The Christmas EP (Richard Marx EP)

The Christmas EP is a Christmas album by musician Richard Marx. It was released on November 1, 2011 with the intention of recording an additional seven songs to add to the five songs to make a full-length album for release in 2012, which would become Christmas Spirit.

It was his 23rd overall album, with the lead-off single "Christmas Spirit" being his 32nd single. The track reached #15 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December, giving Marx back-to-back Top 20 AC hits in 2011 (his first time since 1997).

Track listing

"Christmas Spirit" (Marx, Waybill)
"O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau)
"Silent Night" (duet with Sara Watkins) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Johnny Marks)
"Alleluia" (Larry Gatlin)

Album credits

Personnel

Steve Brewster – drums
Cliff Colnot – string arrangements
Mark Hill – bass guitar
Brandon Marx – guitars, drums, background vocals
Jesse Marx – keyboards, background vocals
Lucas Marx – guitars, background vocals
Richard Marx – producer, writer, arrangements, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
Jason Webb – keyboards, piano
Michael Omartian – piano
Sara Watkins – lead vocals
Fee Waybill – writer

Background Vocals

Opal Staples
Simbryt Whittington

Engineers

Chip Matthews
Justin Niebank
Matthew Prock
Benny Quinn

References

Music Producer Richard Marx: 'The Playboy Club' Felt 'Doomed From the Start'. The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-producer-richard-marx-playboy-252004

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Studio albums	Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit Beautiful Goodbye Limitless Songwriter
Compilations	Ballads Greatest Hits (1997) The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head The Ultimate Collection
Promo compilations	Greatest Hits (1993) The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009
Live albums	Live in USA 1988/92 Live Music Hall Koln 1992 Channel V at the Hard Rock Live Duo Live A Night Out with Friends
Singles	"Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Angelia" "Nothin' You Can Do About It" "Children of the Night" "Keep Coming Back" "Hazard" "Take This Heart" "Chains Around My Heart" "Now and Forever" "At the Beginning" "Everybody" "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" "Little Drummer Boy" "O Holy Night" "Dance With My Father" "Another One Down"
Songs written	"What About Me" "The Best of Me" "If You Ever Leave Me" "One More Time" "This I Promise You" "To Where You Are" "Dance with My Father" "Better Life" "Everybody"
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