Christmas Spirit (Richard Marx album)

Christmas Spirit

Studio album by Richard Marx

Released

October 22, 2012

Recorded

Ocean Way Soundstage, Blackbird Studios, Renegade Studio

Genre

Christmas music, Holiday, Seasonal

Length

51:54 standard
64:42 Target edition

Label

Zanzibar Records, TourDeForce Productions

Producer

Richard Marx

Richard Marx chronology

A Night Out With Friends
(2012)

Christmas Spirit
(2012)

Seven & Seven
(2012)

Singles from Christmas Spirit

"Christmas Spirit"
Released: November 2011
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
Released: October 18, 2012
"Little Drummer Boy"
Released: October 27, 2012
"Christmas Mornings"
Released: November 3, 2012
"O Holy Night"
Released: December 2012

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Christmas Spirit is a Christmas/Holiday seasonal release album by Richard Marx, released in October 2012. Five tracks of the album previously appeared on his 2011 release, The Christmas EP. It reached #181 on the Billboard album chart and got as high as #21 on Billboard's Christmas Albums chart.

Two of its new tracks became Top 20 Adult Contemporary hits.^[1] "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" is based on Casting Crowns arrangement of the song from their Peace On Earth album. Christmas Spirit yielded five singles, including "Christmas Spirit", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Christmas Mornings" and "O Holy Night". The album features duets with Kenny Loggins, Sara Watkins and Sara Niemietz.^[2]

Marx returned to the Billboard, Adult Contemporary Top Ten chart with Little Drummer Boy in December 2012.^[3]

Track listing

"The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells)
"Christmas Spirit" (Marx, Fee Waybill)
"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Mark Hall/Dale Oliver/Bernie Herms)
"Let There Be Peace On Earth" (duet with Kenny Loggins) (Jill Miller, Sy Miller)
"O Come All Ye Faithful" (unknown)
"Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis/Harry Simeone/Henry Onorati)
"O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau)
"What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix)
"Silent Night" (duet with Sara Watkins) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
"Christmas Mornings" (Marx, Dave Grusin)
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (duet with Sara Niemietz) (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie)
"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
"Alleluia" (Larry Gatlin)

Bonus tracks

"Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes/Jay W. Johnson)
"Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans)
"Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal/Jim Boothe)
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
2012	The Billboard 200 Albums Chart	181
2012

Album credits

Steve Brewster - drums
Cliff Colnot - string arrangement
David Davidson - arranger, string arrangement
Mark Hill - bass
Kenny Loggins - featured artist
Brandon Marx - background vocals
Cynthia Rhodes Marx - background vocals
Jesse Marx - background vocals
Lucas Marx - background vocals
Richard Marx - producer, writer, arranger, string arrangement, lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards
Ruth Marx - background vocals
Steve Mauldin - string arrangement
Jerry McPherson - electric guitar, guitar
Sara Niemietz - featured artist
Michael Omartian - piano
Will Sayles - drums
Matt Scannell - nylon guitar
Opal Staples - background vocals
Sara Watkins - featured artist
Jason Webbs - arranger, piano
Simbryt Whittington - background vocals

Miscellaneous

Album was dedicated to grandmother Lois Guildoo and mother-in-law Edna Rhodes

References

1 2 "Richard Marx Christmas Spirit". Awards. AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
↑ "Christmas Spirit: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
↑ Gary Trust (3 December 2012). "Barry Manilow, Richard Marx Return To AC Top 10". Billboard (magazine). Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

External links

Christmas Spirit at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2013.

Richard Marx

Studio albums	Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit Beautiful Goodbye

Compilations	Ballads Greatest Hits The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head Seven & Seven Now and Forever: The Ballads The Ultimate Collection

Promo compilations	Marx Greatest Hits (1993) The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009

Live albums	Live in USA 1988/92 Live Music Hall Koln 1992 Channel V at the Hard Rock Live Duo Live A Night Out With Friends

Singles	"Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" "Have Mercy" "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Angelia" "Nothin' You Can Do About It" "Too Late to Say Goodbye" "Children of the Night" "Keep Coming Back" "Hazard" "Take This Heart" "Chains Around My Heart" "Playing With Fire" "Now and Forever" "Silent Scream" "The Way She Loves Me" "Nothing Left Behind Us" "Until I Find You Again" "At the Beginning" "Days in Avalon" "Straight from My Heart" "When You're Gone" "Nothing Left To Say" "Ready to Fly" "Everybody" "When You Loved Me" "When Love Is All You've Got" "Christmas Spirit" "Wouldn't Let Me Love You" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "The Little Drummer Boy" "Christmas Mornings" "O Holy Night" "Just Go" "Whatever We Started" "Beautiful Goodbye"

Singles written and/or composed	"What About Me" (Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Kim Carnes/1984) "Crazy" (Kenny Rogers/1985) "Somebody Took My Love" (Durell Coleman)/1985 "Edge of a Broken Heart" (Vixen/1989) "Nothing to Hide" (Poco/1989) "The Best of Me" (Cliff Richard/1989) "Heart in Pieces" (Tim Feehan/1990) "The Reason Why" (John Farnham/1993) "Every Year, Every Christmas" (Luther Vandross/1995) "If You Ever Leave Me" (Barbra Streisand, Vince Gill/1999) "One More Time (Laura Pausini/1999) "Angel on My Shoulder" (Natalie Cole/2000) "This I Promise You" ('N Sync/2000) "Still Holding Out For You" (SHeDAISY/2001) "To Where You Are" (Josh Groban/2002) "Dance with My Father" (Luther Vandross/2003) "Life Got in the Way" (Sister Hazel/2003) "Someday" (Vince Gill/2003) "With This Ring (Kenny Loggins/2003) "I Miss Us (Kenny Loggins/2004) "Last One Standing" (Emerson Drive/2004) "World Inside My Head" (Sister Hazel/2004) "Better Life" (Keith Urban/2005) "If You Were My Girl" (Emerson Drive/2005) "Everybody" (Keith Urban/2007) "You Never Take Me Dancing" (Travis Tritt/2007) "Just Like You" (George Canyon/2008) "One Little Miracle" (Hawk Nelson/2008) "All Over Me" (Default/2009) "All or Nothing" (George Canyon/2009) "In Your Arms Again" (George Canyon, Crystal Shawanda/2009) "Long Hot Summer" (Keith Urban/2010) "Surrender" (George Canyon/2011)

Musicals	Beauty and the Beast

Related articles	Discography Songwriting/Production Sessions WikiProject

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