The Christmas Album
Studio album by Neil Diamond
Released	September 22, 1992 (1992-09-22)
Recorded	January – August 1992
Studio	Arch Angel Studios, The Complex and Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Conway Studios andOcean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) Abbey Road Studios (London, England)
Genre	Christmas
Length	44:58
Label	Columbia
Producer	Peter Asher
Neil Diamond chronology
Lovescape (1991) The Christmas Album (1992) Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building (1993)

Professional ratings

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Allmusic	[1]

The Christmas Album is the twentieth studioalbum byNeil Diamond and his first to featureChristmas music. It features orchestral and choirarrangements byDavid Campbell. The album reached No. 8 on theBillboard 200 album sales chart, No. 50 on theUK album sales chart, and No. 30 onAustralian music chart.^[2][3][4]

In his review music critic Johnny Loftus states, "While Neil Diamond'sThe Christmas Album is designed almost exclusively for his adult contemporary constituency, the vocalist still manages to light up most of the obviousness of these standards with his trademark gritty soul and flair for inflection."^[5]

On August 7, 2001,The Christmas Album was certifiedDouble Platinum by theRIAA for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 1992 release.^[6] By November 2014,^[update] it was the twenty-fifthbest-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States of theSoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991–present), having sold 1,910,000 copies according to SoundScan.^[7]

Musicians and vocalists

• Neil Diamond – vocals
• Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano (2, 14), keyboards (3–6, 8, 13)
• Ladd Thomas –organ (6, 11)
• Alan Lindgren – acoustic piano (7, 12), acoustic piano intro (8)
• Bob Mann – guitars (1, 5), acoustic guitars (3, 12), electric guitars (7)
• Dean Parks – electric guitars (3), guitars (6, 8, 13),mandolin (6)
• Andrew Gold – acoustic guitars (4, 10)
• Waddy Wachtel – electric guitars (4, 10), guitars (13)
• Louis Gutierrez – guitar solo (7)
• Dan Dugmore –pedal steel guitar (12)
• Jimmy Johnson – bass (3, 6, 8)
• Bob Glaub – bass (4, 10, 13)
• Bob Magnusson – upright bass (5)
• Leland Sklar – bass (7, 12)
• Peter Asher – drum and percussion programming (3),tambourines (7, 10)
• Russ Kunkel – drums (4–8, 13)
• Nathaniel Kunkel – drums (10)
• Michael Fisher – percussion (3, 8)
• Marvin B. Gordy – percussion (3)
• Warren Ham –harmonica (4)
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone solo (5)
• Gavyn Wright – concertmaster (1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 14)
• Isobel Griffiths – contractor (1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 14)
• London Symphony Orchestra – orchestra (1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 14)
• The Angel Voices Choir – choir (1, 7)
• The Ambrosian Singers – choir (2, 7, 14)
• John McCarthy – choir director (2, 7, 14)
• The Lower School Chorus of Viewpoint School – choir (7)
• Robert Prizeman – boys’ choir conductor (7)
• Marcie Parker – children’s choir conductor (7)
• Donny Gerard, Raven Kane, Josef Powell,Julia Tillman Waters,Maxine Waters Willard andOren Waters – doo-wop backing vocals (8)
• 139th Street Quartet (Doug Anderson, Dan Jordan, Jim Kline and Peter Neushul) – barbershop quartet (9)
• Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Gene Morford and Jerry Whitman – doo-wop backing vocals (10)
• L.A. Mass Choir – choir (11)
• Donald Taylor – choir director (11)
• Raven Kane – choir contractor (8–11)

Arrangements

• David Campbell – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 2, 7, 10), choir arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 6, 7, 10–13), string section arrangements and conductor (5, 12, 13), BGV arrangements (8, 10), brass quartet arrangements and conductor (8), BGV conductor (8), orchestra conductor (14)
• Peter Asher – rhythm track arrangements (7, 10)
• Alan Lindgren – BGV arrangements (8), orchestra arrangements (14), choir arrangements (14)
• 139th Street Quartet – vocal arrangements (9)
• Frank Lindgren – choir arrangements (14)

• Peter Asher – producer
• Frank Wolf – recording, mixing
• Nathaniel Kunkel – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Brett Swain – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Chad Blinman – additional recording assistant, additional mix assistant
• Alec Marcou – additional recording assistant, additional mix assistant
• Gil Morales – additional recording assistant, additional mix assistant
• Marnie Riley – additional recording assistant, additional mix assistant
• Eric Rudd – additional recording assistant, additional mix assistant
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Ivy Skoff – production coordinator
• Sam Cole – project coordinator
• David Kirschner – art direction
• Jan Weinberg – design
• Eugine Adibari – cover photography
• Neil Diamond – liner notes
• Sal Bonafidi – management
• Sandy Gallin – management
• Jim Morey – management

The Christmas Album, Volume II

• Neil Diamond albums
• 1992 albums
• Albums produced by Peter Asher
• Columbia Records Christmas albums
• Christmas albums by American artists
• Pop Christmas albums

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