The Christmas EP (Richard Marx EP)
The Christmas EP | ||||
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EP by Richard Marx | ||||
Released | November 1, 2011 | |||
Recorded | Renegade Studio, Blackbird Studios | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 17:17 | |||
Label | Zanzibar Records, TourDeForce Productions | |||
Producer | Richard Marx | |||
Richard Marx chronology | ||||
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The Christmas EP is a holiday album by musician Richard Marx. It was released on November 1, 2011 with the intention of recording an additional seven songs to add to the five songs to make a full-length album for release in 2012, which would become Christmas Spirit.[1]
It was his 23rd overall album, with the lead-off single "Christmas Spirit" being his 32nd single. The track reached #15 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December, giving Marx back-to-back Top 20 AC hits in 2011 (his first time since 1997).
Track listing
- "Christmas Spirit" (Marx, Waybill)
- "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau)
- "Silent Night" (duet with Sara Watkins) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
- "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Johnny Marks)
- "Alleluia" (Larry Gatlin)
Album credits
Personnel
- Steve Brewster - drums
- Cliff Colnot - string arrangements
- Mark Hill - bass guitar
- Brandon Marx - guitars, drums, background vocals
- Jesse Marx - keyboards, background vocals
- Lucas Marx - guitars, background vocals
- Richard Marx - producer, writer, arrangements, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
- Jason Webb - keyboards, piano
- Michael Omartian - piano
- Sara Watkins - lead vocals
- Fee Waybill - writer
Background Vocals
- Opal Staples
- Simbryt Whittington
Engineers
- Chip Matthews
- Justin Niebank
- Matthew Prock
- Benny Quinn
References
- ↑ Music Producer Richard Marx: 'The Playboy Club' Felt 'Doomed From the Start'. The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-producer-richard-marx-playboy-252004
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