It's Always Christmas With You! is a Wiggles Christmas album that was released on October 6, 2011. This is the last studio album to feature Sam Moran before the one-year return of Greg Page.
Tracklist[]
- Introduction by The Wiggles - 0:37
- It's Always Christmas With You! - 2:51
- The Cherry Tree Carol (Featuring AnĂșna) - 2:37
- O Holy Night (Featuring Joey Fatone) - 3:27
- Sleigh Ride - 2:11
- It's a Long Way From the North Pole - 2:21
- Ding Dong Merrily on High (Featuring AnĂșna) - 1:37
- A Miracle In A Manger (Featuring John Paul Young) - 2:08
- Jingle Bell Rock - 2:06
- We Three Kings (Featuring AnĂșna) - 3:09
- The Turkey Jumps Right Out of the Pie - 2:17
- The Twelve Days of Christmas - 4:25
- I Just Can't Sleep on Christmas Eve! - 2:20
- The Little Drummer Boy (Featuring AnĂșna) - 2:14
- Bobby Wants a Puppy Dog for Christmas - 2:19
- Will You Dance With Me Around the Christmas Tree? - 2:06
- Paw, Paw Wags - 1:27
Charts[]
The album peaked at #6 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in 2011[3].
Personnel[]
- The Wiggles are. Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Sam Moran
- Executive Producers: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
- Music Produced by Anthony Field
- Recorded at Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
- Anuna's Vocals Recorded at Windmill Lane, Dublin
- Joey Fatone's Vocals Recorded at Red Line Studios, New York City
- Recorded and Mixed by Ben Hardie, Alex Keller
- AnĂșna's Vocals Recorded by Brian Masterson
- Joey Fatone's Vocals Recorded by Allison Jackson
- Mastered by Don Bartley
- Vocals: BlĂĄth Conroy Murphy, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Sam Moran, Paul Paddick, Emma Pask, Simon Pryce
- Special Guest Vocalists: AnĂșna (Soloists: Lucy Champion, Rebecca Winckworth), Joey Fatone, John Paul Young
- Captain Feathersword Vocals: Paul Paddick
- Dorothy the Dinosaur Vocals: BlĂĄth Conroy Murphy, Emma Pask
- Henry the Octopus Vocals: Jeff Fatt
- Wags the Dog Vocals: Jeff Fatt
- Santa Vocals: Paul Paddick
- Manzillas/Backing Vocals: Rachael Allen, Brad Carroll, BlĂĄth Conroy Murphy, Clare Field, Caterina Mete, Simon Pryce
- AnĂșna's Backing Vocalists: Miriam Blennerhassett, Lucy Champion, Owen Clarke, BlĂĄth Conroy Murphy, Monica Donlon, Elaine Donnelly, Alice Gildea, Andrew Hozier, Emily Jeffers, Eunan McDonald, Regina McDonald, John McGlynn, Michael McGlynn Frances Marshall, Rory Musgrave, Derek O Gorman, Garrath Patterson, Ian Russell, Rebecca Shannon, Ronan Sugrue, Rebecca Winckworth
- Musicians: BlĂĄth Conroy Murphy, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Phil Grove, Alex Keller, Chris Lupton, Peter O'Doherty, Steve Pace, Andrew Smith, George Tseros
- Graphic Design: Georgia Kemmis
- Photography: Kate Alexander, Anthony Field, Paul Field, Neil Hamilton-Ritchie, Michael McGlynn, Frances Marshall, Caterina Mete
- The Wiggles Team: Mike Conway, Paul Field, Kate Alexander, Kim Celland, Sigi Dambock, Tom Douglas, Luke Field, Neil Hamilton-Ritchie, Ben Hancock, Ben Hardie, Kayley Harris, Aaron Hill, Michael Jones, Alex Keller, Georgia Kemmis, Graham Kennedy, Robert Kernya, Jarda Kyral, Jill Lloyd, Sue Lock, Tim Lynden, Christine McSweeny, Pablo Munoz, Daniel Murrow, Yebsun Pyon, Ryan Resch, David Roberts, Carly Ryder, Katie Shortland, Emily Sinclair, Brian Stone, Angelo Tilocca, Kathleen Warren and Leanne Williams
Trivia[]
- This is the last Wiggles album recorded to feature Sam Moran as the Yellow Wiggle. In the USA, it was released on November 8, 2011, two months before Sam was replaced back by Greg Page, followed by The Wiggles' Big Birthday! on July 17, 2012, while this album was released after Big Birthday in Australia.
- This was also the only Christmas album to feature Sam as the Yellow Wiggle and the last to feature Murray Cook & Jeff Fatt as official Wiggles, which means Anthony Field is the only Wiggle to appear in all the Christmas albums, except Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus and Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas.
- "A Miracle In A Manger" was originally released on Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus.
- "It's Always Christmas With You!" is adapted from Andrew Smith's song "I'm Always Thinking of You".
- This is the final Wiggles album to be released in 2011.
- AnĂșna guest stars in The Cherry Tree Carol, Ding Dong Merrily on High, We Three Kings and The Little Drummer Boy, Joey Fatone guest stars in O Holy Night and John Paul Young guest stars in A Miracle In A Manger.
- BlĂĄthnaid Conroy Murphy's name is listed as BlĂĄth Conroy Murphy in the album's credits.
- A Behind the Scenes photo shows Joey Fatone; recording his vocals for O Holy Night.
- Only the Australian booklet has lyrics.
- Most of the songs on this album have never been performed since this album's release.
References[]
- â https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/File:TheWiggles%27BigBirthday!2011TourProgrammePage27.jpg
- â https://web.archive.org/web/20111116052140/http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/artists/index.asp?Marid=112
- â https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120116045500/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120116-1555/Issue1136.pdf