All Is Well (EP)
All Is Well, released November 28, 2006 is a studio EP recorded by Clay Aiken. Originally an exclusive for Walmart the album was made available on iTunes in December 2007. The four tracks are all Christmas songs. It is unusual for an extended play (EP) disc to chart or have its sales tracked; however, All Is Well debuted at #54 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart.
Track listing
- "All Is Well"
- "Christmas Waltz"
- "O Come O Come Emmanuel"
- "My Grown-Up Christmas List"
Song notes
"All Is Well" Written by: Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick / Produced by: John Fields - 3:59
"Christmas Waltz" Written by: Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff - 2:59
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" Traditional / Produced by: John Fields - 3:38
"My Grown-Up Christmas List" Written by: David Foster, Linda Thompson-Jenner/ Produced by: John Fields - 4:57
The traditional Christmas song "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" is believed to have been originally written in Latin during the 12th century and translated into English in 1851 by John Mason Neale
Personnel
- Stephen Lu - String Arranger, Conductor, Piano, keyboards
- Angela Fischer - Background vocals
- Quiana Parler - Background Vocals
- Conesha Monét - Background Vocals
- Jacob Luttrell - Background Vocals
- Randy Waldman - Piano
- Nathan East - Bass
- Dennis Budimer - Guitar
- Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
- Andy Abad - Acoustic Guitar
- The Section Quartet - Strings - (Eric Gorfain: Violinist, Daphne Chen: Violinist, Leah Katz: Viola, Richard Dodd: Cello) appears courtesy of Decca Records
Additional Notes
The title song, "All Is Well", was recorded by Michael W. Smith for his album Michael W. Smith Christmas (1989). Smith included the song on his album The Wonder Years CD Two (1993) and on the album The Christmas Collection (2004). Point Of Grace recorded this song on their album Winter Wonderland (2005). Janet Walters covered this song for her Music of the Season album (2006).
The televised Capital One Holiday Celebration on Ice (November 2007) featured Aiken singing songs from this album and his Merry Christmas With Love album. "All Is Well" was chosen by Todd Eldredge for his skating performance. Eldredge used Aiken's recording of this song for his Rockerfeller Center performance on ice for the Christmas Day 2007 Today Show.
Discography
- Main article: Clay Aiken discography