Michael W. Smith returns with a new full-length Christmas album titled “Every Christmas”, which includes 6 songs from his 2022 EP “Christmas At Home” woven together with 6 new songs that wrap this nostalgic, family-focused project into a beautiful completion. Michael says of the album “(Every Christmas) takes Christmas at Home to a new level, with some beautiful, magical new surprises, including some of my favorite hymns.” Michael co-produced Every Christmas with his son, Tyler Michael Smith. His daughters Whitney Mooring and Anna Smith are also featured throughout the project. The family focus is fitting, as the songs on this album paint a picture of all of the merriment of the holiday season and Christmas memories made with the ones we hold dear. We are excited for you to hear this album – and hope these songs set the scene for new Christmas memories to come.
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Christmas from Michael W. Smith| Posted October 14, 2023
Michael W. Smith returns with a new full-length Christmas album, his sixth Christmas project, titled Every Christmas. The album includes six songs from his 2022 EP Christmas at Home, along with six new songs. Smith co-produced the album with son Tyler Michael Smith. This is really a family project. Smith’s daughters Whitney Mooring and Anna Smith are featured throughout, along with his 17 grandchildren. The album features beautiful orchestration throughout.
Here are a few comments about each song on the album: The Night Before… - This is a brief instrumental featuring piano and orchestration. Christmas Is Here - This song was written by Smith and daughter Anna Bovi, and features piano, a chorus of all of his grandchildren, and an orchestral arrangement done by Smith’s son, Tyler.
Key lyric: Ring, ring all the bells Angels rejoice Redemption upon us Here With Us – This beautiful song begins and features an orchestra (strings and horns) and a choir. The song ends with a snippet from the traditional Christmas carol “Deck the Halls”.
Key lyric: Hallelujah A babe is born
Singing hallelujah
Be filled with awe and wonder
This Christmas morn
Emmanuel Our God is here with us Caroling, Caroling – This classic Christmas song was written by Wihla Hutson and Alfred Burt. The song is led by a choir backed by beautiful strings.
Key lyric: Caroling, caroling through the town Christmas bells are ringing Sometime Every Christmas – This song was written by Smith and Tony Wood. The song has Smith looking back on past Christmases. Like many of us, looking back can bring back memories of those who are no longer with us. The beautiful song features strings, piano, backing vocals and a choir.
Key lyric: Sometime every Christmas Can’t say where or when or why But some moment or some memory Takes me by surprise And something in the season Wells up in my eye Sometime every Christmas I cry How Great Our Joy – This is a traditional German Christmas carol. The song features a choir, strings and horns.
Key lyric: How great our joy! Great our joy! Joy, joy, joy! Joy, joy, joy!
Praise we the Lord in heav’n on high!
Praise we the Lord in heav’n on high! Freeze The Frame - This song was written by Smith and Tony Wood. The song paints pictures of family moments around the holidays. The song features piano, percussion, strings, and daughter Anna Bovi on vocals.
Key lyric: My only wish this Christmas Eve Is that we could all remain Forever here The One – This song was written by Smith and Whitney Mooring. The song features piano, a choir and strings.
Key lyric: The joy of Christmas morning With family in our home
And all the children's laughter
Remind us of the One Newborn King – This beautiful song is about the newborn king coming tonight, features piano, and a choir.
Key lyric: Every breath be a holy wonder Darkness runs from the voice of thunder
I have heard your cries
Dry your weeping eyes
The new born King He comes tonight The Star - This mostly instrumental, features vocals from Smith’s daughter Whitney Mooring, piano and orchestration. God with God - This song is about God becoming incarnate in Jesus and coming to Earth to be with us. It was produced, orchestrated, and arranged by David Hamilton, and features the 200+ member Brentwood Baptist Choir.
Key lyric: Then one holy chosen midnight Something wild and wonderous God with God in highest heaven Suddenly now, God with us As he promised, God with us Christmas at Wildwood - This instrumental features Smith on piano.
Favorite songs:
Christmas is Here
Here with Us
Newborn King
God with God
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