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- Date Released: October 1, 2007
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: Holiday, Pop
- Label: Gray Matters / Nettwerk
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They Say...
It's unlikely that this is the holiday album Jars of Clay would have created when they first started asking their record label for the chance. With the band's sound evolving from glossy alternative folk-pop to experimental synth rock, their approach to their first full-length Christmas record evolved as well. Other changes contributed, too. After 12 years, the band fulfilled its contract with Essential Records and parted ways, immediately setting up shop as an indie act under the Nettwerk umbrella. Frontman Dan Haseltine reported that the band had wanted to do a Christmas album ever since 1995's four-song EP Little Drummer Boy, but label execs kept it from materializing. The only limit to their creativity now, it seemed, was deciding how deeply to reach into the repertoire of traditional holiday music and how much original material to infuse. Thankfully, the quartet came up with just the right mix of old and new fare, all thickly coated in textured synth layers and drum loops. The result is a highly nontraditional treatment of holiday themes, though one that will suit fans of the band from almost any era.
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| 01. |  |
The Gift of St.Cecilia |
1:23 |
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| 02. | |
Wonderful Christmastime |
3:39 |
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| 03. | |
Love Came Down At Christmas |
3:04 |
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| 04. | |
O, Little Town of Bethlehem |
4:43 |
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| 05. | |
Hibernation Day |
3:01 |
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| 06. | |
Winter Skin |
3:01 |
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| 07. | |
Peace Is Here |
4:11 |
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| 08. | |
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen |
3:45 |
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| 09. | |
Evergreen |
2:46 |
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| 10. | |
Christmastime Is Here |
3:23 |
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| 11. | |
Drummer Boy |
4:37 |
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| 12. | |
Gabriel's Message |
2:09 |
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| 13. | |
In the Bleak Midwinter |
4:38 |
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| 14. | |
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
5:33 |
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| 15. | |
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (Bonus Acoustic Version) |
3:47 |
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15 Total Tracks, 53:40 Total Length
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Credits
- Jeff Bailey - Trumpet // John Catchings - Cello // Christine Dente - Vocals // Richard Dodd - Mastering // Connie Ellisor - Violin // Carl Gorodetzky - Orchestra Contractor // Jim Grosjean - Viola // Tom Howard - Horn Arrangements // Tom Howard - String Arrangements // Sam Levine - Flute // Sam Levine - Wind // Edgar Pettman - Arranger // Pamela Sixfin - Violin // Alan Umstead - Violin // Kris Wilkinson - Viola // Jars of Clay - Arranger // Jars of Clay - Producer // Jars of Clay - Performer // Gil Long - Tuba // Vance Powell - Conductor // Vance Powell - Engineer // Vance Powell - Mixing // Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen - Cello // Jennifer Kummer - French Horn // Mitch Dane - Conductor // Mitch Dane - Tambourine // Mitch Dane - Producer // Mitch Dane - Engineer // Mike Paragone - Assistant Engineer // Joshua Douglas Smith - Conductor // Joshua Douglas Smith - Engineer // Joshua Douglas Smith - Mixing Assistant // Keith Byron - Arranger // Jeremy Lutito - Percussion // Jeremy Lutito - Drums // Jeremy Lutito - Vocals (Background) // Jeremy Lutito - Bells // Jeremy Lutito - Producer // Jeremy Lutito - Vibraphone // Mike Odmark - Conductor // Mike Odmark - Engineer // Gabe Ruschival - Bass // Gabe Ruschival - Percussion // Gabe Ruschival - Keyboards // Gabe Ruschival - Vocals (Background) // Gabe Ruschival - Bells // Gabe Ruschival - Producer // Gabe Ruschival - Vibraphone
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