Christmas Wishes is a seasonal studio album by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was Anne's first Holiday recording, released by Capitol Records in 1981.
The disc peaked at #34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It stands as one of Anne's biggest-selling career albums, earning double platinum certification from the RIAA. At the time of its deletion, it had sold nearly 3 million US copies.
Track listing
Personnel Anne Murray – lead vocals, additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10) Brian Gatto – electric piano Doug Riley – acoustic piano (1–6, 8, 9) Jack Lenz – acoustic piano (7, 10) Bob Mann – acoustic guitars Bob Lucier – steel guitar Tom Szczesniak – bass Barry Keane – drums Rick Wilkins – arrangements and conductor (1–5) Peter Cardinali – arrangements and conductor (6–10) Bill Richards – concertmaster Tommy Ambrose – backing vocals (1–9) Bob Farrar – backing vocals (1–9) Debbie Fleming – backing vocals (1–9) Bob Hamper – backing vocals (1–9) Laurie Hood – backing vocals (1–9) Vern Kennedy – backing vocals (1–9) Judy Marchak – backing vocals (1–9) Colina Phillips – backing vocals (1–9) Janie Ray – backing vocals (1–9) Debbie Greimann – additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10) Bruce Murray – backing vocals (10)
Production Jim Ed Norman – producer Ken Friesen – engineer Tom Henderson – assistant engineer Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA) Paul Cade – art direction Roy Kohara – art direction Phil Shima – design Tim Saunders – photography Morris Zaslavsky – calligraphy
Chart performance Chart (1981) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 34 U.S. Billboard Top LPs 54 U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 19Chart (1982)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)62
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