Christmas Here with You
A white cover with the band name and album title in orange
Studio album by
Four Tops
ReleasedNovember 1995 (1995-11)
Studio
  • Sonsongs Recording Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • United Sound Studio, Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Vanguard Recording Complex, Oak Park, Michigan, United States
GenreSoul music
Length56:39
LanguageEnglish
LabelMotown
Producer
Four Tops chronology
Indestructible
(1988)		 Christmas Here with You
(1995)

Christmas Here with You is a 1995 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released on Motown.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

An overview of rhythm and blues Christmas albums for Billboard by J. R. Reynolds recommends this release and calls it a "festive delight".[2] A similar rundown in Ebony from 1997 also includes Christmas Here with You among recommended releases.[3] Editors of AllMusic Guide gave this album three out of five stars, with critic Gina Boldman calling it a "predictable but festive holiday release".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Christmas Here with You" (Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, and George Rountree, Jr.) – 5:08
  2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:21
  3. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells) – 3:58
  4. "Away in a Manger" (traditional, James Ramsey Murray version) – 2:45
  5. "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor) – 4:33
  6. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr) – 5:03
  7. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, and Harry Simeoné) – 7:45
  8. "Christmas Delight" (Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 3:49
  9. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Charles M. Brown, and Johnny Moore) – 5:06
  10. "Merry Christmas to You" (Benson and McNeir) – 4:07
  11. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin) – 3:51
  12. "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (Clement Clarke Moore, with additional lyrics by Rountree and Payton) – 6:28

Personnel

Four Tops

Additional personnel

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals on "Christmas Here with You", "White Christmas", and "Silent Night"
  • Tim Gordon – alto saxophone
  • The Ridgeway Sisters – backing vocals on "Little Drummer Boy" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Boldman, Gina. "The Four Tops – Christmas Here with You". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, J. R. (1995-12-16). "Sonic Therapy Is Best Cure for Music Woes; The Lowdown on R&B Christmas Albums". The Rhythm and the Blues. Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 50. p. 54. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ "Sounding Off: The Best in Recorded Music". Ebony. Vol. 53, no. 2. December 1997. p. 20. ISSN 0012-9011.
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