Winter Wonderland
Studio album by
Paul Carrack
Released2005
Genre
Length36:50
LabelCarrack-UK
ProducerChris Walden
Paul Carrack chronology
It Ain't Over
(2003)		 Winter Wonderland
(2005)		 Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue
(2007)
A Soulful Christmas cover
Artwork for the 2005 European release version, A Soulful Christmas

Winter Wonderland is the tenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, and his first after leaving the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2005 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label.

This was Carrack's first holiday-themed album, and was recorded in collaboration with the SWR Big Band. The songs are mostly familiar Christmas/winter-themed classics; Carrack covers his own "Beautiful World" as the album's final track.

The album was issued in Europe as A Soulful Christmas, with an altered running order and four additional tracks.

Track listing

A Soulful Christmas track listing

This album was released in Europe with a revised track listing as A Soulful Christmas. This version of the album features 4 additional tracks: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I Say A Little Prayer", and 2 duet versions of "Silent Night",

Personnel

  • Paul Carrack – vocals
  • Lindsay Dracass – vocals (3)
  • Stefan Gwildis – vocals (15)
  • Chris Walden – conductor, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15)
  • Steve Sidwell – arrangements (5, 14)
  • Dieter Reith – arrangements (8, 11, 13)
  • Conny Schock – arrangements (10)
  • Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – arrangements (10)

SWR Big Band

  • Conny Schock – keyboards
  • Klaus Wagenleiter – keyboards, acoustic piano
  • Dieter Reith – organ
  • Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – guitars
  • Decebal Badila – bass
  • Guido Jöris and Thomas Simmerl – drums
  • Jörg Gebhardt – percussion
  • Klaus Graf, Jörg Kaufmann, Axel Kühn, Andreas Maile and Pierre Paquette – saxophones, woodwinds
  • Ian Cumming, Marc Godfroid, Ernst Hutter and Georg Maus – trombone
  • Felice Civitareale, Karl Farrent, Claus Reichstaller and Rudi Reindl – trumpet, flugelhorn

Production

  • Chris Walden – producer
  • Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – additional producer, mixing
  • Ulrich de Veer – executive producer
  • Karl Farrent – executive producer
  • Rudi Reindl – executive producer
  • Volker Neumann – recording engineer
  • Manfred Deppe – recording supervisor
  • Tanja Hiesch – recording assistant
  • Jürgen Koppers – mastering
  • Felix Gaubatz – editorial contributor
  • Michael Golla – A&R consultant
  • WAPS (Hamburg, Germany) – design
  • Marcus Weber – photography
  • Hans-Peter Zachary – album concept, liner notes

References

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