Christmas Prayer

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.

Christmas Prayer
Studio album by
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
AllMusic [2]

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. Milton Davis - credits, AllMusic.
  2. 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 (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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