors: Eric Dawkins, Kim Johnson
- Session coordinator: Greg Cham
- Digital editing: Tal Herzberg
- Vocal recording: Michael C. Ross
- Programming: ChakDaddy, The Matrix, Sol Survivor
- Drum programming: BabyBoy, Sol Survivor
- Arrangers: Ron Fair, The Matrix, Don Sebesky
- Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey, Sammy Nestico
- String arrangements: Ron Fair
- Vocal arrangement: ChakDaddy, Eric Dawkins, Ron Fair
- Orchestration: Don Sebesky
- Art direction: Brett Kilroe
- Design: Vivian Ng
- Photography: Norman Jean Roy
Tangga Lagu
[sunting | sunting sumber]| Album - Billboard (Amerika Utara) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tahun | Tangga Lagu | Urutan |
| 2000 | The Billboard 200 | 28 |
| Singles - Billboard (Amerika Utara) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahun | Lagu | Tangga Lagu | Urutan |
| 1999 | "The Christmas Song" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
