The Holly & The Ivy

~ Release by Sam Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Night Before Christmas
23:36
2The Lighthouse Keeper
recording engineer and producer:
Labrinth (UK singer-songwriter and record producer)
miscellaneous support:
Labrinth (UK singer-songwriter and record producer) (task: Electro-Acoustic Realization)
assistant mixer:
Marek Deml
mixer:
Steve Fitzmaurice (Irish mixer, songwriter and producer)
bass:
Chris Laurence (double bassist) and Stacey Watton (double bassist)
cello:
Ian Burdge (cellist), Caroline Dale (cellist), Tony Woollard (Cellist) and Chris Worsey (cellist)
French horn:
David Pyatt (hornist)
timpani:
Joby Burgess (British percussionist)
viola:
Reiad Chibah (violist), John Metcalfe (UK‐based composer, arranger and violist) and Andy Parker (violist)
violin:
Natalia Bonner (violinist), Alison Dods (violinist), Louisa Fuller (violinist), Richard George (violinist), Ian Humphries (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Bruce White (violist), Lucy Wilkins (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
background vocals:
Labrinth (UK singer-songwriter and record producer)
vocals:
Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Limited (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2020)
recording of:
The Lighthouse Keeper
writer:
Labrinth (UK singer-songwriter and record producer) and Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Naughty Words Limited, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Stellar Songs Limited (BMI-affiliated), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
14:07
3Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
42:50
4Palace
engineer:
Nick Lobel
producer:
Tyler Johnson (US producer and songwriter)
mixer:
Steve Fitzmaurice for 365 Artists (Irish mixer, songwriter and producer)
electric guitar and background vocals:
Cam (US country singer Camaron Ochs)
Moog and piano:
Tyler Johnson (US producer and songwriter)
vocals:
Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2017)
recorded at:
The Cave Studio, Nashville, TN in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:
The Pierce Rooms in Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Palace
writer:
Cam (US country singer Camaron Ochs), Tyler Johnson (US producer and songwriter) and Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Creative Pulse Music, One Year Yesterday Publishing, Sony/ATV Ballad, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Stellar Songs Limited (BMI-affiliated), These Are Pulse Songs (BMI), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2.753:07
5River (recorded at RAK Studios, London)
cover recording of:
River
lyricist and composer:
Joni Mitchell
publisher:
Joni Mitchell Publishing Corp. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
quotes music from:
Jingle Bells
13:28
6Fire on Fire
assistant recording engineer:
Christopher Park (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s) (strings) and Daniel Hayden (strings)
recording engineer:
John Barrett (engineer) (strings)
miscellaneous support:
Andrew Connolly (task: strings fixer)
engineer:
Dann Pursey (UK engineer), John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer) and Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter)
producer:
Steve Mac (British pop producer/songwriter Steve McCutcheon)
mixer:
Serban Ghenea
cello:
Anna Beryl, Benjamin Hughes (British cellist), Miriam Lowbury (British cellist), Jane Oliver (cellist), Jamie Pringle and Ben Rogerson (cellist)
double bass:
Andrew Wood (double bass player) and Dominic Worsley (double bass player)
drums (drum set):
Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter)
guitar:
Tim Laws
harp:
Deian Rowlands (harpist)
horn:
Mark Johnson (saxophone), Tom Rumsby (horn player) and Steve Nicholls (plays the horn in Sam Smith's "Fire on Fire")
keyboard [keyboards]:
Steve Mac (British pop producer/songwriter Steve McCutcheon)
strings:
The BBC Concert Orchestra
viola:
Laurie Anderson (violist), Mike Briggs, Nigel Goodwin (violist), Judit Kelemen, Helen Knief and Timothy Welch (violist)
violin [1st violin]:
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank (violinist), Cormac Browne, Chereene Price, Harriet Davies (violinist), Gareth Griffiths, Lucy Hartley, Charles Mutter (British violinist), Rustom Pomeroy, Thea Spiers and Rebecca Turner
violin [2nd violin]:
David Beaman, Matthew Elston (violinist), Nicky Goldscheider, Marianne Haynes (violinist), Daniel Mullin, Anna Ritchie, Anna Szabo (Violinist) and Susie Watson
vocals:
Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
strings arranger:
Dave Arch (pianist, conductor, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Limited (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2018)
recorded at:
Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (strings)
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
recording of:
Fire on Fire
writer:
Steve Mac (British pop producer/songwriter Steve McCutcheon) and Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Rokstone Music Ltd, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd and Stellar Songs
2.854:06