Winter Wonderland (Paul Carrack album)

Winter Wonderland is the tenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, and his first after leaving the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2005 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label.

This was Carrack's first holiday-themed album, and was recorded in collaboration with the SWR Big Band. The songs are mostly familiar Christmas/winter-themed classics; Carrack covers his own "Beautiful World" as the album's final track.

The album was issued in Europe as A Soulful Christmas, with an altered running order and four additional tracks.

A Soulful Christmas track listing
This album was released in Europe with a revised track listing as A Soulful Christmas. This version of the album features 4 additional tracks: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I Say A Little Prayer", and 2 duet versions of "Silent Night",

Personnel

 * Paul Carrack – vocals
 * Lindsay Dracass – vocals (3)
 * Stefan Gwildis – vocals (15)
 * Chris Walden – conductor, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15)
 * Steve Sidwell – arrangements (5, 14)
 * Dieter Reith – arrangements (8, 11, 13)
 * Conny Schock – arrangements (10)
 * Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – arrangements (10)

SWR Big Band
 * Conny Schock – keyboards
 * Klaus Wagenleiter – keyboards, acoustic piano
 * Dieter Reith – organ
 * Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – guitars
 * Decebal Badila – bass
 * Guido Jöris and Thomas Simmerl – drums
 * Jörg Gebhardt – percussion
 * Klaus Graf, Jörg Kaufmann, Axel Kühn, Andreas Maile and Pierre Paquette – saxophones, woodwinds
 * Ian Cumming, Marc Godfroid, Ernst Hutter and Georg Maus – trombone
 * Felice Civitareale, Karl Farrent, Claus Reichstaller and Rudi Reindl – trumpet, flugelhorn

Production
 * Chris Walden – producer
 * Klaus-Peter Schöpfer – additional producer, mixing
 * Ulrich de Veer – executive producer
 * Karl Farrent – executive producer
 * Rudi Reindl – executive producer
 * Volker Neumann – recording engineer
 * Manfred Deppe – recording supervisor
 * Tanja Hiesch – recording assistant
 * Jürgen Koppers – mastering
 * Felix Gaubatz – editorial contributor
 * Michael Golla – A&R consultant
 * WAPS (Hamburg, Germany) – design
 * Marcus Weber – photography
 * Hans-Peter Zachary – album concept, liner notes