Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon explained

Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon is the sixteenth and final 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.

In 2017, the album was re-released again. On this release, "We Three Kings" was added as the 17th song on the album. There was also an insert contained inside the CD which allowed the owner to download a third version of "I Believe in Santa Claus." A music video of the song was released on YouTube. An LP of the album was also released.

Personnel

REO Speedwagon^[3]

• Kevin Cronin – acoustic guitar, lead vocals (1–11, 13–16), backing vocals, arrangements (1–8, 10, 13, 15), vocal arrangements
• Dave Amato – lead guitars, backing vocals
• Neal Doughty – keyboards
• Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (12)
• Bryan Hitt – drums, percussion

Additional performers

• Joe Vannelli – keyboards, orchestrations, arrangements (1–8, 10, 13, 15), vocal arrangements
• Dave Pearlman – pedal steel guitar (12)
• Mark Goldenberg – acoustic guitar (16)
• Perri (Carol Perry, Darlene Perry, Lori Perry and Sharon Perry) – backing vocals
• Holly Cronin – backing vocals (16)

Production

• Joe Vannelli – producer, engineer, mixing
• Kevin Cronin – associate producer
• Jeremy Duche – assistant engineer
• Meat and Potatoes, Inc. – art direction, design

Release history

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon (bonus tracks) . 2015-01-08 . . Rovi Corporation.
2. Web site: Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon (DVD) . 2015-01-08 . . Rovi Corporation.
3. Book: REO Speedwagon, Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon. 2010. Sony Music Entertainment. 3.