Joy for Christmas Day

Joy for Christmas Day
Studio album by Kathy Mattea
Released	September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
Recorded	2001-3
Genre	Country
Length	43:22
Label	Narada
Kathy Mattea chronology
Roses (2002) Joy for Christmas Day (2003) Right Out of Nowhere (2005)

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Joy for Christmas Day is the title of the second album of Christmas music released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in late 2003 on Narada Records.

Track listing

1. "Christmas Collage" (Traditional) - 3:36
2. "Unto Us a Child Is Born" (Bickhardt, Schuyler) - 2:52
3. "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) - 2:54
4. "Straw Against the Chill" (Franke) - 4:50
5. "Baby King" (Cohn) - 4:06
6. "When the Baby Grew Up" (Mathes) - 4:59
7. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Mendelssohn, Wesley) - 3:06
8. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Oakeley, Wade) - 3:49
9. "All Because of Him" (Cash, Cooley, Mattea, Willis) - 3:43
10. "Sing, Mary, Sing" (Knapp) - 4:14
11. "There's Still My Joy" (Chapman, Manchester, Rollings) - 5:09

Personnel

• Jim Brock – drums, percussion
• Chris Carmichael – cello, violin, background vocals
• Ed Cash – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals
• Mick Conley – acoustic guitar, octave bass
• Bill Cooley – acoustic guitar, national steel guitar
• Nick DiStefano – background vocals
• Gerry Gillespie – bass guitar, background vocals
• Bob Halligan – background vocals
• Byron House – upright bass
• Joanie Madden – whistle
• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals, whistle
• Dan Needham – drums
• Matt Pierson – bass guitar
• Ben Shive – keyboards
• Carson Whitsett – keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
• Terry Wilson – background vocals

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