Yolanda Adams - What A Wonderful Time (2007)

Artist: Yolanda Adams
Title Of Album: What A Wonderful Time
Year Of Release: October 9, 2007
Label: Sony
Genre: Gospel, Christmas Songs
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 41:19
Total Size: 58.20 megs
WebSite: http://www.yolandaadams.org/ | wikipedia

"What a Wonderful Time" is the second Holiday album by Grammy Award winning, and Platinum selling superstar Yolanda Adams. This heart-warming project features five eclectically arranged holiday standards, and five original pieces. Highlights include her rapturous take on “My Favorite Things” produced by Michael J. Powell, “With God,” a song that Yolanda co-wrote with producer Gregory Curtis, and the acoustic guitar driven single “Hold On” (produced by Stan Jones) which affirms the message of strength, hope, and determination.

TRACKLIST
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1. My Favorite Things 4:35
2. Give Love On Christmas Day 3:49
3. What A Wonderful Time 2:38
4. Jingle Bells 3:03
5. Do You Hear What I Hear 5:27
6. A Season Of Love 4:12
7. Hold On 4:45
8. Just Because 3:53
9. Little Drummer Boy 3:18
10. With God 5:39

Personnel: Michael J. Powell (guitar, keyboards, percussion); Derrick "Buck" Buckingham (guitar); Conni Ellisor, Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead (violin); Catherine Umstead, Sanad Change (viola); The Nashville String Machine (strings); De'Sean Jones (saxophone); Sam Levine (alto saxophone); Jimmy Bowland (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mike Casteel, Steve Patrick, Kris Johnson (trumpet); Prentiss Hobbs, Bryan Cotton, Roy Agee (trombone); Maxx Frank (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, programming); Jason Tyson (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Michael Mingingall (keyboards); Sharay Reed (upright bass); Darrell Campbell (bass guitar); Quentin Dennard II, Calvin Rodgers (drums); Marlon "Bebop" Crawford (congas); Felipe Batista (percussion); Beth Griffith-Manley, Brigett Grace, Christy Johnson (background vocals).

Contemporary gospel vocalist Yolanda Adams issued her second Christmas album with 2007's WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME. Equipped with a lilting timbre and passionate delivery, Adams is an impressive singer, and her treatment of such holiday favorites as "Jingle Bells," "Do You Hear What I Hear," and "Little Drummer Boy" make this disc as cozy as a yuletide fire. A handful of originals, such as the lovely "A Season of Love," add variety, as does her cover of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, "My Favorite Things."