An Acapella Christmas is the twentieth studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 2005 on the King Records label. The album was initially released in Japan and was later released in the U.S. on October 3, 2006, on Rhino Records.
Track listing
"Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) - 3:40
"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:18
"Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) - 5:13
"Good King Wenceslas" (traditional, lyrics by John Mason Neale) - 1:56
"Toyland" (Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough) - 4:54
"My Grown-Up Christmas List" (David Foster, Linda Thompson-Jenner) - 4:18
"Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 3:17
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram) - 3:39
"Christmas Is Coming" (traditional) - 1:49
"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:46
Personnel
The Manhattan Transfer
Cheryl Bentyne – vocals
Tim Hauser – vocals, vocal arrangements (9) Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangements (1) Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal percussion (2), vocal arrangements (2)
Additional personnel
Yaron Gershovsky – vocal arrangements (2, 8), additional voicings (4) Roger Treece – vocal percussion (2), vocal arrangements (3, 5), arrangements (9) Gladys Pitcher – vocal arrangements (4) Zoë Allen – choir (4), vocals (6) Lily Hauser – choir (4) Basie Hauser – choir (4) Arielle Paul – choir (4) Keely Pickering – choir (4) Gabriel Skoletsky – choir (4) Mark Kibble – vocal arrangements (6) Jack Scandura – vocal arrangements (7) Thomas Baraka DiCandia – arrangements (9) Corey Allen – arrangements (10)
Production
Tim Hauser – producer, mastering
Roger Treece – co-producer
Thomas Baraka DiCandia – recording, remixing, mastering
Michael Wallace – additional engineer
Yaron Gershovsky – pre-production supervision
Kiyoshi Osada – artwork
Lee Ann Licht – booklet photography
Hideo Oida – back cover photography
Studios
Recorded and Mastered at TGV Studios (Sun Valley and LaTuna Canyon, California).