Home for Christmas (Hall & Oates album)

Home for Christmas
Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released	October 3, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Rock, Christmas
Label	U-Watch
Producer	Greg Bieck, Daryl Hall, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk
Hall & Oates chronology
Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006) The Singles (2008)

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Home For Christmas is the eighteenth and final studio album by Hall & Oates, and their only full-length album of Christmas music. It was released in the US on October 3, 2006. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of this album goes to Toys for Tots. It was only available at Trans World Entertainment music stores in 2006, but has since become available at all retail outlets.

Previously, the duo released a promotional only single called "Jingle Bell Rock" in the early 1980s that had each of them separately singing the lead vocals on either side of the 45. The version of "Jingle Bell Rock" on this album is different from those two versions.

This album features two new songs written by Hall & Oates: "No Child Should Ever Cry on Christmas" and "Home for Christmas".

It includes a version of "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", which became their second number one Adult Contemporary hit.

This is the final Hall & Oates album to feature bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk before his death in 2010 of a heart attack. Wolk was on every Hall and Oates album since 1982's H₂O album.

Track listing

1. "Overture/The First Noel" - 6:50 (Rob Mathes/Traditional)
2. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - 4:16 (Edmund Hamilton Sears, Richard Storrs Willis)
3. "No Child Should Ever Cry on Christmas" (new song) - 4:03 (John Oates)
4. "Everyday will be Like a Holiday" - 4:38 (William Bell, Booker T. Jones)
5. "Home for Christmas" (new song) - 5:09 (Greg Bieck, Daryl Hall, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk)
6. "Christmas Must be Tonight" - 4:26 (Robbie Robertson)
7. "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" - 4:29 (Traditional)
8. "Mary Had a Baby" - 5:03 (Traditional)
9. "The Christmas Song" - 4:23 (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
10. "Jingle Bell Rock" (new recording) - 2:09 (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe)
11. "O Holy Night" - 5:27 (Traditional)
12. "One On One (Live)" - 6:46 (Daryl Hall) [Japanese Version bonus track]

Personnel

• Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1, 2, 4-8, 10, 11), backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars, additional string arrangements (8, 11)
• John Oates – lead vocals (3, 9), backing vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars
• Greg Bieck – keyboards, programming
• Rob Mathes – keyboards, acoustic guitars, string arrangements and conductor
• David Sancious – acoustic piano, organ, additional backing vocals
• Michael Payne – additional acoustic guitars, additional electric guitars
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass
• Shawn Pelton – drums
• Matthew Payne – drums
• Charles DeChant – saxophone
• Klyde Jones – additional backing vocals
• The London Session Orchestra – strings
• Gavyn Wright – concertmaster, first violinist
• Isobel Griffiths – string contractor
• Vic Fraiser – librarian
• Lori Casteel – music preparation
• Mike Casteel – music preparation

Production

• Produced by Daryl Hall, T-Bone Wolk and Greg Bieck.
• Recorded and Mixed by Greg Bieck
• Engineered by Greg Bieck, Peter Moshay, Jamie Rosenberg and Peter Cobbin.
• Assistant Engineers – Katzutaka Noda, Taz Mattar and Louis Jones.
• Recorded at Studio Five Grand (Harbour Island, Bahamas), Sarm West Studios (London, UK), A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, NY), Abbey Road Studios (London, UK) and Great Divide Studios (Aspen, CO).
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Album Cover Art – Michael McCurdy
• Album Design and Packaging – Kathy Phillips
• Management – Wolfson Entertainment, LLC.

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	23