You Just Gotta Love Christmas
You Just Gotta Love Christmas (2004) is the eighth and final solo album by musician Peter Cetera, his seventh since leaving the group Chicago, his only Christmas album. This album featured some artwork by Cetera's youngest daughter Senna, and his oldest daughter Claire performs with him on "Blue Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland". Alison Krauss performs with Cetera on "Deck the Halls". In a 2017 article, writer David White listed the album among his list of sixteen "essential classic rock Christmas albums."[2]
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| Released | October 19, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Spring-Summer 2004 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Christmas | |||
| Length | 39:45 | |||
| Label | Viastar | |||
| Producer | Peter Cetera, Tony Harrell | |||
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Track listing
- "Let It Snow" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:59
- "Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:36
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:10
- "Blue Christmas" (with Claire Cetera) (Billy Hays, Jay Johnson) – 3:19
- "Deck The Halls" (with Alison Krauss) (traditional - Peter Cetera, Tony Harrell) – 3:10
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Walter Kent, Kim Gannon) – 2:40
- "You Just Gotta Love Christmas" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:17
- "Jingle Bells" (traditional - Cetera, Harrell) – 3:36
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (traditional - Cetera, Harrell) – 3:01
- "Winter Wonderland" (with Claire Cetera) (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:57
- "Something that Santa Claus Left Behind" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:56
- "Alone for the Holidays" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:58
Personnel
- Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass
- Tony Harrell – keyboards, programming
- Tom Bukovac – guitars
- Bruce Gaitsch – guitars
- Kenny Greenberg – guitars
- B. James Lowry – guitars
- Jerry McPherson – guitars
- Mike Brignardello – bass
- Craig Nelson – bass
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
- Glenn Worf – bass
- Greg Morrow – drums, additional programming
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Jack Gavin – congas
- Kirk "JellyRoll" Johnson – harmonica
- Jim Horn – saxophones, sax solos
- Chris Dunn – trombone
- Ben Strano – trombone, trumpet solos
- Steve Herrman – trumpet
- John Mock – pipes, buron, penny whistle
- Chris Carmichael – strings
- Claire Cetera – backing vocals on "Blue Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland"
- Alison Krauss – backing vocals on "Deck The Halls"
Production
- Produced, Written and Arranged by Peter Cetera and Tony Harrell.
- Recorded and Mixed at The Hum Depot (Nashville, TN).
- Recording Engineer – Ben Strano
- Additional Engineering – Chuck Bracco and Scott Velasco
- Mixed by Joe Hardy
- Mastered by Mark Chevalier and Jim Demain at Yes Master (Nashville, TN).
- Package Art and Design – Vickey Hanson
- Inside Artwork – Senna Cetera
References
- Theakston, Rob. You Just Gotta Love Christmas at AllMusic
- White, David (March 17, 2017). "Essential classic rock Christmas albums". ThoughtCo. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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