Winter Wonderland (Paul Carrack album)

Winter Wonderland is the tenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, and his first after leaving the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2005 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label.

Winter Wonderland
Studio album by
Released2005
Genre
Length36:50
LabelCarrack-UK
ProducerChris Walden
Paul Carrack chronology
It Ain't Over
(2003)
Winter Wonderland
(2005)
Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue
(2007)
A Soulful Christmas cover
Artwork for the 2005 European release version, A Soulful Christmas

This was Carrack's first holiday-themed album, and was recorded in collaboration with the SWR Big Band. The songs are mostly familiar Christmas/winter-themed classics; Carrack covers his own "Beautiful World" as the album's final track.

The album was issued in Europe as A Soulful Christmas, with an altered running order and four additional tracks.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith3:29
2."Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"Johnny Marks3:19
3."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:26
4."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin4:16
5."Let It Snow"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne2:39
6."The Christmas Song"Robert Wells, Mel Tormé3:31
7."Sleigh Ride"Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish2:32
8."What A Wonderful World"Bob Thiele, George David Weiss3:10
9."Silver Bells"Jay Livingston, Ray Evans3:37
10."Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks2:37
11."Beautiful World"Paul Carrack, T-Bone Wolk4:14

A Soulful Christmas track listing

This album was released in Europe with a revised track listing as A Soulful Christmas. This version of the album features 4 additional tracks: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I Say A Little Prayer", and 2 duet versions of "Silent Night",

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let It Snow"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 
2."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 
3."Silent Night (duet with Lindsay Dracass)"Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr 
4."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith 
5."Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"Johnny Marks 
6."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Kim Gannon, Walter Kent 
7."The Christmas Song"Robert Wells, Mel Tormé 
8."Silver Bells"Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 
9."White Christmas"Irving Berlin 
10."I Say A Little Prayer"Burt Bacharach, Hal David 
11."Sleigh Ride"Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 
12."What a Wonderful World"Bob Thiele, George David Weiss 
13."Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks 
14."Beautiful World"Paul Carrack, T-Bone Wolk 
15."Silent Night / Stille Nacht (duet with Stefan Gwildis)"Gruber, Mohr 

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]

Production team

References

  1. Winter Wonderland liner notes. Carrack-UK. 2005.
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