2012

"I have always been tempted to do a Christmas album," says Rod Stewart. "And now that I once again have young children, the timing couldn't be better. Additionally, Merry Christmas, Baby gave me a chance to reunite with David Foster who produced and arranged the album.<br/><br/>"Merry Christmas, Baby, an album of standards and traditional songs finds Rod Stewart joined by a number of A-list guests, starting with Michael Bublé, who duets with Rod on Winter Wonderland. We Three Kings is a duet with Mary J. Blige; and the title tune Merry Christmas, Baby is a duet with Cee-Lo Green featuring New Orleans' favorite son, Trombone Shorty. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! features Dave Koz on saxophone and What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? is a very special 'virtual' duet with Ella Fitzgerald featuring Chris Botti.<br/>The balance of the tunes on Merry Christmas, Baby comprise Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Blue Christmas, When You Wish Upon A Star, Silent Night, and Auld Lang Syne. The album's one original track, Red-Suited Super Man, is composed by Rod Stewart, David Foster and Amy Foster and features Trombone Shorty.

Christmas är producerat av David Foster, Bob Rock och Humberto Gatia, och spelades in i Capitol Recording Studios i Hollywood och The Warehouse Studios i Vancouver. Till sin hjälp har Bublé bjudit in en rad kända sångare som gästar honom på skivan, bland andra Shania Twain, på White Christmas och The Puppini Sisters på Jingle Bells. Bublé har även satt sin egen prägel på klassiker som Silent Night, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Chritsmas och Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.