This Christmas

~ Release by Aretha Franklin (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

© «2008 DMI Records.»
℗ «2008 DMI Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.»

Countries excluded (Spotify)

There are just a few countries excluded from the release:

  • Southern Asia: 🇮🇳 India (in)

Countries where available (Spotify)

  • Northern America: 🇨🇦 Canada (ca) 🇲🇽 Mexico (mx) 🇺🇸 United States (us)
  • Central America: 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (cr) 🇬🇹 Guatemala (gt) 🇭🇳 Honduras (hn) 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (ni) 🇵🇦 Panama (pa) 🇸🇻 El Salvador (sv)
  • Caribbean: 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (do)
  • South America: 🇦🇷 Argentina (ar) 🇧🇴 Bolivia (bo) 🇧🇷 Brazil (br) 🇨🇱 Chile (cl) 🇨🇴 Colombia (co) 🇪🇨 Ecuador (ec) 🇵🇪 Peru (pe) 🇵🇾 Paraguay (py) 🇺🇾 Uruguay (uy)
  • Western Europe: 🇦🇹 Austria (at) 🇧🇪 Belgium (be) 🇨🇭 Switzerland (ch) 🇩🇪 Germany (de) 🇫🇷 France (fr) 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein (li) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (lu) 🇲🇨 Monaco (mc) 🇳🇱 Netherlands (nl)
  • Northern Europe: 🇩🇰 Denmark (dk) 🇪🇪 Estonia (ee) 🇫🇮 Finland (fi) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (gb) 🇮🇪 Ireland (ie) 🇮🇸 Iceland (is) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (lt) 🇱🇻 Latvia (lv) 🇳🇴 Norway (no) 🇸🇪 Sweden (se)
  • Southern Europe: 🇦🇩 Andorra (ad) 🇨🇾 Cyprus (cy) 🇪🇸 Spain (es) 🇬🇷 Greece (gr) 🇮🇹 Italy (it) 🇲🇹 Malta (mt) 🇵🇹 Portugal (pt)
  • Eastern Europe: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (bg) 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (cz) 🇭🇺 Hungary (hu) 🇵🇱 Poland (pl) 🇷🇴 Romania (ro) 🇸🇰 Slovakia (sk)
  • Northern Africa: 🇩🇿 Algeria (dz) 🇪🇬 Egypt (eg) 🇲🇦 Morocco (ma) 🇹🇳 Tunisia (tn)
  • Southern Africa: 🇿🇦 South Africa (za)
  • Western Asia: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (ae) 🇧🇭 Bahrain (bh) 🇮🇱 Israel (il) 🇯🇴 Jordan (jo) 🇰🇼 Kuwait (kw) 🇱🇧 Lebanon (lb) 🇴🇲 Oman (om) 🇵🇸 Palestinian Territory, Occupied (ps) 🇶🇦 Qatar (qa) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (sa) 🇹🇷 Turkey (tr)
  • Eastern Asia: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (hk) 🇯🇵 Japan (jp) 🇹🇼 Taiwan (tw)
  • South-Eastern Asia: 🇮🇩 Indonesia (id) 🇲🇾 Malaysia (my) 🇵🇭 Philippines (ph) 🇸🇬 Singapore (sg) 🇹🇭 Thailand (th) 🇻🇳 Viet Nam (vn)
  • Oceania: 🇦🇺 Australia (au) 🇳🇿 New Zealand (nz)

© «2008 DMI Records.»
℗ «2008 DMI Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.»

Countries where available (iTunes + Deezer + Spotify)

(This is all of them, as of 2020-08-30).

  • Northern America: 🇺🇸 United States (us) 🇧🇲 Bermuda (bm) 🇨🇦 Canada (ca) 🇲🇽 Mexico (mx)
  • Central America: 🇧🇿 Belize (bz) 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (cr) 🇬🇹 Guatemala (gt) 🇭🇳 Honduras (hn) 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (ni) 🇵🇦 Panama (pa) 🇸🇻 El Salvador (sv)
  • Caribbean: 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda (ag) 🇧🇧 Barbados (bb) 🇧🇸 Bahamas (bs) 🇩🇲 Dominica (dm) 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (do) 🇬🇩 Grenada (gd) 🇯🇲 Jamaica (jm) 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis (kn) 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (ky) 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia (lc) 🇲🇸 Montserrat (ms) 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (tc) 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago (tt) 🇦🇮 Anguilla (ai) 🇧🇶 Bonaire (bq) 🇨🇼 Curaçao (cw) 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (sx) 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and Grenadines (vc) 🇻🇬 Virgin Islands, British (vg)
  • South America: 🇦🇷 Argentina (ar) 🇧🇴 Bolivia (bo) 🇧🇷 Brazil (br) 🇨🇱 Chile (cl) 🇨🇴 Colombia (co) 🇪🇨 Ecuador (ec) 🇵🇪 Peru (pe) 🇵🇾 Paraguay (py) 🇺🇾 Uruguay (uy) 🇻🇪 Venezuela (ve) 🇬🇾 Guyana (gy) 🇸🇷 Suriname (sr) 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (fk) 🇬🇸 South Georgia and Sandwich Isl. (gs)
  • Western Europe: 🇦🇹 Austria (at) 🇧🇪 Belgium (be) 🇨🇭 Switzerland (ch) 🇩🇪 Germany (de) 🇫🇷 France (fr) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (lu) 🇳🇱 Netherlands (nl) 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein (li) 🇲🇨 Monaco (mc)
  • Northern Europe: 🇩🇰 Denmark (dk) 🇪🇪 Estonia (ee) 🇫🇮 Finland (fi) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (gb) 🇮🇪 Ireland (ie) 🇮🇸 Iceland (is) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (lt) 🇱🇻 Latvia (lv) 🇳🇴 Norway (no) 🇸🇪 Sweden (se) 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (sj)
  • Southern Europe: 🇪🇸 Spain (es) 🇬🇷 Greece (gr) 🇭🇷 Croatia (hr) 🇮🇹 Italy (it) 🇲🇰 Macedonia (mk) 🇲🇹 Malta (mt) 🇵🇹 Portugal (pt) 🇸🇮 Slovenia (si) 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (ba) 🇲🇪 Montenegro (me) 🇦🇱 Albania (al) 🇨🇾 Cyprus (cy) 🇷🇸 Serbia (rs) 🇦🇩 Andorra (ad)
  • Eastern Europe: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (bg) 🇧🇾 Belarus (by) 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (cz) 🇭🇺 Hungary (hu) 🇲🇩 Moldova (md) 🇵🇱 Poland (pl) 🇷🇴 Romania (ro) 🇷🇺 Russian Federation (ru) 🇸🇰 Slovakia (sk) 🇺🇦 Ukraine (ua) 🇽🇰 Kosovo (xk)
  • Northern Africa: 🇩🇿 Algeria (dz) 🇪🇬 Egypt (eg) 🇹🇳 Tunisia (tn) 🇱🇾 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (ly) 🇲🇦 Morocco (ma) 🇪🇭 Western Sahara (eh) 🇸🇩 Sudan (sd)
  • Western Africa: 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (bf) 🇧🇯 Benin (bj) 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (cv) 🇬🇭 Ghana (gh) 🇬🇲 Gambia (gm) 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (gw) 🇱🇷 Liberia (lr) 🇲🇱 Mali (ml) 🇲🇷 Mauritania (mr) 🇳🇬 Nigeria (ng) 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone (sl) 🇸🇳 Senegal (sn) 🇨🇮 Cote D’Ivoire (ci) 🇬🇳 Guinea (gn) 🇳🇪 Niger (ne) 🇹🇬 Togo (tg)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇰🇪 Kenya (ke) 🇲🇬 Madagascar (mg) 🇲🇺 Mauritius (mu) 🇲🇼 Malawi (mw) 🇲🇿 Mozambique (mz) 🇸🇨 Seychelles (sc) 🇹🇿 Tanzania (tz) 🇺🇬 Uganda (ug) 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (zw) 🇷🇼 Rwanda (rw) 🇿🇲 Zambia (zm) 🇧🇮 Burundi (bi) 🇩🇯 Djibouti (dj) 🇪🇷 Eritrea (er) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia (et) 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io) 🇰🇲 Comoros (km) 🇸🇴 Somalia (so)
  • Middle Africa: 🇦🇴 Angola (ao) 🇨🇬 Congo (cg) 🇨🇩 Congo, Democratic Republic (cd) 🇨🇲 Cameroon (cm) 🇬🇦 Gabon (ga) 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (cf) 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea (gq) 🇸🇸 South Sudan (ss) 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe (st) 🇹🇩 Chad (td)
  • Southern Africa: 🇧🇼 Botswana (bw) 🇳🇦 Namibia (na) 🇸🇿 Swaziland (sz) 🇿🇦 South Africa (za) 🇱🇸 Lesotho (ls)
  • Western Asia: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (ae) 🇦🇲 Armenia (am) 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (az) 🇧🇭 Bahrain (bh) 🇮🇱 Israel (il) 🇯🇴 Jordan (jo) 🇱🇧 Lebanon (lb) 🇶🇦 Qatar (qa) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (sa) 🇹🇷 Turkey (tr) 🇾🇪 Yemen (ye) 🇬🇪 Georgia (ge) 🇮🇶 Iraq (iq) 🇰🇼 Kuwait (kw) 🇴🇲 Oman (om) 🇵🇸 Palestinian Territory, Occupied (ps)
  • Central Asia: 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (kg) 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (kz) 🇹🇯 Tajikistan (tj) 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (tm) 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (uz)
  • Southern Asia: 🇧🇹 Bhutan (bt) 🇮🇳 India (in) 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (lk) 🇳🇵 Nepal (np) 🇲🇻 Maldives (mv) 🇦🇫 Afghanistan (af) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh (bd) 🇵🇰 Pakistan (pk)
  • Eastern Asia: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (hk) 🇯🇵 Japan (jp) 🇲🇴 Macao (mo) 🇹🇼 Taiwan (tw) 🇨🇳 China (cn) 🇰🇷 Korea (kr) 🇲🇳 Mongolia (mn)
  • South-Eastern Asia: 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam (bn) 🇮🇩 Indonesia (id) 🇰🇭 Cambodia (kh) 🇲🇾 Malaysia (my) 🇵🇭 Philippines (ph) 🇸🇬 Singapore (sg) 🇹🇭 Thailand (th) 🇻🇳 Viet‐Nam (vn) 🇲🇲 Myanmar (mm) 🇱🇦 Lao People’s Democratic Republic (la) 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste (tl)
  • Oceania: 🇦🇺 Australia (au) 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇭🇲 Heard Island & Mcdonald Islands (hm) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf) 🇳🇿 New Zealand (nz)
  • Polynesia: 🇹🇴 Tonga (to) 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (ck) 🇳🇺 Niue (nu) 🇵🇳 Pitcairn (pn) 🇹🇰 Tokelau (tk) 🇹🇻 Tuvalu (tv) 🇼🇸 Samoa (ws)
  • Melanesia: 🇫🇯 Fiji (fj) 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea (pg) 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands (sb) 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (vu)
  • Micronesia: 🇫🇲 Micronesia, Federated States of (fm) 🇰🇮 Kiribati (ki) 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands (mh) 🇳🇷 Nauru (nr) 🇵🇼 Palau (pw)
  • Antarctica: 🇦🇶 Antarctica (aq) 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island (bv)
Annotation last modified on 2020-09-01 05:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Angels We Have Heard on High
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
electric bass guitar:
Nathan East
electric guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
Tim Heintz
membranophone:
Ricky Lawson
additional background vocals and choir vocals:
The Fire Choir
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
lead vocals and soprano vocals:
Aretha Franklin
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
instruments arranger:
Tim Heintz
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
5:26
2This Christmas
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
electric guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
instruments arranger:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
This Christmas
writer:
Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Crystal Raisin Music, Kuumba Music, Microhits Music Corp., The Estate of Donny Hathaway, Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), 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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
5:23
3My Grown‐Up Christmas List
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
instruments arranger:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Grown‐Up Christmas List (original version)
lyricist:
Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
publisher:
Air Bear Music (ended), Linda’s Boys Music, Peer Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:15
4The Lord Will Make a Way
recording engineer:
Todd Fairall
engineer:
Michael J. Powell
producer:
Aretha Franklin
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Charles (Volley) Craig
drums (drum set):
Arthur Marbury
guitar:
Matt Dahlgren and Teddy Richards White (son of Aretha Franklin and Ted White (Theodore Richard White))
organ:
Darryl Houston
piano:
Richard Gibbs (composer, songwriter, keyboardist)
background vocals:
Tawatha Agee, Shellyn Ponder, Fonzi Thornton and Brenda White‐King
conductor:
H.B. Barnum
arranger:
Aretha Franklin
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
5:43
5Silent Night
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
piano:
Aretha Franklin
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, The Fire Choir, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
5:06
6Ave Maria
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
Timothy Heintz
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, The Fire Choir, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
instruments arranger:
Tim Heintz
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
4:57
7Christmas Ain’t Christmas (Without the One You Love)
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist) and Michito Sanchez
saxophone:
Brandon Fields
background vocals:
Lisa Fischer (American vocalist), Vaneese Thomas, Fonzi Thornton and Brenda White‐King
instruments arranger:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Christmas Ain’t Christmas, New Year’s Ain’t New Years Without the One You Love
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:53
814 Angels
recording engineer:
Todd Fairall
engineer:
Michael J. Powell
producer:
Aretha Franklin
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Charles "Volley" Craig
drums (drum set):
Arthur Marbury
harp:
Onita Sanders
piano:
Aretha Franklin
conductor:
H.B. Barnum
arranger:
Aretha Franklin
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
2:08
9One Night With the King
engineer:
Michael J. Powell
producer:
Aretha Franklin
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Charles "Volley" Craig
drums (drum set):
Arthur Marbury
guitar:
Matt Dahlgren
organ:
Darryl Houston
piano:
Richard Gibbs (composer, songwriter, keyboardist)
arranger:
Aretha Franklin
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
One Night With the King
writer:
Jeannie Tenney
6:09
10Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
Timothy Heintz
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, The Fire Choir, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
instruments arranger:
Tim Heintz
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
5:24
11’Twas the Night Before Christmas
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (engineer)
mixer:
Al Schmitt
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Ken Darby version)
writer:
Clement Clarke Moore
composer:
Ken Darby
is based on:
A Visit From St. Nicholas
1:52