Home for the Holidays

by Darius Rucker

Overview

Darius Rucker leaves his newly adopted country home behind for a bit of uptown swinging swagger on 2014's Home for the Holidays. This 12-track collection of standards -- apart from "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful," they're all secular; apart from the nondescript original "What God Wants for Christmas," they're all well-known -- is all delivered in the mock-Sinatra style that has come to suggest Christmas in popular culture. The production is clean and unfussy, sparkling just enough to suggest new-fallen snow but not enough to be tacky, and Rucker is amiable, perhaps a bit too digitally polished but possessing enough good charm to keep things moving at a nice clip. Consequently, Home for the Holidays winds up as a perfectly fine Christmas record, suited for those Rucker fans who have stuck with him from Hootie to R&B to country. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2014
Label:	Capitol Nashville / Universal Music
UPC:	0602537944996
Rank:	31343

Tracks

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
3. What God Wants for Christmas
4. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
5. Baby, It's Cold Outside
6. I'll Be Home for Christmas
7. O Come, All Ye Faithful
8. Winter Wonderland
9. Candy Cane Christmas
10. Please Come Home for Christmas
11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
12. White Christmas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Darius Rucker   Primary Artist
Sheryl Crow   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Sari Reist   Cello
Roger Weismeyer   Oboe
Pam Sixfin   Violin
Dani Rucker   Vocals (Background)
Jack Rucker   Vocals (Background)
Ella Rogers   Vocals (Background)
David Angell   Violin
Monisa Angell   Viola
Kristin Wilkinson   Viola
David Davidson   Violin
Mary Kathryn Van Osdale   Violin
Sam Levine   Flute,Clarinet
Anthony LaMarchina   Cello

Technical Credits

Richard Barrow   Engineer
Neal Cappellino   Engineer
Ralph Blane   Composer
Bryan Sutton   Arranger,Composer
Darius Rucker   Composer
Dick Smith   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Aidan Rowe   Copy,Music Preparation
Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel   Composer
Monty Criswell   Composer
Steve Leslie   Composer
Rich Kamsey   Assistant Engineer
Gene Redd   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Albert Hague   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Hugh Martin   Composer
Kristin Wilkinson   String Arrangements
Irving Berlin   Composer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Frank Rogers   Arranger,Composer
John Hobbs   String Arrangements
Jule Styne   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Gordon Mote   Arranger,Composer
Felix Bernard   Composer
Charles Brown   Composer