Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon

Studio album by REO Speedwagon

Released

November 3, 2009

Genre

Pop rock, Christmas

Length

45:55

Label

Sony/Legacy
Speedwagon

Producer

Joe Vannelli

REO Speedwagon chronology

Find Your Own Way Home
(2007)

Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon
(2009)

Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon is the sixteenth studio album by REO Speedwagon. It was released on November 3, 2009 by Sony Music, two years after the band's previous studio album, Find Your Own Way Home.

On July 1, 2010, the album was re-released with three bonus tracks,^[1] and a DVD was released in a series from Sony Music called The Yule Log DVD,^[2] in which the music from "Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon" is featured with three different holiday visuals (one of them the yule log of the series' title). The original CD cover is featured on the DVD menu.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The First Noel"	Traditional	0:58
2.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Dick Smith	3:02
3.	"Silent Night"	Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber	3:42
4.	"Deck the Halls"	Traditional	3:24
5.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	3:49
6.	"The White Snows of Winter"	Bob Shane, Tom Drake, Brahms	2:56
7.	"Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)"	Traditional	4:16
8.	"Children Go Where I Send Thee"	Traditional	4:03
9.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent	3:46
10.	"God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"	Traditional	3:51
11.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John Lennon, Yoko Ono	4:22
12.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson	3:57
13.	"Joy to the World"	Isaac Watts, George Frederick Handel	3:43

2010 bonus tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Sleigh Ride"	Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish	3:48
15.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley	4:13
16.	"I Believe in Santa Claus"	Kevin Cronin, Bruce Hall	2:45
Total length:			56:42

iTunes bonus track
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Three Kings" (single)	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.	3:21

Personnel

REO Speedwagon^[3]

Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Amato – lead guitar, background vocals
Neal Doughty – keyboards
Bruce Hall – bass, background vocals (lead on track 12)
Bryan Hitt – drums, percussion

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog #
USA	November 3, 2009	Sony Music Speedwagon	CD	A7606627
USA	July 1, 2010	Sony/Legacy Speedwagon	CD (bonus tracks)	A774367
USA	2010	Sony/Legacy Speedwagon	DVD	88697 77359 9

References

↑ "Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon (bonus tracks)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
↑ "Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon (DVD)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
↑ REO Speedwagon, Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon. Sony Music Entertainment. 2010. p. 3.

REO Speedwagon

Neal Doughty Kevin Cronin Bruce Hall Dave Amato Bryan Hitt Alan Gratzer Mike Blair Joe Matt Gregg Philbin Terry Luttrell Bob Crownover Joe McCabe Marty Shepard Bill Fiorio Steve Scorfina Gary Richrath Mike Murphy Graham Lear Miles Joseph Carla Day Melanie Jackson Jesse Harms

Studio albums	R.E.O. Speedwagon R.E.O./T.W.O. Ridin' the Storm Out Lost in a Dream This Time We Mean It R.E.O. You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish Nine Lives Hi Infidelity Good Trouble Wheels Are Turnin' Life as We Know It The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken Building the Bridge Find Your Own Way Home Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon

Live albums	Live: You Get What You Play For Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Live-Plus Extended Versions Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live Setlist: The Very Best of REO Speedwagon Live Live in Germany 1982 Live Chicago 1979 Live At Moondance Jam Metro Center Rockford Illinois, 15th July 1983

Compilation albums	A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 Best Foot Forward The Hits The Second Decade of Rock and Roll 1981 to 1991 Keep On Loving You – Best Starbox Believe in Rock and Roll Only The Strong Survive Premium Best The Ballads Take It On The Run Simply The Best Keep On Rollin' The Essential REO Speedwagon Rock Breakout Years: 1981 Collections Greatest Hits, Steel Box Collection Playlist: The Very Best of REO Speedwagon The Box Set Series

Singles	"157 Riverside Avenue" "Sophisticated Lady" "Ridin' the Storm Out" "Reelin'" "Keep Pushin'" "Ridin' the Storm Out" (live) "Roll with the Changes" "Time for Me to Fly" "Only the Strong Survive" "Keep On Loving You" "Take It on the Run" "Don't Let Him Go" "In Your Letter" "Tough Guys" "Out of Season" "Keep the Fire Burnin'" "Sweet Time" "The Key" "Stillness of the Night" "Good Trouble" "I Do' Wanna Know" "Can't Fight This Feeling" "One Lonely Night" "Live Every Moment" "Wherever You're Goin' (It's Alright)" "That Ain't Love" "Variety Tonight" "In My Dreams" "Here with Me" "Live It Up" "Love Is a Rock" "I Needed to Fall" "Find Your Own Way Home" "Can't Stop Rockin" (W Styx)

Video albums	FM Live Infidelity Wheels are Turnin' A Video Anthology 1978–1990 Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Live-Plus Real Artist Working Live Aid (1985) XM Artists Confidential PBS "SoundStage" Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon, The Yule Log DVD Out of Nowhere: Champaign Music Scene Documentary Live in Germany 1982 Live at Moondance Jam

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Book:REO Speedwagon

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