Home for the Holidays (2010)

Home for the Holidays is the 14th studio and second Christmas album by American singer - songwriter Crystal Lewis, release on October 25, 2010 by Metro One. Production duties were split between Brian Ray and John Andrew Schneiner.

Home for the Holidays served as a follow-up to her 2000 Christmas release Holiday! and blends traditional seasonal sounds with sophisticated vocal jazz arrangements. Lewis and Ray's daughter Izzi Ray played guitar and Frank Lenz played drums on Schneiner's produced tracks while Alan Pasqua handled the piano arrangements on Ray's produced tracks to give it a warm-jazz feel.

Track listing

1. O Come O Come Emmanuel (traditional) -4:08

2. White Christmas (Irving Berlin) -4:30

3. Grown Up Christmas List (David Foster, Linda Thompson Jenner) -4:55

4. Home for the Holidays (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) -2:53

5. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (tradition) -3:50

6. Mary Did You Know (Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene) -4:18

7. Let It Be to Me (Michael and Stormie Omartian) -4:33

8. We Three Kings (John Henry Hopkins Jr.) -4:18

9. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (traditional) -1:43

10. Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) -3:15

11. O Come All Ye Faithful (John Francis Wade) -4:13

12. I Wonder As I Wander (John Jacob Niles) -3:51

Production credits

Brian Ray -producer (tracks 2 -4, 6, 9, 10 and 12)

John Andrew Schneiner -producer (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8 and 11)

Previous release: Joyful Noise - Songs for Kids (2006) (Children's music album) 

Next release: Plain and Simple (2011)