Description
Happy Xmas - Eric Clapton / Produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie / Polydor Audio CD 2018 / 6792528
UPC 602567925286
Happy Xmas is the first Christmas album by Eric Clapton, his twenty-first solo studio album, released on 12 October 2018. It includes 13 covers of Christmas-themed songs (15 on the European re-release), both well-known and relatively obscure ones, arranged in a predominantly blues style, and one new composition by Clapton and producer Simon Climie.
Label: Polydor – 6792528
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Oct 12, 2018
Genre: Rock, Blues
Tracklist:
| 1 | White Christmas | |
| 2 | Away in a Manger (Once in Royal David's City) | |
| 3 | For Love On Christmas Day | |
| 4 | Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | |
| 5 | Christmas Tears | |
| 6 | Home for the Holidays | |
| 7 | Jingle Bells (In Memory of Avicii) | |
| 8 | Christmas in My Hometown | |
| 9 | It's Christmas | |
| 10 |
Sentimental Moments | |
| 11 | Lonesome Christmas | |
| 12 | Silent Night | |
| 13 | Merry Christmas Baby | |
| 14 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
- Accordion – Dirk Powell
- Arranged By, Strings, Choir – Nick Ingman
- Artwork By – Eric Clapton
- Backing Vocals – Melia Clapton, Sharon White (2), Sophie Clapton
- Cello – Tim Gill
- Choir – Metro Voices
- Conductor – Isobel Griffiths
- Double Bass – Mary Scully
- Drum Programming – Paul Waller
- Drums – Jim Keltner
- Engineer – Alan Douglas (2)
- Fiddle – Dirk Powell
- Guitar – Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton
- Keyboards – Simon Climie, Toby Walker, Walt Richmond
- Layout – Jessie Kohn, John Logsdon
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Mixed By – Simon Climie
- Organ – Tim Carmon
- Percussion – Simon Climie
- Piano – Walt Richmond
- Producer – Eric Clapton, Simon Climie
- Programmed By – Simon Climie
- Viola – Peter Lale
- Violin – Emlyn Singleton, Perry Montague-Mason
