| Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon | ||||
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| Studio album by REO Speedwagon | ||||
| Released | November 3, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, Christmas | |||
| Length | 45:55 | |||
| Label | Sony/Legacy Speedwagon | |||
| Producer | Joe Vannelli | |||
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Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon is the sixteenth and final studio album by REO Speedwagon. It was released on November 3, 2009 by Sony Music, two years after the band's previous studio album, Find Your Own Way Home.
On July 1, 2010, the album was re-released with three bonus tracks, and a DVD was released in a series from Sony Music called The Yule Log DVD, in which the music from "Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon" is featured with three different holiday visuals (one of them the yule log of the series' title). The original CD cover is featured on the DVD menu.
In 2017, the album was re-released again. On this release, "We Three Kings" was added as the 17th song on the album. There was also an insert contained inside the CD which allowed the owner to download a third version of "I Believe in Santa Claus." A music video of the song was released on YouTube. An LP of the album was also released.
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The First Noel" | Traditional | 0:58 |
| 2. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Dick Smith | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Silent Night" | Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Deck the Halls" | Traditional | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Little Drummer Boy" | Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone | 3:49 |
| 6. | "The White Snows of Winter" | Bob Shane, Tom Drake, Brahms | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)" | Traditional | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Children Go Where I Send Thee" | Traditional | 4:03 |
| 9. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent | 3:46 |
| 10. | "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" | Traditional | 3:51 |
| 11. | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | John Lennon, Yoko Ono | 4:22 |
| 12. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson | 3:57 |
| 13. | "Joy to the World" | Isaac Watts, George Frederick Handel | 3:43 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 14. | "Sleigh Ride" | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish | 3:48 |
| 15. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley | 4:13 |
| 16. | "I Believe in Santa Claus" | Kevin Cronin, Bruce Hall | 2:45 |
| Total length: | 56:42 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "We Three Kings" (single) | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. | 3:21 |
Personnel
REO Speedwagon
- Kevin Cronin – acoustic guitar, lead vocals (1–11, 13–16), backing vocals, arrangements (1–8, 10, 13, 15), vocal arrangements
- Dave Amato – lead guitars, backing vocals
- Neal Doughty – keyboards
- Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (12)
- Bryan Hitt – drums, percussion
Additional performers
- Joe Vannelli – keyboards, orchestrations, arrangements (1–8, 10, 13, 15), vocal arrangements
- Dave Pearlman – pedal steel guitar (12)
- Mark Goldenberg – acoustic guitar (16)
- Perri (Carol Perry, Darlene Perry, Lori Perry and Sharon Perry) – backing vocals
- Holly Cronin – backing vocals (16)
Production
- Joe Vannelli – producer, engineer, mixing
- Kevin Cronin – associate producer
- Jeremy Duche – assistant engineer
- Meat and Potatoes, Inc. – art direction, design
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog # |
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| USA | November 3, 2009 | Sony Music Speedwagon |
CD | A7606627 |
| USA | July 1, 2010 | Sony/Legacy Speedwagon |
CD (bonus tracks) | A774367 |
| USA | 2010 | Sony/Legacy Speedwagon |
DVD | 88697 77359 9 |
References
- "Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon (bonus tracks)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- "Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon (DVD)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- REO Speedwagon, Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon. Sony Music Entertainment. 2010. p. 3.
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