One Wish: The Holiday Album

One Wish: The Holiday Album
One Wish: The Holiday Album
Studio album by Whitney Houston
Released November 18, 2003
Recorded 2002–2003
Genre Christmas, R&B, Pop, Holiday, Gospel
Label Arista
Producer Whitney Houston, Mervyn Warren, Troy Taylor, Gordon Chambers, Barry Eastmond
Whitney Houston chronology
Just Whitney
(2002)
One Wish: The Holiday Album
(2003)
The Ultimate Collection
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Slant 3/5 stars[2]

One Wish: The Holiday Album is the first Christmas album by American R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston, released in 2003. The album featured the single "One Wish (for Christmas)", which reached the top twenty on Billboard's U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. The album spent six weeks on the Billboard 200 and has sold 477,464 copies to date.[3] The New York Times noted the "lavish swoops, the sultry whispers, the gospelly asides and the meteoric crescendos" from Houston.[4] The album also features a duet with Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina on "The Little Drummer Boy". The album also re-uses "Joy to the World" and "Who Would Imagine a King" from 1996's The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "The First Nöel"   Traditional Troy Taylor 3:14
2. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"   Mel Torme, Robert Wells Troy Taylor 3:12
3. "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Bobbi Kristina Brown) Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone Mervyn Warren 4:29
4. "One Wish (For Christmas)"   Gordon Chambers, Barry Eastmond, Freddie Jackson Gordon Chambers, Barry Eastmond 4:12
5. "Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)"   Traditional Mervyn Warren 3:48
6. "I'll Be Home for Christmas"   Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram Mervyn Warren 3:45
7. "Deck the Halls/Silent Night"   Traditional Mervyn Warren 4:29
8. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"   Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin Mervyn Warren 4:49
9. "O Come O Come Emanuel"   Traditional Mervyn Warren 3:06
10. "Who Would Imagine a King" (featuring The Nativity Choir) Mervyn Warren, Hallerin Hilton Hill Mervyn Warren, Whitney Houston 3:30
11. "Joy to the World" (with The Georgia Mass Choir) Traditional Mervyn Warren, Whitney Houston 4:41
Total length:
43:15

Credits and personnel

Personnel
  • Whitney Houston – vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Julien Barber – viola
  • Sandra Billingslea – violin
  • Edie Lehmann Boddicker – background vocals
  • Joseph Bongiorno – upright bass
  • Alfred Brown – viola
  • Carmen Carter – background vocals
  • Gordon Chambers – background vocals
  • Bernard Davis – drums
  • John R. Dexter – viola
  • Earl Dumler – oboe
  • Barry Eastmond – conductor, keyboard
  • Max Ellen – violin
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith – background vocals
  • Roger Freeland – background vocals
  • Sharlotte Gibson – background vocals
  • Sandi Hall – background vocals
  • Phil Hamilton – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Reggie Hamilton – bass
  • Ashley Horne – violin
  • Gary Houston – background vocals
  • Regis Iandiorio – violin
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
  • Ronald Jenkins – bass
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Olivia Koppell – viola
  • Gail Kruvand – upright bass
  • Leonid Levin – violin
  • Jesse Levy – cello
  • Ezekiel Lewis – background vocals
  • Stephen Mackey – background vocals
  • Margaret Magill – violin
  • Myrna Matthews – background vocals
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • Michael Morton – flute
  • Eugene J. Moye – cello
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Carol Pool – violin
  • Maxine Roach – viola
  • Andy Stein – violin
  • Katherine LiVolsi Stern – violin
  • Sally Stevens – background vocals
  • Marti Sweet – violin
  • Gerald Tarack – violin, concert master
  • Troy Taylor – bass, drums, keyboard, background vocals
  • Shelene Thomas – background vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – background vocals
  • Mervyn Warren – percussion, piano, conductor, keyboard, electric piano, vocals, background vocals
  • Oren Waters – background vocals
  • John West – background vocals
  • Gerald White – background vocals
  • Belinda Whitney – violin
  • Harry Zaratzian – viola
Production
  • Producers: Mervyn Warren, Gordon Chambers, Barry Eastmond, Whitney Houston, Troy Taylor
  • Engineer: Barry Eastmond, Tom "TK" Kidd, Joseph Magee, Tony Shepperd, Michael White, Frank Wolf
  • Mixing: Ray Bardani, Dave Reitzas, Tony Shepperd
  • Mastering: David Kutch
  • A&R: Joey Arbagey, Michelle George, Matthew Schwartz
  • Assistants: Steve Fisher, John Holmes, Jason Locklin, Nick Marshall, Roger Moody, Jeff Moses, Jack Odom, Zack Odom, Alex Reverberi, Marnie Riley, Anthony Ruotolo, Rob Skipworth, Matt Snedecor, Craig "Niteman" Taylor
  • Production coordination: Ivy Skoff
  • String engineer: Phil Magnotti
  • Vocal contractor: Sally Stevens
  • Programming: Troy Taylor
  • Drum programming: Scott Frankfurt, Mervyn Warren
  • Percussion programming: Scott Frankfurt, Mervyn Warren
  • Arrangers: Mervyn Warren, Troy Taylor
  • Choir arrangements: Mervyn Warren
  • String arrangements: Mervyn Warren, Barry Eastmond
  • Vocal arrangements: Mervyn Warren, Gordon Chambers, Whitney Houston, Ezekiel Lewis, Troy Taylor
  • Creative director: Joe-Mama Nitzberg
  • Art direction: Richard Thomas Jennings
  • Design: Richard Thomas Jennings
  • Photography: Sante d'Orazio
  • Make-up: Roxanna Floy
  • Stylist: Timothy Snell
  • Hair stylist: Ellin La Var

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 49
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[6] 14
US Billboard Top Holiday Albums[7] 5

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