''A Timeless Christmas'' is a
Christmas
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album released in 2006 by
Israel & New Breed
Israel Houghton (; born May 19, 1971) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, producer, and worship leader. His worship team is credited as Israel & New Breed.
Musical career
Houghton produced an album by Michael Gungor ...
. It is their second studio album following “Real”. The album would reach number 40 in 2006 on the Billboard charts for Top Christian albums.
Reception
The album was criticized by one Christian music journalist for being formulaic, but still part of a body of work that blended black and white music styles. The album was also reviewed as featuring impeccable instrumentals, while some tracks were described as "unnecessary" and "exhausting."
Track listing
#"
Nutcracker Overture"
#"Everybody Knows"
#"
Hark"
(featuring Matthew Ward)
#"
O Come"
#"Tidings"
#"Christmas Worship Medley"
#"Least of These"
#"
Nutcracker Interlude"
#"By Christmas Day"
(featuring Marvin Winans)
#"Nocturnal Mist"
(featuring Marcus Miller
William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sa ...
)
#"Silent Nocturne"
(featuring Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway (born December 16, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Credited as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, First Daughter of Soul", she is the first-born daughter of musician and soul singer Donny Hathawa ...
& Gerald Albright
Gerald Albright (born August 30, 1957) is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for the albums ''24/7 (Gerald Albright and Norman Brown album), 24/7'' in 2012 and ''Slam Dunk'' in 2014 and was nominated for ''New Beginnings (Gerald Albr ...
)
#"Sonny Boy Christmas"
(featuring Israel Duncan Houghton II)
#"
Go Tell It
#"We Wish You A Timeless Christmas"
(featuring CeCe Winans
Priscilla Marie Love, known professionally by her stage name as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer who has garnered 17 Grammy Awards, the most for any female gospel singer; 33 GMA Dove Awards, 19 Stellar Awards, ...
)
#"
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical '' Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. ...
"
(featuring Marvin Winans, CeCe Winans
Priscilla Marie Love, known professionally by her stage name as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer who has garnered 17 Grammy Awards, the most for any female gospel singer; 33 GMA Dove Awards, 19 Stellar Awards, ...
, Matthew Ward, Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway (born December 16, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Credited as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, First Daughter of Soul", she is the first-born daughter of musician and soul singer Donny Hathawa ...
, Daniel Johnson and Gerald Albright
Gerald Albright (born August 30, 1957) is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for the albums ''24/7 (Gerald Albright and Norman Brown album), 24/7'' in 2012 and ''Slam Dunk'' in 2014 and was nominated for ''New Beginnings (Gerald Albr ...
)
References
Israel Houghton albums
2006 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
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