You Just Gotta Love Christmas

(Redirected from Alone for the Holidays)

You Just Gotta Love Christmas (2004) is the eighth and final solo album by former Chicago member Peter Cetera, and his only Christmas album. This album featured some artwork by Cetera's youngest daughter Senna, and his oldest daughter Claire performs with him on "Blue Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland". Alison Krauss performs with Cetera on "Deck the Halls". In a 2017 article, writer David White listed the album among his list of sixteen "essential classic rock Christmas albums."[2]

You Just Gotta Love Christmas
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 2004
RecordedSpring–summer 2004
StudioThe Hum Depot (Nashville, TN)
GenreRock, Christmas
Length39:45
LabelViastar
Producer
Peter Cetera chronology
Another Perfect World
(2001)
You Just Gotta Love Christmas
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Let It Snow" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:59
  2. "Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:36
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:10
  4. "Blue Christmas" (with Claire Cetera) (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 3:19
  5. "Deck The Halls" (with Alison Krauss) (traditional - Peter Cetera, Tony Harrell) – 3:10
  6. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Walter Kent, Kim Gannon) – 2:40
  7. "You Just Gotta Love Christmas" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:17
  8. "Jingle Bells" (traditional - Cetera, Harrell) – 3:36
  9. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (traditional - Cetera, Harrell) – 3:01
  10. "Winter Wonderland" (with Claire Cetera) (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:57
  11. "Something that Santa Claus Left Behind" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:56
  12. "Alone for the Holidays" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:58

Personnel

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Production

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  • Produced, Written and Arranged by Peter Cetera and Tony Harrell.
  • Recorded and Mixed at The Hum Depot (Nashville, TN).
  • Recording Engineer – Ben Strano
  • Additional Engineering – Chuck Bracco and Scott Velasco
  • Mixed by Joe Hardy
  • Mastered by Mark Chevalier and Jim Demain at Yes Master (Nashville, TN).
  • Package Art and Design – Vickey Hanson
  • Inside Artwork – Senna Cetera

References

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  1. ^ Theakston, Rob. You Just Gotta Love Christmas at AllMusic
  2. ^ White, David (March 17, 2017). "Essential classic rock Christmas albums". ThoughtCo. Retrieved December 21, 2018.