Wrapped In Red

Wrapped in Red is the first Christmas album and sixth studio album by American singer Kelly Clarkson, released on October 25, 2013, by RCA Records. The album is a follow-up to her first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits – Chapter One, and its companion extended play, The Smoakstack Sessions Vol. 2. Produced by Greg Kurstin, it was her only record to be solely released by RCA. Wrapped in Red consists of sixteen tracks, featuring five original songs co-penned by Clarkson and eleven cover versions of Christmas standards and carols, two of which are duets featuring singers Ronnie Dunn, Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood. Weary of constantly being asked for her primary genre, Clarkson had long desired to record a Christmas album as a means to defy genre limitations. She commissioned Kurstin, who had studied jazz music under the tutelage of Jaki Byard, to produce the entire album. Drawing inspirations from the soundtracks of A Charlie Brown Christmas and White Christmas, as well as the Christmas albums by Mariah Carey, McEntire, and Phil Spector, they experimented with various styles and sounds throughout the album. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrapped...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)