Christmas Prayer

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Christmas Prayer
Aaron Neville - Christmas Prayer Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Aaron Neville
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)
RecordedMay 2003-May 2005[1]
StudioNew Orleans & Nashville[1]
GenreChristmas
Length53:22
LabelTell It Records
Producer
  • Aaron Neville
  • Art Neville
  • Barry Beckett
  • Milton Davis
  • John Chelew
  • Gary Lux
  • Mark Mazzetti
Aaron Neville chronology
Gospel Roots
(2005) 		Christmas Prayer
(2005) 		Mojo Soul
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars [2]

Christmas Prayer is Aaron Neville's fourteenth studio album and his second Christmas album. It was released October 4, 2005. The album peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Gospel chart, No. 14 on their Christian chart and at No. 74 on the R&B chart.

Critical reception[]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic writes, "Neville brings home the Christmas season and its good news origins with a quiet passion, a deep sense of reflection, and elegance."[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Christmas Prayer"Greg Barnhill3:47
2."Go Tell It on the Mountain"John Wesley Work Jr.4:19
3."Mary's Boy Child"Jester Hairston3:53
4."White Christmas"Irving Berlin2:33
5."Joy to the World"
2:23
6."Merry Christmas Baby"Charles Brown2:48
7."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
2:49
8."The First Noel"Traditional6:00
9."Christmas Everyday"
4:14
10."O Come All Ye Faithful"John Francis Wade4:28
11."Ave Maria"Franz Schubert4:50
12."It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
3:38
13."Amen"Curtis Mayfield3:07
14."Amazing Grace" (unlisted track)John Newton4:33
Total length:53:22

Track information and credits adapted from Discogs[3] and AllMusic,[4] then verified from the album's liner notes.[5]

Charts[]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[6] 3
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[7] 14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] 74

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Milton Davis - credits, AllMusic.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Jurek, Thom. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Aaron Neville – Christmas Prayer". Discogs. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Aaron Neville – Christmas Prayer". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ Christmas Prayer (liner notes). Aaron Neville. Tell It Records. 2005. EGD 73631.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

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