Christmas is a studio album by American recording artist Stephanie Mills, released in October 1991 on MCA Records.Stephanie Mills Album discography.Allmusic The album is a Christmas album, the first by Mills that showcases her soulful renditions of classic Christmas carols such as "White Christmas", "Silent Night", "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", and soul singer Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas".
Track listing
Notes Track 5 contains sample from "Sex Machine" by James Brown and excerpts from "Expression" written by C. James.Stephanie Mills – Christmas (CD, Album) at Discogs
Personnel Stephanie Mills – vocals Donald Lawrence – keyboards (1, 5), bass (1, 5), arrangements (1, 5, 9), vocal arrangements (3, 7) Kevin Bond – acoustic piano solo (1), acoustic piano (2), keyboards (2) Richard Scher – synthesizers (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2) Steve Barri – additional keyboards (2, 7, 10) Tony Peluso – additional keyboards (2, 7, 10), arrangements (10) Randy Kerber – keyboards (3, 10), arrangements (3), additional keyboards (7) Louis Biancaniello – keyboards (4), programming (4), orchestral arrangements (4) Frank Martin – acoustic piano (4) John Andrew Schreiner – synthesizers (7), drum programming (7), arrangements (7) Cedric Caldwell – keyboards (8), arrangements (8) Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano solo (8) Dean Parks – guitars (3, 7, 10), arrangements (10) Tom Hemby – guitars (8) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 10) Joel Smith – bass (6) Victor Caldwell – bass (8), drum programming (8) John Robinson – drums (3, 10) Rodney Barber – drum programming (5), first rap (5) Clarence "Flip" Kirby – drums (6) Dave Koz – alto saxophone (2), soprano saxophone (6) Paul McCandless – oboe (4) Joel Peskin – saxophone (10) Paul Riser – string arrangements (1, 6) Sephra Herman – string contractor (1, 6) Narada Michael Walden – arrangements (4) Elbernita Clark Terrell – arrangements (6) The company – backing vocals (1–3, 5–7, 9): Reginald Adams, Winston Bagley, Rodney Barber, Jerry Friday, Donald Lawrence, Richard Odom and Terry Phillips Kitty Beethoven, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Skyler Jett and Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (4) Terry Phillips – second rap (5) Margaret Bell, Sherrie Kibble, Angie Winans, Debra Winans, BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans – backing vocals (8) BeBe Winans – BGV arrangements (8) The Jinglettes – backing vocals (10): Liz Constantine, Bobbi Page and Terry Wood
Production Stephanie Mills – executive producer, producer (1–3, 5–7, 10) Donald Lawrence – producer (1–3, 5–7, 9) Steve Barri – producer (2, 3, 7, 10) Tony Peluso – producer (2, 3, 7, 10), recording (2, 3, 7, 10), mixing (2, 3, 7, 10) Richard Scher – co-producer (2) Narada Michael Walden – producer (4) Louis Biancaniello – associate producer (4) Rodney Barber – producer (5) David Floyd – recording (1, 5) Taavi Môte – recording (1, 5, 6, 9), mixing (1, 5) David Frazer – recording (4), mixing (4) Keith Blake – recording (7) Michael McCartney – recording (8) Elliott Peters – recording (8) Billy Whittington – recording (8) Mark Williams – recording (9) Mick Guzauski – mixing (6, 9) Ronnie Brookshire – mixing (8) G. Aaron Miller – recording assistant (1, 5, 7, 9) Fred Kelly – recording assistant (7, 10) Brett Perry – assistant engineer (8) Roy Snowdon – assistant engineer (8) Carry Summers – assistant engineer (8) Tracey Schroeder – recording assistant (9) Marc Reyburn – additional recording (4) Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California) Left Bank Management – project coordinator Mark Sullivan – production coordinator (1–3, 5–7, 9, 10) Janice Lee, Kelly McRae, Cynthia Shiloh and Kevin Walden – production coordination (4) Louis Upkins Jr. – production assistant (8) Larry Brooks at Kosh Brooks Design – art direction, design Todd Gray – photography
References
External links Stephanie Mills-Christmas – amazon.com