A Christmas Gift of Love

A Christmas Gift of Love
A Christmas Gift of Love
Studio album by Barry Manilow
Released	November 12, 2002
Recorded	April, August, September 2002
Studio	Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California); Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California); The Hop (Sherman Oaks, California);
Genre	Pop; Easy listening; Christmas;
Length	30:33
Label	Columbia
Producer	Barry Manilow; Robbie Buchanan;
Barry Manilow chronology

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A Christmas Gift of Love is the second Christmas-themed album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow released in 2002. The album went Gold in the United States.^[1] It was done with Columbia Records instead of his usual label of Concord Records. However, as part of the agreement with Concord, the logo of both labels appear on this release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Winter Wonderland"		1:44
2.	"Happy Holiday/White Christmas"		2:45
3.	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"		1:53
4.	"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"		2:27
5.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"		3:20
6.	"My Favorite Things"		2:26
7.	"The Christmas Waltz"		2:56
8.	"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"		2:59
9.	"River"		3:44
10.	"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"		3:47
11.	"A Gift of Love"	Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman	2:25

Personnel

Barry Manilow – vocals
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Ken Berry – guitars
Dean Parks – guitars
John Pisano – guitars
Michael Thompson – guitars
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Gregg Field – drums
David Low – orchestra contractor
Bruce Dukov – concertmaster
Terry Woodson – music copyist

Production

Garry C. Kief – executive producer
Jay Landers – executive producer
Barry Manilow – producer
Robbie Buchanan – producer
Bill Schnee – recording, mixing
Scott Erickson – engineer, production coordinator
Toby Foster – assistant engineer
Steve Genewick – assistant engineer
Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
Ryan Petrie – assistant mix engineer
Jay Anista – studio assistant
Will Donovan – studio assistant
James Goforth – studio assistant
Bruce Monical – studio assistant
Robert Hadley – mastering
Doug Sax – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[1]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – A Christmas Gift of Love". Recording Industry Association of America.

[riaa-1] "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – A Christmas Gift of Love". Recording Industry Association of America.

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