This Christmas, Aretha
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- Firehouse Recording Studios (Pasadena, CA)[1]
- Studio A Recording (Dearborn, MI)[1]
- Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA)[1]
- Legacy Studios (New York, NY)[1]
- Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, CA)
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| Released | October 14, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | June–August 2008 | |||
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| Length | 51:00 | |||
| Label | DMI | |||
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This Christmas is the first Christmas album and thirty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Produced by Franklin and Tena Clark, it was originally released on October 14, 2008, as a Borders exclusive, consisting of eleven cover versions of Christmas standards and carols. In 2009, the album was reissued by DMI Records. This Christmas peaked at number 102 on the US Billboard 200.[3][4]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| MSN Music |  [5] |
| The Toronto Star | [6] |
Allmusic editor Andy Kellman wrote:
"the disc is filled mostly with the spiritual and relatively serious side of holiday material. The likes of "Silent Night," "Ave Maria," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and "Angels We Have Heard on High" are given the kind of treatment only Aretha could grant .... It's not all reverence and reflection: best of all is a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" that can only be termed "personalized".[2]
Track listing
Credits taken from the album's liner notes.[1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Angels We Have Heard on High" | James Chadwick | Tena Clark | 5:26 |
| 2. | "This Christmas" (with Edward Franklin) |
| Clark | 5:23 |
| 3. | "My Grown-Up Christmas List" | Clark | 5:15 | |
| 4. | "The Lord Will Make a Way" | Traditional | Aretha Franklin | 5:43 |
| 5. | "Silent Night" | Clark | 5:06 | |
| 6. | "Ave Maria" | Clark | 4:57 | |
| 7. | "Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)" | Clark | 3:53 | |
| 8. | "14 Angels" | Engelbert Humperdinck | Franklin | 2:08 |
| 9. | "One Night With the King" | Jeannie Tenney | Franklin | 6:09 |
| 10. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Clark | 5:24 | |
| 11. | "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" | Clement C. Moore | Franklin | 1:52 |
