Holiday Wishes (Idina Menzel album)
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| Studio album by Idina Menzel | ||||
| Released | October 14, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2014 Capitol Studios |
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| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Length | 48:34 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Walter Afanasieff, Rob Mounsey | |||
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Holiday Wishes, also titled Christmas Wishes, is a Christmas holiday album by American singer-songwriter and actress Idina Menzel. Produced by Walter Afanasieff, it was released by Warner Bros. Records on October 14, 2014 in the United States, and on November 3 in the United Kingdom. It is Menzel's fourth studio album to date, as well as her first in six years, and features a duet with Michael Bublé.
During her one night only concert at Radio City Music Hall, Menzel revealed details about the album, and indicated that the track "December Prayer" would be an original song. She also added, in regard to her Jewish ethnicity, "I know I'm Jewish. But a lot of famous Jewish people have written Christmas songs, so I'm going to try out some of their songs on the album. I'm glad I'm not singing about Jesus."
Although it's the only song in the album that was written by Menzel, the song "December Prayer" is a cover of the Yvonne Catterfeld song. Catterfeld's original rendition was included in her 2010 album "Blau im Blau".
According to Menzel, Holiday Wishes consists of mostly "songs that I’ve always wanted to sing." The album begins with a cover of the holiday standard "Do You Hear What I Hear?", the recording of which was inspired by American singer Whitney Houston's rendition. The fifth song is a cover of "All I Want for Christmas is You", which was originally recorded and made famous by American singer Mariah Carey. Menzel opted to record the track using an arrangement that producer Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote and produced Carey's version, had never been able to use before.
The seventh track "December Prayer" is the only original song featured on the album, which has been described by Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times as a "reflection about a soldier finding his way home for the holidays."
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