Christmas Means Love

Christmas Means Love
Cover to the 2005 release from Osborne's Womanly Hips record label; a 2007 re-release from Time Life has a different cover
Studio album by Joan Osborne
Released	October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
Genre	Christmas music
Length	39:25
Language	English
Label	Womanly Hips
Producer	Tor Hyams
Joan Osborne chronology
How Sweet It Is (2002) Christmas Means Love (2005) Pretty Little Stranger (2006)

Christmas Means Love is a 2005 Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Joan Osborne.

Reception

The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, with reviewer Thom Jurek noting that the release is not essential, but Christmas albums largely are not and "Osborne's voice being what it is, she could sing the back of a cereal box and make it interesting".

Track listing

1. "Christmas Means Love" (Morris Dollison, Jr.) – 3:06
2. "Santa Claus Baby" (John Dolphin and William York) – 2:34
3. "Away in a Manger" (traditional) – 4:35
4. "Christmas Must Be Tonight" (Robbie Robertson) – 3:59
5. "Cherry Tree Carol" (traditional) – 3:39
6. "Christmas in New Orleans" (Dick Sherman and Joseph Van Winkle) – 3:35
7. "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (traditional) – 4:23
8. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional) – 3:20
9. "What Do Bad Girls Get?" (Joan Osborne) – 2:32
10. "Great Day in December" (Claude Jeter) – 4:45
11. "Silent Night" (traditional) – 3:08

Personnel

• Joan Osborne – vocals, arrangement
• Ennis Glendon – musical assistance
• Tor Hyams – production
• John Leventhal – guitar, piano on "Silent Night"
• Vincenzo LoRusso – recording, mixing
• Mike Mierau – mastering
• Chris Muse – engineering
• Geoff Pearlman – slide guitar on "Cherry Tree Carol"
• Red Herring Design – design
• Catherine Russell – backing vocals
• Gary Schreiner – piano, organ, harmonica, tubular bells, strings, arrangement
• Billy Ward – drums
• Tracy Wormworth – bass guitar

See also

• List of 2005 albums

External links

• Official website
• Christmas Means Love at Discogs (list of releases)
• Christmas Means Love at MusicBrainz (list of releases)