Earth, Wind & Fire - "Holiday"
Oct 1, 2014 9:17:03 GMT -5
Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 1, 2014 9:17:03 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to "December," especially.
www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266751/earth-wind-fire-holiday-album-release-date
Exclusive: Earth, Wind & Fire to Release First Holiday Album
By Gail Mitchell | October 01, 2014
Eight-time Grammy Award-winning group Earth, Wind & Fire is adding another first to its long list of achievements: a holiday album. The aptly titled Holiday will be released Oct. 21 through Sony Music Entertainmentβs Legacy Recordings division.
The 13-track set, available now for pre-order at Amazon, is comprised of such seasonal fare as βWinter Wonderland," βSleigh Ride,β βJoy to the Worldβ and βJingle Bell Rock.β Rounding out the mix are two songs inspired by well-known EWF classics: βHappy Seasonsβ (the 1975 album track βHappy Feelinββ) and βDecemberβ (1978βs βSeptemberβ). The latter song features lead singer/co-founder Philip Bailey dueting with the original master vocals of fellow co-founder Maurice White.
βWe stretched the envelope a bit on several songs, changing the harmonic structures and rhythms --kind of what we did with [the Beatlesβ] βGot to Get You Into My Life,ββ says Bailey. βItβs Christmas songs but still EWF-esque.β He and EWF music director Myron McKinley produced Holiday with assistance from Philip Bailey Jr.
βItβs our special twist,β adds co-founder Verdine White. βWe never thought about doing a holiday album before. But Legacy/Sony asked and so have our fans, so we hope the audience likes it.β
Holiday marks EWFβs 21st studio album and second for Legacy. The bandβs first Legacy project was 2013βs Now, Then & Forever. Featuring new EWF music for the first time since 2005, the set debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 -- the groupβs highest-charting album since Raise! peaked at No. 5 in 1981.
Track Listing For "Holiday":
1. "Joy to the World"
2. "Happy Seasons"
3. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"
4. "Winter Wonderland"
5. "What Child Is This?"
6. "Away In a Manger"
7. "The Little Drummer Boy"
8. "Every Day Is Like Christmas"
9. "The First NoΓ«l"
10. "Sleigh Ride"
11. "Snow"
12. "Jingle Bell Rock"
13. "December"
www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266751/earth-wind-fire-holiday-album-release-date
Exclusive: Earth, Wind & Fire to Release First Holiday Album
By Gail Mitchell | October 01, 2014
Eight-time Grammy Award-winning group Earth, Wind & Fire is adding another first to its long list of achievements: a holiday album. The aptly titled Holiday will be released Oct. 21 through Sony Music Entertainmentβs Legacy Recordings division.
The 13-track set, available now for pre-order at Amazon, is comprised of such seasonal fare as βWinter Wonderland," βSleigh Ride,β βJoy to the Worldβ and βJingle Bell Rock.β Rounding out the mix are two songs inspired by well-known EWF classics: βHappy Seasonsβ (the 1975 album track βHappy Feelinββ) and βDecemberβ (1978βs βSeptemberβ). The latter song features lead singer/co-founder Philip Bailey dueting with the original master vocals of fellow co-founder Maurice White.
βWe stretched the envelope a bit on several songs, changing the harmonic structures and rhythms --kind of what we did with [the Beatlesβ] βGot to Get You Into My Life,ββ says Bailey. βItβs Christmas songs but still EWF-esque.β He and EWF music director Myron McKinley produced Holiday with assistance from Philip Bailey Jr.
βItβs our special twist,β adds co-founder Verdine White. βWe never thought about doing a holiday album before. But Legacy/Sony asked and so have our fans, so we hope the audience likes it.β
Holiday marks EWFβs 21st studio album and second for Legacy. The bandβs first Legacy project was 2013βs Now, Then & Forever. Featuring new EWF music for the first time since 2005, the set debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 -- the groupβs highest-charting album since Raise! peaked at No. 5 in 1981.
Track Listing For "Holiday":
1. "Joy to the World"
2. "Happy Seasons"
3. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"
4. "Winter Wonderland"
5. "What Child Is This?"
6. "Away In a Manger"
7. "The Little Drummer Boy"
8. "Every Day Is Like Christmas"
9. "The First NoΓ«l"
10. "Sleigh Ride"
11. "Snow"
12. "Jingle Bell Rock"
13. "December"