Home for Christmas (Amy Grant album)

Home for Christmas
Studio album by Amy Grant
Released October 6, 1992
Recorded 1992 at Javelina, Nashville, TN; RCA Studios, Nashville, TN; Omni Sound, Nashville, TN; The Dugout, Nashville, TN; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; Tejas Recorders, Franklin, TN; Quad Studios, Nashville, TN; Hip Pocket, New York, NY; The Hit Factory, New York, NY; CTS Studios, Wembley, England; Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA
Genre Holiday/Pop
Length 42:56
Label A&M
Producer Brown Bannister, Ronn Huff
Amy Grant chronology
Heart in Motion
(1991)Heart in Motion1991		 Home for Christmas
(1992)		 House of Love
(1994)House of Love1994
Singles from Home for Christmas
  1. "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Grown-Up Christmas List"
    Released: 1992 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Home for Christmas is the 13th album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant, released in 1992. It is Grant's second holiday album, the first being 1983's A Christmas Album.

Commercial success

Coming off the heels of Grant's massively successful 1991 album Heart in Motion, Home for Christmas performed even better than Heart in Motion on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian album chart. It was later reissued in 2003 as 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant.

On November 17, 1997, Home for Christmas was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States.[2]

As of November 2014, Home for Christmas is the eighteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,540,000 copies according to SoundScan.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin2:36
2."It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"Edward Pola, George Wyle2:26
3."Joy to the World/For Unto Us a Child Is Born"George Frideric Handel, Isaac Watts2:33
4."Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)"Amy Grant, Chris Eaton5:29
5."O Come All Ye Faithful"John Francis Wade3:01
6."Grown-Up Christmas List"David Foster, Linda Thompson, additional lyrics by Amy Grant5:00
7."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks2:07
8."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Dick Smith2:17
9."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram3:27
10."The Night Before Christmas"Carly Simon3:52
11."Emmanuel, God With Us"Grant, Eaton, Robert Marshall4:56
12."Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Instrumental)"Johann Sebastian Bach4:47

Personnel

  • Amy Grant – lead vocals
  • Shane Keister – piano (4, 10), keyboards (8, 10, 11), string arrangement (10)
  • Carl Marsh – synthesizer (4), keyboards (11, 12), orchestration (12)
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (6)
  • Clare Fischer – piano (9)
  • Blair Masters – keyboards (10, 11)
  • Phil Keaggy – guitars (5)
  • Tom Hemby – guitar (6, 12), acoustic guitar (10)
  • Jerry McPherson – guitar (7), acoustic guitar (10)
  • Dann Huff – guitar (10)
  • Craig Nelson – bass (7, 9)
  • David Hungate – bass (8, 10)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (7)
  • Steve Forman – percussion (7)
  • Paul Leim - drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
  • Harold Jones – drums (9)
  • Mark O'Connor – violin (12)
  • Ronn Huff – orchestration (1, 2, 3, 9), choral arrangement (3, 5, 11), conductor
  • Alan Moore – orchestration (6)
  • The London Studio Orchestra – strings (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
  • Nat Peck – contractor
  • The American Boychoir (3, 5, 10), directed by James Litton
  • Chris Eaton – background vocals (2, 7, 11), piano (11)
  • Marty McCall – background vocals (2, 7, 10)
  • Marabeth Jordan – background vocals (2, 7, 10)
  • Bonnie Keen – background vocals (2, 7, 10)
  • John Darnall – children's choir director (10)
  • Children's choir (10) – Jessica Owen, Kristina Owen, Carrie Gardner, Lisa Pardin, Asher Larrison, Emily Estes, Bethany Wright, Skyla Carnahan, Katy Dunham and Ellie Bannister

Production

  • Producer: Brown Bannister
  • Producers (Tracks 2 & 3): Brown Bannister and Ronn Huff
  • Executive producers: Amy Grant and Michael Blanton
  • Tracking engineer: Bill Deaton
  • Assistant engineers: Patrick Kelly, Rich Indelicato and Greg Parker.
  • Overdubs engineered by Steve Bishir, assisted by Anthony Zecco, Brett Perry, Martin Woodley and Rail Rogut.
  • Additional engineering: Michael O'Reilly
  • Orchestra sessions engineered by Adrian Kerridge, assisted by James Collins.
  • Mix engineer: Bill Schnee
  • Mix assistant: Noel Hazen
  • Mastering: Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Remastering: Steve Hall at Futuredisc (North Hollywood, CA).
  • Production coordinator: Traci Sterling
  • Art direction: Rich Frankel and Chuck Beeson
  • Design: Rebecca Chamlee and Chuck Beeson
  • Photography: Victoria Pearson Cameron

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1992 The Billboard 200 2
Top Contemporary Christian 1
Top Holiday Albums 1
1993 Top Pop Catalog 3

Singles - CCM Magazine/Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1992 Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) Christian Radio–Adult Contemporary 1
2011 Christian Digital Song Sales 2

Commercial performance

Country Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Canada (CRIA) 50,000 Gold
United States (RIAA) 3,000,000 Platinum (3x)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r133935/review
  2. ↑ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  3. ↑ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
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