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Christmas Celebration Compilation album by Mannheim Steamroller Released October 12, 2004 Genre New Age Length 65:08 Label American Gramaphone Producer Chip Davis Professional reviews Mannheim Steamroller chronology Halloween: Monster Mix
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(2007)Christmas Celebration is Mannheim Steamroller's seventh Christmas album. A compilation, it was released in 2004 on CD and DVD by American Gramaphone. The album features eighteen Christmas songs in progressive rock and New Age styles, and includes two new tracks: "Celebration" and "Traditions of Christmas" (vocal version). The remaining songs are new mixes of previously released songs. A limited edition version of the album, available exclusively at Target stores, featured two extra songs: "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Messengers of Christmas".
Track listing
- "Celebration" – 2:37
- "Christmas Lullaby" – 4:09
- "Deck the Halls" – 3:37
- "Veni Veni (O Come, O Come Emmanuel)" – 4:21
- "Away in a Manger" – 3:22
- "Hallelujah" (from "Messiah") – 4:43
- "O Tannenbaum" (featuring Johnny Mathis) – 2:58
- "Wassail, Wassail" – 2:25
- "Carol of the Birds" – 2:07
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Renaissance version)" – 1:42
- "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock version)" – 4:31
- "Greensleeves" – 3:29
- "Traditions of Christmas (New Vocal Version)" – 3:40
- "Good King Wenceslas" – 3:32
- "Carol of the Bells" – 3:53
- "Auld Lang Syne" – 3:40
- "Fum, Fum, Fum" – 4:54
- "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" – 5:25
Chip Davis (percussion) · Bobby Jenkins (oboe) · Jackson Berkey (keyboards) · Almeda Berkey (keyboards) · Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds) · Ron Cooley (guitar, bass) · Arnie Roth (strings) · Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor) Fresh Aire series Fresh Aire (1975) · Fresh Aire II (1977) · Fresh Aire III (1979) · Fresh Aire IV (1981) · Fresh Aire V (1983) · Fresh Aire VI (1986) · Fresh Aire 7 (1991) · Fresh Aire 8 (2000)Christmas albums Christmas (1984) · A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988) · Christmas in the Aire (1995) · Christmas Live (1997) · The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998) · Christmas Extraordinaire (2001) · Christmas Song (2007) · Christmasville (2008) · Christmas Symphony (2011)Christmas compilations Christmas Celebration (2004) · Christmas Sweet Memories (?) · Trimming the Tree (2007) · Morning Frost (2008) · Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009)Halloween albums Halloween (2003) · Halloween: Monster Mix (2004) · Halloween, Vol. 2: Creatures Collection (2006) · Halloween: Sweet Tooth (2007)Ambience albums Bird Song (2000) · Summer Song (2001) · Autumn Song (2003) · Ocean Song (?) · Night Song (?) · Desert Song (?)Other albums Saving the Wildlife (1986) · Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989) · Day Parts: Sunday Morning Coffee (1991) · Day Parts: Dinner (1992) · Day Parts: Party: Music that Cooks (1992) · Day Parts: Romance (1992) · Day Parts: Sunday Morning Coffee II (1993) · To Russia with Love (1994) · Day Parts: Party 2: Music that Cooks (1995) · Huskers Musik (1996) · Day Parts: Romance II (1998) · Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1999) · 25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller (1999) · Romantic Melodies (2001) · American Spirit (2003)Categories:- 2004 Christmas albums
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