Christmas Is Almost Here Again

Christmas Is Almost Here Again
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	Reissued October 14, 2003
Recorded	in Room 139, The Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, Carole Bayer Sager's home studio, Los Angeles and Carly's home, Martha's Vineyard
Genre	Christmas music
Length	40:48
Label	Rhino
Producer	Don Was & Carly Simon
Carly Simon chronology
Anthology (2002) Christmas Is Almost Here Again (2003) Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004)

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Christmas Is Almost Here Again is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 27th album, and second Christmas album, released in October of 2003. It is essentially a re-release of her 2002 Christmas album, Christmas Is Almost Here, with two additional tracks, "White Christmas and "Forgive". ^[1]

2010 Borders Rerelease

Christmas Is Almost Here Again was reissued a 3rd time in 2010, when Borders released special limited copies with the track "The Night Before Christmas",^[2] which came from Simon's soundtrack to the 1992 film This Is My Life.^[3][4]

Track listing

1. "Christmas Is Almost Here" (L. Taylor) — 4:00
2. "White Christmas" (I. Berlin) — 2:45
3. "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful" (Traditional) — 3:39
4. "The Land of Christmas (Mary)" (C. Simon) — 3:18
5. "Silent Night" (J. Mohr/F. Gruber) — 3:09
6. "Twelve Gates to the City" (Traditional) — 3:09
7. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (K. Gannon/W. Kent/B. Ram/C. Simon) — 2:23
8. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional) — 3:04
9. "Heaven" (L. Simon/C. Simon) — 3:10
10. "Pretty Paper" (W. Nelson) — 3:29
11. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (H. Martin/R. Blane) — 3:07
12. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (J. Lennon/Y. Ono) — 4:12
13. "Forgive" (C. Simon/A. Vollenweider) — 1:23

Bonus track on 2010 release

• "The Night Before Christmas" (C. Simon) — 3:40

Credits

• J.D. Andrew - Assistant
• Ralph Blane - Composer
• Nick Brophy - Digital Editing
• Chris Chaney - Bass
• Ed Cherney - Engineer, Mixing
• Blue Cullen - Production Coordination
• Jimmy Edwards - Product Manager
• Sheryl Farber - Project Assistant
• Judd Fuller - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin
• Kim Gannon - Composer
• Max S. Gerber - Photography
• Mark Goldenberg - Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Electric)
• Franz Gruber - Composer
• Robin Hurley - A&R
• Deron Johnson - Synthesizer
• Jim Keltner - Drums
• Walter Kent - Composer
• John Lennon - Composer
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Adam MacDougal - Piano
• Hugh Martin - Composer
• Rob Mathes - Bass (Acoustic)
• Arnold McCuller - Vocal Harmony
• David McLees - A&R
• Joseph Mohr - Composer
• Willie Nelson - Composer, Guest Artist, Guitar, Vocals
• Frederick Oakeley - Composer
• Yoko Ono - Composer
• Dean Parks - Guitar (Acoustic)
• Cindi Peters - Production Coordination
• Gary Peterson - Project Assistant
• Billy Preston - Guest Artist, Organ (Hammond), Vocals
• Buck Ram - Composer
• Mickey Raphael - Harmonica
• Richie Sambora - Arranger
• Tim Scanlin - Project Assistant
• Denise Searle - Production Coordination
• Joel Shearer - Electric Dobro, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
• Carly Simon - Arranger, Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
• Lucy Simon - Composer
• Peter Simon - Cover Photo, Photography
• Ben Taylor - Vocal Harmony, Vocals
• Livingston Taylor - Composer
• Benmont Tench - Wurlitzer
• Julie Vlasak - Design
• John Francis Wade - Composer
• Don Was - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
• Burt Bacharach - Piano, Vocals
• Andreas Vollenweider - Harp

References

1. "Carly Simon - Christmas Is Almost Here". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on December 6, 2003. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
2. "Christmas Is Almost Here [Borders Exclusive Edition]". eil.com. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
3. "Seeing Nora Everywhere". Newyorker.com. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
4. "This Is My Life". carlysimon.com.

External links

• Carly Simon's Official Website
• Christmas Is Almost Here at Carlysimon.com