God With Us: A Celebration of Christmas Carols & Classics is a compilation project album released in the fall of 1997 on Sparrow Records. The album serves as a companion to the 1996 release Emmanuel: A Musical Celebration of the Life of Christ and is executive produced by Norman Miller. A multi-artists national tour proceeded after the release of Emmanuel and features talented CCM artists performing Christmas carols in the first half of the show before segueing into the presentation of the musical.
It was in this album that the Christian vocal group Avalon recorded their first Christmas song "Angels We Have Heard On High." They first performed it on the 1995 Young Messiah Farewell Tour, but at that time, two of the eventual four band mates had not signed with Sparrow Records. When they were signed to Sparrow a year later, they participated on the Emmanuel Tour and performed this song again. Avalon would later record a new arrangement of "Angels..." on their 2000 release Joy: A Christmas Collection.
In addition to Avalon, other artists in this project include CeCe Winans, Michael W. Smith, Sandi Patty, Larnelle Harris, Steve Green, Anointed, Twila Paris and more. There are six previously released tracks while the rest of the album consists of new holiday recordings of Christmas carols and hymns with contemporary arrangements. God With Us peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. It won a Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, awarded to the participating artists and Miller for producing in 1998 at the 29th GMA Dove Awards. The album is out of print and is not available for streaming. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article.
Track listing
1. Joy to the World (Anointed) (Isaac Watts) -3:50
2. Silent Night (Twila Paris) (Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber) -4:28
3. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Steven Curtis Chapman) (arranged by Steven
Curtis Chapman (from The Music of Christmas) -3:37
4. The First Noel (Steve Green) (arranged by Phil Naish) (from The First Noel)
-4:44
5. Angels We Have Heard On High (Avalon) (Edward S. Barnes) -5:28
6. Still Her Little Child (Ray Boltz) (Ray Boltz, Steve Millikan) (from Another Child to
Hold) -4:29
7. All is Well Tonight (CeCe Winans) (CeCe Winans, Gary Prim, Tena Clark) (from
the various artists recording Mother and Child) -4:16
8. Anthem for Christmas (Michael W. Smith) (Michael W. Smith, Gloria Gaither)
(from Christmas) -3:11
9. Child of Peace (Sandi Patty) (Bob Farrell) (from the Hallmark Cards, Inc.
release Celebrate Christmas) -3:57
10. Sweet Little Jesus Boy (Chris Willis) (Robert MacGimsey) -4:03
11. What Child is This? (Cheri Keaggy) (William Chatterton Dix) -4:28
12. O Holy Night (Out of the Grey) (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) -4:39
13. I'll Be Home for Christmas (Clay Crosse) (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram)
-3:44
14. Go Tell It on the Mountain (Larnelle Harris) (arranged by David Hamilton) -4:17
Production credits
Charlie Peacock -producer (tracks 5, 11 and 12)
Christopher Harris -producer (track 1)
Blair Masters -producer (track 2)
Steven Curtis Chapman and Brown Bannister -producers (track 3)
Phil Naish -producer (track 4)
Ray Boltz and Steve Millikan -producers (track 6)
Tena Clark -producer (track 7)
Michael W. Smith and Ron Huff -producers (track 8)
Fred Salem -producer (track 9)
Dennis Patton -producer (track 10)
Brent Bourgeois and Tom Howard -producers (track 13)
David Hamilton -producer (track 14)
Accolades
Dove Award -Special Event Album of the Year (awarded to the participating
artists and Norman Miller) (God With Us: A Celebration of Christmas Carols &
Classics)
Listen to the album God With Us: A Celebration of Christmas Carols & Classics
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