Whitney Houston delivered One Wish: The Holiday Album, her first Christmas record, a year after her 2002 comeback, Just Whitney. If it seemed like that record played it safe, that's nothing compared to One Wish, which is the straightest adult contemporary record Houston had released in years. Of course, holiday records are the last place anybody would want to take a risk, since they're designed to be nice, pleasant mood music and this suits the bill nicely. The clean, pristine production, heavy on synths, sounds as if it was cut in the late '80s, yet it's also strangely spare, often being no more than a synth and a drum machine. Still, it's a sound that's well suited for Whitney and her thoroughly predictable set of material (the title track is the only new song, then the final two songs are recycled from the soundtrack of The Preacher's Wife). Ultimately, One Wish is the kind of album that may only appeal to a fan of Whitney who has already yearned for her holiday album, but for those fans, it will be satisfactory. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
One Wish: The Holiday Album
2003 | Arista
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CD
$7.99HOLIDAY ALBUM
11/18/2003
All Music Guide Review
One Wish: The Holiday Album Track Listing
Credits of One Wish: The Holiday Album
- Joseph Magee
- Engineer
- Phil Magnotti
- String Engineer
- Hugh Martin
- Composer
- Myrna Matthews
- Vocals (Background)
- Kermit Moore
- Cello
- Jeff Moses
- Assistant
- Eugene J. Moye
- Cello
- Henry Onorati
- Composer
- Dean Parks
- Guitar
- Carol Pool
- Violin
- Dave Reitzas
- Mixing
- Tony Shepperd
- Engineer, Mixing
- Andy Stein
- Violin
- Sally Stevens
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Contractor
- Marti Sweet
- Violin
- Craig "Niteman" Taylor
- Assistant
- Troy Taylor
- Bass, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background), Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Programming
- Carmen Twillie
- Vocals (Background)
- Mervyn Warren
- Percussion, Vocals, Percussion Programming, Choir Arrangement, Drum Programming, String Arrangements, Producer, Vocals (Background), Piano (Electric), Piano, Composer, Conductor, Keyboards, Arranger
- Oren Waters
- Vocals (Background)
- Robert Wells
- Composer
- John West
- Vocals (Background)
- Frank Wolf
- Engineer
- Harry Zaratzian
- Viola
- Ian Freebairn-Smith
- Vocals (Background)
- Maxine Roach
- Viola
- Michael White
- Engineer
- John Dexter
- Viola
- Marnie Riley
- Assistant
- Ivy Skoff
- Production Coordination
- Sharlotte Gibson
- Vocals (Background)
- Phil Hamilton
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- Katherine LiVolsi Stern
- Violin
- Ralph Blane
- Composer
- Belinda Whitney
- Violin
- Roxanna Floy
- Make-Up
- David Kutch
- Mastering
- Margaret Magill
- Violin
- Shelene Thomas
- Vocals (Background)
- Sante d'Orazio
- Photography
- Stephen Mackey
- Vocals (Background)
- Nick Marshall
- Assistant
- Anthony Ruotolo
- Assistant
- Ashley Horne
- Violin
- Tom "TK" Kidd
- Engineer
- Edie Lehmann Boddicker
- Vocals (Background)
- Gary Houston
- Vocals (Background)
- Ellin La Var
- Hair Stylist
- Alex Reverberi
- Assistant
- Traditional
- Composer
- Matthew Schwartz
- A&R
- Gerald White
- Vocals (Background)
- Joe-Mama Nitzberg
- Creative Director
- Zack Odom
- Assistant
- John Holmes
- Assistant
- Roger Moody
- Assistant
- Rob Skipworth
- Assistant
- Joey Arbagey
- A&R
- Matt Snedecor
- Assistant
- Bernard Davis
- Drums
- Jason Locklin
- Assistant
- Richard Thomas Jennings
- Art Direction, Design
- Michelle George
- A&R
- Leonid Levin
- Violin
- Ezekiel Lewis
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Morton
- Flute
- Timothy Snell
- Stylist
- Jack Odom
- Assistant
- Buck Ram
- Composer
- Harry Simeone
- Composer
- Julien Barber
- Viola
- Ray Bardani
- Mixing
- Bashiri Johnson
- Percussion
- Sandra Billingslea
- Violin
- Joseph Bongiorno
- Bass (Upright)
- Alfred Brown
- Viola
- Carmen Carter
- Vocals (Background)
- Gordon Chambers
- Composer, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background)
- Katherine Davis
- Composer
- Earl Dumler
- Oboe
- Barry J. Eastmond
- Composer, Conductor, Producer, String Arrangements, Engineer, Keyboards
- Max Ellen
- Violin
- Steve Fisher
- Assistant
- Scott Frankfurt
- Drum Programming, Percussion Programming
- Roger Freeland
- Vocals (Background)
- Kim Gannon
- Composer
- Gerald Tarack
- Violin, Concert Master
- Sandi Hall
- Vocals (Background)
- Reggie Hamilton
- Bass
- Regis Iandiorio
- Violin
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Guitar
- Ronald Jenkins
- Bass
- Walter Kent
- Composer
- Olivia Koppell
- Viola
- Gail Kruvand
- Bass (Upright)
- Jesse Levy
- Cello
- Hoyt Axton
- Composer
- Whitney Houston
- Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Freddie Jackson
- Composer
- Mel Tormé
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