The Gift

~ Release by Jim Brickman (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Joy to the World
arranger:
Jim Brickman
instrumental cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
3:15
2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
arranger:
Jim Brickman
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
2:37
3Starbright
vocals:
Kenny Loggins
recording of:
Starbright
writer:
Jim Brickman and Ellen Wohl (Jim Brickman collaborator)
3:15
4Angels
recording of:
Angels
writer:
Jim Brickman
3:16
5Fireside
recording of:
Fireside
writer:
Jim Brickman
3:07
6What Child Is This?
arranger:
Jim Brickman
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
2:45
7Hope Is Born Again
recording of:
Hope Is Born Again
writer:
Brent Bourgeois, Jim Brickman, Blair Masters and Douglas Kaine McKelvey
3:19
8Winter Peace
recording of:
Winter Peace
writer:
Jim Brickman
3:15
9The First Noel
arranger:
Jim Brickman
instrumental recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
2:42
10Oh Christmas Tree
arranger:
Jim Brickman
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
2:24
11Little Town of Bethlehem
arranger:
Jim Brickman
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
2:16
12Dreams Come True
recording of:
Dream Come True
publisher:
Brickman Arrangement (Jim Brickman) and Swimmer Music (publisher)
writer:
Jim Brickman
3:24
13The Gift
additional guest vocals:
Susan Ashton and Collin Raye
recording of:
Gift
writer:
James Brickman and Thomas Stevenson Douglas
53:44