Christmas Extraordinaire

Christmas Extraordinaire is Mannheim Steamroller's sixth Christmas album overall and the group's fourth Christmas studio album. The album was originally released in 2001. The song "O Tannenbaum" features a lead vocal by Johnny Mathis.

Christmas Extraordinaire
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2001
Recorded2001
GenreChristmas
Length45:20
LabelAmerican Gramaphone
ProducerChip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Fresh Aire 8
(2000)
Christmas Extraordinaire
(2001)
American Spirit
(2003)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology
Renaissance Holiday
(1998)
Christmas Extraordinaire
(2001)
Christmas Celebration
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Five of the album's tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration.

On June 21, 2004, Christmas Extraordinaire was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States.[2]

As of November 2014, Christmas Extraordinaire is the fourteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. in the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,920,000 copies according to SoundScan.[3]

Track listing

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Christmas Extraordinaire track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Hallelujah" George F. Handel4:43
2."White Christmas" Irving Berlin3:35
3."Away in a Manger" James R. Murray3:23
4."Faeries" ("Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:29
5."Do You Hear What I Hear?" Gloria Shayne Baker4:06
6."The First Noel" 13th century English carol3:38
7."Silver Bells" Jay H. Livingston4:28
8."Fum, Fum, Fum" Traditional Catalan carol4:51
9."Some Children See Him" Alfred Burt3:34
10."Winter Wonderland" Felix Bernard3:42
11."O Tannenbaum" (featuring Johnny Mathis and the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club)Ernst AnschützTraditional German3:01
12."Auld Lang Syne"Robert BurnsAncient Scottish air3:42

Personnel

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  • Chip Davis: Recorders, Drums
  • Jackson Berkey: Harpsichord
  • Ron Cooley: Guitar, Lute, Bass
  • Roxanne Layton: Recorder, Crumhorns
  • Arnie Roth: Violin Solo~The First Noel, Concertmaster
  • Bobby Jenkins: Oboe Solo
  • Johnny Mathis: Vocals on "O Tannenbaum"

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r547829
  2. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  3. ^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.