The Season for Miracles

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The Season for Miracles
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The Season for Miracles is a 1970 studio album by American

Christmas album has received positive reviews and has been a strong seller for Motown, being reissued on compact disc in 1992.[1]

Reception

Critical reception

A brief review in

AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, but do not have a detailed review.[3] The publication does review the 1973 various artists compilation A Motown Christmas, which includes tracks from this album and critic Jason Ankeny calls that an "outstanding sampler" of music that includes a "beautifully soulful vibe".[4] In 2011's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, this album received three out of five stars.[5]

Sales

Although this release did not sell well enough to chart,[6] a 1987 review of the best-selling Christmas albums by Ebony notes that this is one of the best-selling from Motown.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Deck the Halls"/"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (traditional) – 4:03
  2. "
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    " (traditional) – 3:06
  3. "I Can Tell When Christmas Is Near" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:02
  4. "I Believe in Christmas Eve" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:03
  5. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells) – 3:27
  6. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:47
  7. "It's Christmas Time" (Wonder) – 3:27
  8. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (John Wesley Work Jr. and traditional) – 3:45
  9. "
    William James Kirkpatrick
    / traditional) – 2:23
  10. "Peace on Earth (Good Will Toward Men)" (A. Roach) – 3:03
  11. "The Day That Love Began" (Deborah Miller and Ron Miller) – 3:53
  12. "A Child Is Waiting" (Joe Hinton and Patti Jerome) – 2:42

Personnel

The Miracles

Additional personnel

  • Jim Hendin – photography
  • Wade Marcus – arrangement on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
  • Curtis McNair – artwork, design
  • Jimmy Roach – arrangement on "Deck the Halls"/"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Away in a Manger"/"Coventry Carol", and "Peace on Earth (Good Will Toward Men)"
  • Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision
  • David Van De Pitte – arrangement

References

  1. ISSN 0006-2510
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  2. ISSN 0006-2510
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  3. AllMusic Guide
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  4. AllMusic Guide
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  5. ISBN 9780857125958
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  6. ISSN 0006-2510
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  7. ISSN 0012-9011
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