A Cherry Cherry Christmas is the third Christmas album and also the twenty-eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. The album contains five new tracks, and nine tracks compiled from his previous two Christmas albums. It was released on October 13, 2009. The title track is a new Christmas carol written by Diamond.
The album includes a cover of Adam Sandler's "The Chanukah Song", which Diamond recorded because, he explained, "There are so many beautiful Christmas songs around and so few Hanukkah songs."
Track listing
Personnel Tracks 1, 5 & 12–14 Neil Diamond – vocals Alan Lindgren – acoustic piano (1, 12), orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 12) DJ Ashba – all instruments (14) Hadley Hockensmith – guitars (1) Reinie Press – bass (1, 12) Don Markese – saxophone (1), penny whistle (12) Josef Powell, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters – group vocals (12)
Production Arch Angel Music – compilation production Neil Diamond – producer (1, 12) Peter Asher – producer (2–4, 6–11) DJ Ashba – producer (5, 13, 14), mixing (5, 14) Bernie Becker – recording (1, 12), mixing (1, 12), mastering at Bernie Becker Mastering (Pasadena, California) Marti Fredrickson – mixing (5, 14) Dale Becker – mastering assistant Sam Cole – production coordinator Glen Nakasako – art direction, design Jesse Diamond, Mark Seliger and Jason Ware – photography Irving Azoff and Kate McNeil – management
Promotion A music video ecard was also released for the song "The Chanukah Song".
Charts Chart (2009) Peakposition
References
External links Review on PRNewsWire.com Review on Spinner.com