All profits from ANOTHER ROSIE CHRISTMAS are donated to The For All Kids Foundation.
Rosie O'Donnell's second album of holiday duets--just like her first one--could have been titled "Another Middlebrow Christmas." But since the talk show diva can actually sing (in an endearingly New Yawkish way), and the proceeds are earmarked to her For All Kids charity foundation, why be churlish?
This high-gloss holiday album has more moments of wit and soul than expected. The standout track is Rosie's collaboration with the Dixie Chicks (she appears as Trixie Dixie): their trailer park anthem, "Merry Christmas From the Family," has got to be the first holiday song ever whose lyrics mention tampons. Elsewhere, Streisand wannabe Linda Eder offers a flamboyant "Bells of St. Paul," soulstress Macy Gray turns in a strange "Winter Wonderland," Smashmouth sneer on "Nuttin' For Christmas," and Marc Anthony sings the very pants off "Christmas Auld Lang Syne."
Marc Anthony,Destiny's Child, Dixie Chicks,Macy Gray,Jewel
Personnel: Rosie O'Donnell (vocals, background vocals); Emily Robison (vocals, dobro); Martie Seidel (vocals, fiddle); Destiny's Child, Donna Summer , Linda Eder, Macy Gray, Marc Anthony, Natalie Maines, Ricky Martin, Beyoncé, Barry Manilow, Billy Gilman (vocals); Russ Desalvo (guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards); Ira Siegel, Paul Pesco, Peter Calo, Danny Blume (guitar); John Mock, Billy Panda (acoustic guitar); Bob Britt (electric guitar, background vocals); Jerry McPherson (electric guitar); Tim Sergent, Robby Turner (steel guitar); Larry Franklin (mandolin, fiddle); Rob Shaw, Barry Finclair, Helen Kim, Robin Bushman, Conrad Harris, Krista Bennion Feeney, Joyce Hammann, Richard Sortomme, Carol Pool, Jan Mullen (violin); Sue Pray, Sheila Browne, Mary Hammann, Vince Lionti (viola); Arthur Fiacco, Ted Mook, Roger Shell, Stephanie Cummins (cello); Laura Conwesser (flute, alto flute); Dave Mann (flute, saxophone); Melanie Feld (oboe, English horn); Lou Merrini (saxophone); Jim Hynes (trumpet); Patrick Pridemore (French horn); Michael Davis (trombone); Herb Besson (bass trombone); John Dederick (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Robbie Kondor (piano, keyboards); Jeremy Roberts (piano); Elizabeth Difelice (celesta); Patrick Warren (chamberlin); Joe Mardin (keyboards, bells, programming); Eric Kupper, John Hobbs, Shane Keister (keyboards); Patrick Carroll (bass guitar, percussion, drum programming, percussion programming); Michael Rhodes (bass guitar); Greg Morrow, Richie Jones, Mark Walker (drums, percussion); Dan Shea (drums, keyboard programming, drum programming); Jim Bogios (drums, background vocals); Matt Chamberlain (drums); Willie Martinez, Charles Descarfino (percussion); Jose Sanchez (programming); Kilu Beckwith (turntables); Dawn Beckman, Darryl Tooks, Jill Armsbury, Jerry Flowers, Dennis Collins , Marabeth Jordan, Margaret Dorn, Sharon Bryant, Audrey Martells, Sy Smith, Travis Cottrell, Keith Fluitt, Jane Barnett (background vocals).
DJ: Kilu Beckwith.
Audio Mixers: Jim Annunziato; Dan Hetzel; Eric Valentine ; Michael O'Reilly; Richie Jones; Arif Mardin; Bob Cadway.
Recording information: Cove City Sound Studios, NYC.N.Y; Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, FL; Gentlemen's Club, Miami, FL; Live-Palace Of Albutn Hills, MI; Murf Dog Studios; Righ Track Recording, NYC., NY; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA; The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL; The Hit Factory, New York, NY; The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, TN; Westwood Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.
Unknown Contributor Role: Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Arrangers: Eddie Arkin; Rick Wake; Russ Desalvo; Arif Mardin; Barry Manilow; Jeremy Roberts .Entertainment Weekly (12/8/00, p.96) - 2 stockings out of 4 - "...Rounds up acts who might never otherwise have cut Christmas tracks..."
Another Rosie Christmas Music
Rosie O'Donnell - Another Rosie Christmas Songs
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1 | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
with Jessica Simpson, Jessica Simpson & Rosie O'Donnell | 2:04 | $0.99 | |
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2 | Nuttin' For Christmas
with Me, Smash Mouth | 2:38 | $0.99 | |
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3 | Winter Wonderland
with Macy Gray, Me | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
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4 | Merry Christmas From the Family
with Dixie Chicks, Me | 5:59 | $0.99 | |
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5 | Face of Love
with Jewel | 3:26 | $0.99 | |
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6 | Ay, Ay, Ay It's Christmas
with Me, Ricky Martin, Rosie O'Donnell | 3:03 | $0.99 | |
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7 | Spread a Little Love On Christmas Day
with Destiny's Child | 3:39 | $0.99 | |
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8 | Bells of St. Paul
with Linda Eder No Me | 4:23 | $0.99 | |
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9 | Silver Bells
with Me, Sugar Ray | 2:40 | $0.99 | |
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10 | I'm Gonna E-Mail Santa
with Billy Gilman, Billy Gilman & Me, Me | 3:20 | $0.99 | |
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11 | Christmas Auld Lang Syne
with Marc Anthony | 3:03 | $0.99 | |
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12 | Prince of Peace
with Marlene Danielle (From the Broadway Play "Cats") No Me, Trans-Siberian Orchestra | 3:31 | $0.99 | |
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13 | Rosie Christmas
with Donna Summer No Me | 4:39 | $0.99 | |
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14 | Because It's Christmas (For All the Children)
with Barry Manilow, Me | 4:13 | $0.99 | |
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