Joy: A Christmas Collection
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Joy: A Christmas Collection (2000) is Avalon's
fourth release, and their first Christmas album. In addition to standard Christmas songs, the album also includes covers of Celine Dion
's "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day
", Mariah Carey
's "Jesus, Born on This Day", and David Meece
's "We Are The Reason".
Avalon (band)
Avalon is an American contemporary Christian vocal quartet who has earned multiple RIAA-certified gold records, sold four million albums, and released 22 number one Christian hits.- 1995–1997: Formation of Avalon and A Maze of Grace :...
fourth release, and their first Christmas album. In addition to standard Christmas songs, the album also includes covers of Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
's "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day
Don't Save It All for Christmas Day
"Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" is the third and last single from Céline Dion's album These Are Special Times. The song was issued as a promotional single on December 4, 2000, two years after album's release....
", Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
's "Jesus, Born on This Day", and David Meece
David Meece
David Meece is a Contemporary Christian musician who enjoyed success in the mid 80s throughout the early 2000s with more than 30 Top 10 hits ....
's "We Are The Reason".
Track listing
- "Joy (to the World)" – 4:32
- "The Angel's Medley (The First Noel/Angel's We Have Heard on High/Hark the Herald Angel's Sing)" – 6:03
- "Don't Save It All for Christmas DayDon't Save It All for Christmas Day"Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" is the third and last single from Céline Dion's album These Are Special Times. The song was issued as a promotional single on December 4, 2000, two years after album's release....
" – 4:43 - "Jesus, Born on This Day" – 4:25
- "Winter Wonderland" – 3:42
- "Light a Candle" – 6:39
- "Good News" – 4:22
- "The Christmas Song" – 4:46
- "Manger Medley (O Come O Come Emmanuel/Away in a Manger/O Little Town of Bethlehem)" – 4:03
- "We are the Reason" – 5:00
Personnel
- Janna LongJanna LongJanna Potter Long , born on February 5, 1971 in Florence, South Carolina, is a member of the contemporary Christian pop band Avalon. Janna is currently married to fellow Avalon band member Greg Long as of May 13, 2000 and have 3 daughters: Lillian, born 2004, Julia, born 2006, and Eleanor, born...
– vocals - Jody McBrayerJody McBrayerJody McBrayer is an American singer/songwriter. A former member of the Christian pop group Avalon, with whom he recorded and toured with for nearly twelve years, he departed the group in 2007 due to a rare but manageable form of heart disease, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.He has released one solo...
– vocals - Cherie Adams – vocals
- Michael PassonsMichael PassonsMichael Passons , a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, is the founding member of the Christian band Avalon. As a young musician, Michael was influenced by artists like Elton John and Lionel Richie. In college, he performed in a band and in a New Jersey-based group that toured nationally...
– vocals
Radio Singles
- Don't Save It All For Christmas Day
- Light a Candle
- We Are the Reason
- Jesus, Born On This Day