1993 studio album by Gloria Estefan
| Christmas Through Your Eyes |
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| Studio album by Gloria Estefan |
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| Released | September 27, 1993 |
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| Recorded | 1992–1993 |
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| Studio | Crescent Moon (Miami); Capitol Studios and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles); The Hit Factory and Flying Monkey Studios (New York) |
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| Genre | Christmas |
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| Length | 46:01 |
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| Label | Epic |
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| Producer | Phil Ramone |
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| Gloria Estefan chronology |
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Mi Tierra
(1993) | Christmas Through Your Eyes
(1993) | Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
(1994) | |
Professional ratings| Review scores |
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| Source | Rating |
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| Music Week | [4] |
Christmas Through Your Eyes is the fourth solo studio album, and 16th overall, by Latin-American singer Gloria Estefan, released on September 27, 1993, by Epic Records. It is also Estefan's first Christmas album.
History
Following the success of her multi-awarded Latin album Mi Tierra, Estefan recorded a collection of all Christmas songs released in the early autumn of 1993. The collection contains mostly traditional songs along with the title track, an original song written by Estefan and Diane Warren. The title track was previously released with a different instrumental arrangement on Estefan's 1992 Greatest Hits album, and it was released as a double A-side single with "Miami Hitmix" in Europe.[5] The Spanish-language song called "Arbolito de Navidad" is also included.
Estefan, who had found worldwide success singing pop and dance songs, was accompanied by a big band on the song "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and sings a jazz-inspired rendition of "This Christmas". Music videos were filmed and released for the songs "This Christmas" and "Silent Night", which are included on the video collection Everlasting Gloria!.
Technologically, the album production was used as a testing ground for what would be the digital long-distance audio technology used in the production of the Frank Sinatra album Duets using the Dolby Digital system provided by Skywalker Ranch-based Entertainment Digital Network, so that Estefan could remotely listen to the production sessions in Los Angeles from her home studio in Miami. Both the Estefan and Sinatra album were produced by Phil Ramone and principally recorded and mixed by Eric Schilling.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Overture: Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 4:18 |
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| 2. | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" | Mel Torme, Robert Wells | 4:13 |
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| 3. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 5:30 |
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| 4. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn | 3:56 |
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| 5. | "This Christmas" | Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor | 4:11 |
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| 6. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:30 |
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| 7. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 4:13 |
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| 8. | "Silent Night" | Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber | 4:38 |
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| 9. | "Christmas Through Your Eyes" | Gloria Estefan, Diane Warren | 5:01 |
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| 10. | "Árbolito de Navidad" | Jose Barros | 3:56 |
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| 11. | "Christmas Auld Lang Syne" | Mann Curtis, Frank Military | 2:35 |
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| Total length: | 46:01 |
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Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.[6]
Musicians
- Gloria Estefan – vocal, background vocals
- Rene Toledo – guitar
- Warren Luening – trumpet
- George Graham – trumpet
- Larry Hall – trumpet
- Charles Davis – trumpet
- James Thatcher – French horn
- Kurt Snyder – French horn
- Marilyn Johnson – French horn
- Calvin Smith – French horn
- William Waltous – trombone
- Charles Loper – trombone
- William Reichenbach – trombone
- Donald Wadrop – tuba
- Dorothy Remsen – harp
- Jerry Williams – percussion
- Alan Esters – percussion
- Gerald Vinci – violin
- Norma Leonard – violin
- Assa Drori – violin
- Don Palmer – violin
- Dixie Blackstone – violin
- Robert Sanov – violin
- Patricia Aiken – violin
- Miran Kojan – violin
- Jay Rosen – violin
| - Kwihee Shamban – violin
- Patricia Johnson – violin
- Bette Bryers – violin
- Jennifer Johnson – violin
- Kenneth Yerke – violin
- James Ross – viola
- Margot MacLaine – viola
- Rick Gerding – viola
- Carrie Holzman-Little – viola
- Gloria Strassner – cello
- Anna Karam – cello
- Danny Little – cello
- Nancy Stein-Ross – cello
- Kenneth Wild – bass
- Drew Dembowski – bass
- Susan Ranney – bass
- Gene Cipriano – woodwinds
- Susan Ranney – woodwinds
- Geraldine Rotella – woodwinds
- Brice Martin – woodwinds
- Luoise DiTullio – woodwinds
- Larry Dermer – keyboards
- Juanito Marquez – acoustic guitar
- The American Boys Choir – chorus
- Rob Mounsey – keyboards, programming, background vocals
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Production
- Patrick Williams – arranger, conductor
- Juanito Márquez – arranger, guitar (acoustic), producer, programming
- Doug Katsaros – arranger, producer, programming, background vocals
- Rob Mounsey – arranger, producer, programming, background vocals
- Clay Ostwald – arranger, producer, programming
- Peter "Ski" Schwartz – arranger, producer, programming
- David Coleman – art direction
- David Daoud Coleman – art direction
- Sebastián Krys – assistant engineer, mixing, mixing assistant
- Leslie Ann Jones – assistant engineer
- Charles Paakkari – assistant engineer
- Neil Perry – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwing – mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
- Emilio Estefan Jr. – management
Design
- David Coleman – art direction
- Alberto Tolot – photography
Release history
| Region | Date |
| Europe | September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27) |
| United States | September 28, 1993 (1993-09-28) |
| Canada | October 12, 1993 (1993-10-12) |
| Japan | November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03) |
Charts and certifications
The album went to No. 43 on the Billboard 200 Pop Album chart and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States for shipments of over a million copies.
Chart performance | Chart (1994) | Peak
position | | Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 140 | | US Billboard 200[8] | 43 | | U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 9 | | U.S. Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums | 12 | | Certifications |
References
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Browne, David (1993-11-12). "Christmas CD Roundup Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ Willman, Chris (1993-12-12). "Holiday Recordings : HOLIDAY : It's Ring-a-Ling Recordings Time : Those Seasonal Sugarplums and Lumps O' Coal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
- ^ Jones, Alan (1993-10-30). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Gloria Estefan, "Greatest Hits." 1992 Sony Music Entertainment
- ^ "Christmas Through Your Eyes - Gloria Estefan | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Part of Estefan's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Gloria Estefan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (18 July 2009). "Silent Night". Billboard (in Spanish). Vol. 121, no. 28. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "American album certifications – Gloria Estefan – Christmas Through Your Eyes". Recording Industry Association of America.
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