A Mary Mary Christmas

• Artist: Mary Mary
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 10, 2006
• Type: Christmas
• Genre: Gospel

Review

A Mary Mary Christmas is filled with plenty of joy and excitement. Erica and Tina Campbell and their producers keep proceedings light and funky on a set that's split between originals and covers of classic holiday tunes. Most Christmas albums that showcase original compositions find them overshadowed by the chestnuts; here the opposite occurs. The R&B-based songs like "Only One," "'Tis the Season," and the sunshiny "California Christmas" are so filled with fun and sweetness, the gospel songs (the tender "Still the Lamb," the rollicking "Call Him Jesus") so filled with passion, they make the classics they cover faithfully ("Merry Little Christmas," "Carol of the Bells") sound stodgy. When they do take chances with the arrangements (the seemingly Lion King-influenced "O Come All Ye Faithful," a modern update on "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"), the results are decidedly mixed. While A Mary Mary Christmas is a solid addition to the holiday CD blizzard, a few more originals and fewer "classics" would have made it even more enjoyable. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
'Tis the Season	W. Campbell, T.C. Campbell	Mary Mary	(3:05)
Only One (Lyrics)	T.C. Campbell, W. Campbell	Mary Mary	(2:20)
Merry Little Christmas	Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	Mary Mary	(2:26)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Lyrics)	John Francis Wade	Mary Mary	(2:49)
California Christmas	T.C. Campbell, W. Campbell	Mary Mary	(3:12)
Still the Lamb	T.C. Campbell, W. Campbell	Mary Mary	(5:18)
Call Him Jesus	W. Campbell, T.C. Campbell	Mary Mary	(4:24)
The Real Thing		Mary Mary	(3:22)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Lyrics)	Charles Wesley	Mary Mary	(3:37)
Carol of the Bells (Lyrics)		Mary Mary	(3:23)
California Christmas [Remix]	T.C. Campbell, W. Campbell	Mary Mary	(3:11)

Credits

Warryn Campbell (Producer), Alice Butts (Design), Warryn Campbell (Mixing), Robert Wartinbee (Mixing), W. Campbell (Interpretation), Jaycen Hoshua (Mixing), Antonio Dixon (Interpretation), Kimberly Kimble (Make-Up), Miriam Vukich (Make-Up), Anson Dawkins (Interpretation), Rev. E.D. Campbell (Interpretation), Bruce Buechner (Mixing), Kawan "KP" Prather (A&R), Ariel Chobaz (Mixing), Juli Knapp (A&R), Jerry Peter (String Arrangements), Warryn Campbell (Engineer), Joe "Flip" Wilson (Arranger), Erwin Gorostiza (Art Direction), Weic Dawkins (Interpretation), Dylan Dresdow (Mixing), Warryn Campbell (Arranger), Sandra Campbell (Project Coordinator), T.C. Campbell (Interpretation), Tyrone Murray (Product Manager), Warryn Campbell (Executive Producer), Dana Hammond (Producer), Brian Preimeaux (Stylist), Sean Cooper (Sound Design), Florian Schneider (Photography), Bruce Buechner (Engineer), James Cruz (Mastering), Dave Pensado (Supervisor), Joe "Flip" Wilson (Producer)

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