This Christmas (John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John album)
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''This Christmas'' is a Christmas album by
John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ''Carrie'' (19 ...
and
Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...
, released on November 9, 2012, by
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. The first time that Travolta and Newton-John worked together was on the
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'' Grease'' (1978), in which they performed the songs "
You're the One That I Want "You're the One That I Want" is a song performed by American actor and singer John Travolta and Anglo-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for the 1978 film version of the musical '' Grease''. It was written and produc ...
" and " Summer Nights". Both the film and the songs were a commercial phenomenon. This album is the first new artistic work they have done together since the 1983 film '' Two of a Kind'' (which features the song "Take a Chance", performed by them). ''This Christmas'' is also the 25th studio album, following the 2008 release ''
A Celebration in Song ''A Celebration in Song'' is the twenty-third and final solo studio album by British-Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 3 June 2008 by Warner Bros. in Australia. The worldwide release of the album was by EMI, on 2 September 20 ...
'', and the third all-new Christmas album by Newton-John.


Background and development

In March 2012 Newton-John was interviewed by Malaysian newspaper ''
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'' and was asked when was the last time which she talked with Travolta, her answered: "About a month ago. We’re working on a project together. ..It’s not about ''Grease''!". In late September the virtual shops of
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listed an album named ''This Christmas'' by Travolta and Newton-John, set to be released on November 13, 2012. Rav Holly, from Rav Media Group, posted on
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a photo with Travolta and Newton-John, and stated that the company was making the album photoshoot. An official statement came on October 2, with a post on Olivia's official website and Facebook page. According to statement, ''This Christmas'' is "the audio equivalent of those classic network TV specials hosted from the stars’ homes, an intimate, warm set of traditional holiday songs ... The album producer was the
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-winner composer
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. All tracks are covers of classic Christmas songs, except "I Think You Might Like It", which was targeted as the "You're the One That I Want sequel." The song was written by Newton-John long-time collaborator
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, who also wrote "You're the One That I Want", according to Newton-John: "If it wasn’t for that song, we wouldn’t be here talking about it 30 years later." The album also features the well-known musicians
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,
Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...
,
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,
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,
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as special guests on some tracks. All of the album tracks were recorded in one take. The idea from recording an album came when Newton-John sent a
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to Travolta, noting that the songs of ''Grease'' become the best-selling duet in
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history. Travolta commented: "I thought to myself, ‘Wouldn’t people want to hear us do other songs?’ and immediately came up with the idea of doing a holiday album together. ..From the moment we decided to do this, magic happened. Everyone we contacted agreed to do it." The two have been good friends since ''Grease'' was filmed, and agree to donate the artist proceeds from the album equally to their respective charities, the Jett Travolta Foundation for children's disabilities and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. It is the second time that " White Christmas" is featured on a Newton-John album, the first time was on 2003 compilation ''The Christmas Collection'', as a duet with
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and
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. The songs "
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" (also a duet with Loggins) and "
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" also are featured on this album. Her 2007 album, '' Christmas Wish'', features "Silent Night", as a duet with
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, and an instrumental interlude version of "
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".


Reception


Critical response

''This Christmas'' received mixed reviews from contemporary
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gave the album three out of five stars, felling that "''This Christmas'' winds up serving both audiences equally well: it'll brighten the season of fans who take this at face value, and for those looking for a ridiculous dose of celeb Christmas cheer." Amanda Ash of the ''
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'' gave a less positive review, stating "''This Christmas'' is a train wreck would be an understatement. ..Depressingly devoid of sentiment, Newton-John and Travolta’s duets also sound incredibly awkward." Phil Johnson of ''
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'' wrote that "If Christmas is a slush-fest, here's your soundtrack", despite "John Travolta might act singing rather than sing." ''
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'' writer Caroline Sullivan commented that "The potential for schmaltz here is great, but it bobs along tastefully, even when Cliff Richard turns up". About the vocal performances, she found that "Travolta and Newton-John themselves sound unfeasibly young and earnest, except when they steer 'Baby It's Cold Outside' in a toe-curlingly 'sexy' direction." Josh Nicholson of '' The Courier'' stated that "It all seems very lovey-dovey which is what you want from a Christmas album. It’s a bit of a stocking filler for the over-40s though. It’s a good album I admit that, but it’s no '' Christmas with Dean Martin''."


Commercial performance

The album debuted at number eighty-one on the ''Billboard'' 200, making the first Newton-John's album entry on top 100 since ''
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'', which peaked at number fifty-nine in 1998. On December 26, 2012, the album had sold 35,596 in the
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. ''This Christmas'' peaked at number thirty-three in Newton-John's native country
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Promotion

Travolta and Newton-John made several promotional appearances to promote ''This Christmas'' in the album release month. They answered questions from fans on the
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(December 4) and also were interviewed on ''
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'' (December 6) and ''
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'' (December 19) about the album creation and the ''Grease'' phenomenon. Although no singles were released from the album, a music video for the song "I Think You Might Like It" was released on December 4, 2012. The video was directed by Rav Holly and Corey Molina and received generally negative reviews among music critics and the general public, which criticized the video low-budget production and bad acting. ''
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'' magazine commented that "the holidays have rarely seemed so sterile." Courtney Hazlett of '' Today Entertainment'' called the video "bizarre." Katie Kilkenny of ''
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'' magazine found the video "a new Christmas camp." ''
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'' gave it a positive review, stating: "There is thumbs-in-the-belt-loops line-dancing, an soul patch on a pocket-chain wearing John Travolta, and a running scene straight out of '10.' All in all, fun for the whole family." According to ''
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'', the video was the thirteenth most watched music video on
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on week of December 22, 2012, having more than 6 million views in its first week.


Track listing


Personnel


Musicians

* John Travolta – vocals * Olivia Newton-John – vocals (1-5, 7–13) *
Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...
– acoustic piano (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11), arrangements (1-9, 11, 12, 13), synth bass (2, 3, 6, 12),
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(4), horn arrangements (10), organ (12) *
Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...
– acoustic piano (4) *
Monty Alexander Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis ...
– acoustic piano (9) *
John Farrar John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Stra ...
– synthesizer programming (10), guitars (10), music arrangements (10) *
Sam Farrar Sam John Farrar (born June 29, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as a member of the pop rock band Maroon 5, in which he plays several instruments, most notably bass guitar. A frequent collaborator with the band since the 1990s, he ...
– programming (10), bass guitar (10) *
Larry Goldings Lawrence Sam “Larry” Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of funk, blues, and fusion. Goldings has a comedic alter ego known as Hans Groiner. Life and career Gold ...
harmonium The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. T ...
(12) * George Doering – guitars (1-7, 9, 11) * Gray Sargent – guitars (8) *
Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...
– guitars (12) *
James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...
– guitars (12), vocals (12), arrangements (12) * Carlos del Puerto – bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11) * Paul Langosch – bass guitar (8) *
Gregg Bissonette Gregg Bissonette (born June 9, 1959) is an American jazz and rock drummer and vocalist. He is the brother of bassist Matt Bissonette, with whom he frequently collaborates. He has played on albums by dozens of recording artists, including David ...
– drums (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11) *
Teddy Campbell Glendon Theodore "Teddy" Campbell, Sr. (born February 24, 1975) is a gospel drummer & singer. He was the drummer on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. He is the lead singer for the Soul Seekers. Biography Christian Youth M.B. of Chicago, is ...
– drums (2, 3, 4, 6) * Harold Jones – drums (8) * John Robinson – drums (10) * Michael Fisher – percussion (12) * David Boruff – alto saxophone (2, 4, 10), tenor saxophone (2, 4, 10) *
Brandon Fields Brandon David Fields (born May 21, 1984) is a former American football punter who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. He ...
– baritone saxophone (2, 4, 10) *
Kenny G Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album ''Duotones'' brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artis ...
– tenor saxophone (2) *
Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...
– alto saxophone (7) *
Bob McChesney Bob McChesney is an LA based jazz and studio trombonist, famous for his use and mastery of the 'doodle - tongue,' a method of articulation on the trombone as well as his ultra fast and melodic solos. He currently teaches in the music department ...
– trombone (1, 2, 4, 10), trombone solo (6, 11) * Charles Davis – trumpet (1, 2, 4, 10) *
Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...
– trumpet (1, 2, 4, 10) * Bruce Dukov – violin solo (3) * Chris Bleuth –
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(5) * Timothy Loo – cello solo (5) *
Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...
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solo (5) * Stuart Clark –
clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
(13) * Heather Clark –
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(13) * Bernadette Avila –
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(13) * Bill Hughes – orchestra director for The Count Basie Orchestra (8) *
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– music director for Tony Bennett (8) *
Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...
– arrangements (12) *
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– vocals (3) *
Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...
– vocals (7) *
Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth ...
– vocals (8) *
David Lasley David Eldon Lasley (August 20, 1947 – December 9, 2021) was an American recording artist, singer, musician and songwriter. He was best known as a touring background singer for James Taylor, as a session singer on recordings by artists including ...
– backing vocals (12) *
Kate Markowitz Catherine Judith "Kate" Markowitz (Born 28 April 1956) is an American singer-songwriter known as a backup singer who has recorded and performed with a number of singers, most notably James Taylor but also Willy DeVille, Shawn Colvin, Mylène Farm ...
– backing vocals (12) *
Arnold McCuller Arnold McCuller (born August 26, 1950) is an American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active as a solo artist and session musician, but is perhaps best known for his work as a touring back- ...
– backing vocals (12) Strings on "Medley" *
Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...
– conductor * Bruce Dukov – concertmaster * Christine Ermacoff, Paula Hochhalter, Jen Kuhn and Timothy Loo – cello * Gayle Levant –
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* Robert Brophy, Caroline Buckman, Carrie Holzman and Shawn Mann – viola *
Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...
, Jacqueline Brand, Darius Campo, Lisa Donglinger, Juliann French, Tamara Hatwan, Chris Hebel, Natalie Leggett, Robin Olson, Carol Pool, Anatoly Rosinski, Tereza Stanislav, Alwyn Wright, Yelena Yegoryan and Ken Yerke – violin


Production

*
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– executive producer *
Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...
– producer, mixing (1-7, 9, 11, 12, 13) * Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff –recording (1-7, 9, 10, 11, 13), mixing (1-7, 9, 11, 12, 13) * Darwin Best – vocal recording for Cliff Richard (7) * Dae Bennett – recording (8), mixing (8) * John Farrar – mixing (10) * Don Murray – recording (12) * William Cho – assistant engineer * Ray Holzknecht – assistant engineer * Jeremy Miller – assistant engineer * Chas Payson – assistant engineer * Marco Ruiz – assistant engineer * Alessandro Perrotta – assistant engineer (8) * Travis Stefl – assistant engineer (8) *
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– recording assistant (12) * Bob McChesney – digital editing * Kenny O'Brien – digital editing * Joe Woulmuth – digital editing * Christine Wu – digital editing * Erick Labson – mastering * Dawn Darling – production coordinator * Anita Heilig – production coordinator * Dana Sharpe – production coordinator * JoAnn Tominaga – production coordinator, music contractor * Jill Dell'Abate – production manager (8), music contractor (8) * Dee Askew – orchestra management (8) * Aaron Woodward – orchestra management (8) * Brian Benison – music preparation * Ryan Rogers – design * Rav Holly – photography * Jade Perry – hair stylist Studios * Recorded at Randini Studios (Studio City, California);
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(Hollywood, California); Entourage Studios, NRG Studios and Pacifique Studios (North Hollywood, California); Moonee Ponds Studios (Malibu, California); Echo Beach Studios (Jupiter, Florida); Ron Rose Productions (Tampa, Flotifa); Deep Diner Studios (Manhattan, New York); Bennett Studios and Bergen/PAC Theater (Englewood, New Jersey). * Mixed at Randini Studios and Moonee Ponds Studios. * Mastered at Universal Mastering Studios West (Santa Monica, California).


Charts


Release history


References


External links


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