It's a Wonderful Christmas
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| Studio album by Michael W. Smith | ||||||||
| Released | October 16, 2007 | |||||||
| Genre | Holiday, pop, instrumental | |||||||
| Length | 39:46 | |||||||
| Label | Reunion/Sparrow | |||||||
| Producer | Michael W. Smith, David Hamilton | |||||||
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| Billboard | Mixed |
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It's a Wonderful Christmas is an album by Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith. Released in October 2007, this epic album is Smith's third album of Christmas music and features four choirs and a 65-piece orchestra. About half the album is instrumental pieces, including "What Child is This", "Audrey's Gift", and "It's a Wonderful Christmas". Vocal numbers such as "The Promise" and "Christmas Angels" reflect Smith's trademark personal touch and evoke his previous Christmas albums, Christmas (1989) and Christmastime (1998). Smith utilizes the full sound of the orchestra and choirs to produce an album that exudes a "mastery of the adult contemporary sound" and adds "so richly to the Christmas songbook."
All tracks written by Michael W. Smith, except where noted.
It's a Wonderful Christmas sold 12,759 copies in its first week, 6,000 of them digital. The album has since sold 39,000 copies.
The album was a critical success, receiving 4 stars out of 5 with every critic. However, Billboard gave the album mixed reviews.
In 2008, the album won a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.
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