Once Again It's Christmas
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ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015
Studio
- Blackbird Studio, The Compound and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Skyland Studios (Lakeville, Minnesota)
- Kung Fu Bakery (Portland, Oregon)
Length41:04
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| Released | September 25, 2015 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | Warner Music Nashville | |||
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Once Again It's Christmas is the 28th studio album by Kenny Rogers, released in 2015. A holiday album, it features such musical acts as Alison Krauss, Winfield's Locket and Jennifer Nettles.[1] As of January 2016, 34,900 copies were sold in the United States.[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Once Again It's Christmas" (featuring Larry Hall) | Don Russell | 3:56 |
| 2. | "There's a New Kid in Town" (featuring Winfield's Locket) | Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Here It Is Christmas/Baby, It's Cold Outside" (featuring Larry Hall and Jennifer Nettles) | Frank Loesser, Kenny Rogers | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Larry Hall) | Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Back to Bethlehem" | Joe Collins, Joe Doyle | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Some Children See Him" (featuring Larry Hall and Alison Krauss) | Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson | 4:23 |
| 8. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (featuring Larry Hall) | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" (featuring Home Free) | Traditional | 4:34 |
| 10. | "That Silent Night" (featuring Jim Brickman) | Jim Brickman, Tom Douglas | 3:42 |
| 11. | "The Light" | Steve Glassmeyer, Warren Hartman, Rogers | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 41:04 | ||
Personnel
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- Pat Coil – acoustic piano (1, 3, 4, 8), Rhodes electric piano (2), synthesizers (2, 11), Hammond B3 organ (5, 6, 11)
- John Hobbs – Rhodes electric piano (1, 3–6, 8), acoustic piano (2, 11), synthesizers (4)
- Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (7)
- Jim Brickman – acoustic piano (10)
- Troy Welstad – Hammond B3 organ (10)
- Steve Sundholm – programming (10)
- Brent Mason – electric guitar (1–6, 11)
- John Willis – acoustic guitar (1–8, 11)
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7), mandocello (4)
- Randy Dorman – electric guitar (8)
- Tim Ellis – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
- Keith Sommers – electric guitar (10)
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (2, 5)
- Paul Brainard – pedal steel guitar (10)
- Viktor Krauss – bass (1–8, 11)
- Colby Hendricks – bass (10)
- Steve Brewster – drums (2–6, 8, 11)
- Mike Braun – drums (10)
- Eric Darken – percussion (1, 5, 7, 8, 11)
- Pat Bergeson – harmonica (1)
- Denis Solee – tenor saxophone (6)
- George Tidwell – trumpet (6)
- Warren Hartman – arrangements (1–7, 9, 11)
- Larry Hall – orchestra (2–4, 7, 8, 11), orchestral arrangements (3, 4, 7, 8)
- Bergen White – orchestral arrangements (2, 11), harmony vocal arrangements (4)
- Darren Rust – arrangements (9)
- Ted Sampson – additional vocal concept arrangement (11)
- Winfield's Locket – vocals (2)
- Jennifer Nettles – vocals (3)
- Alison Krauss – vocals (7)
- Home Free – vocals (9)
Harmony vocals
- Tania Hancheroff (1, 4–6, 11)
- Mark Ivey (1, 4, 11)
- Shane McConnell (1, 4, 11)
- Lisa Silver (1, 4, 11)
- Kira Small (1, 4, 11)
- Bergen White (1, 4, 11)
- Perry Coleman (2, 5)
- Vicki Hampton (5, 6)
- Cindy Walker (5, 6)
- Rachel Hamar (10)
- Michelle Sundholm (10)
- Steve Sundholm (10)
