Joy for Christmas Day

Joy for Christmas Day
Joy for Christmas Day
Studio album by Kathy Mattea
Released	September 30, 2003
Recorded	2001-3
Genre	Country
Length	43:18
Label	Narada
Producer	Ed Cash, Kathy Mattea
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Joy for Christmas Day is the title of the second album of Christmas music released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in late 2003 on Narada Records.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Christmas Collage"	Traditional	3:36
2.	"Unto Us a Child Is Born"	Craig Bickhardt, Thom Schuyler	2:52
3.	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	Traditional, James Chadwick	2:54
4.	"Straw Against the Chill"	Bob Franke	4:50
5.	"Baby King"	Marc Cohn	4:06
6.	"When the Baby Grew Up"	Rob Mathes	4:59
7.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley	3:06
8.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade	3:49
9.	"All Because of Him"	Kathy Mattea, Ed Cash, Bill Cooley, Suzy Wills	3:43
10.	"Sing, Mary, Sing"	Jennifer Knapp	4:14
11.	"There's Still My Joy"	Beth Nielsen Chapman, Melissa Manchester, Matt Rollings	5:09
Total length:			43:18

Personnel[]

Jim Brock – drums, percussion
Chris Carmichael – cello, violin, background vocals
Ed Cash – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals
Mick Conley – acoustic guitar, octave bass
Bill Cooley – acoustic guitar, national steel guitar
Nick DiStefano – background vocals
Gerry Gillespie – bass guitar, background vocals
Bob Halligan – background vocals
Byron House – upright bass
Joanie Madden – whistle
Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals, whistle
Dan Needham – drums
Matt Pierson – bass guitar
Ben Shive – keyboards
Carson Whitsett – keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Terry Wilson – background vocals

Chart performance[]

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	69

References[]

^ Widran, Jonathan. "Joy for Christmas Day review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 7, 2011.

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[allmusic-1] Widran, Jonathan. "Joy for Christmas Day review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 7, 2011.

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Studio albums	Kathy Mattea From My Heart Walk the Way the Wind Blows Untasted Honey Willow in the Wind Time Passes By Lonesome Standard Time Walking Away a Winner Love Travels The Innocent Years Roses Right Out of Nowhere Coal Calling Me Home Pretty Bird
Christmas albums	Good News Joy for Christmas Day
Compilation albums	A Collection of Hits
Singles	"Love at the Five and Dime" "Walk the Way the Wind Blows" "You're the Power" "Train of Memories" "Goin' Gone" "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" "Untold Stories" "Life as We Knew It" "Come from the Heart" "Burnin' Old Memories" "Where've You Been" "She Came from Fort Worth" "The Battle Hymn of Love" (with Tim O'Brien) "A Few Good Things Remain" "Time Passes By" "Whole Lotta Holes" "Asking Us to Dance" "Lonesome Standard Time" "Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)" "Walking Away a Winner" "Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade" "Maybe She's Human" "Clown in Your Rodeo" "455 Rocket" "Love Travels"
Other songs	"(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" "From a Distance" "Mary, Did You Know?"
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