Winter Wonderland
Studio album by Paul Carrack
Released	2005
Genre	Big band Christmas
Length	36:50
Label	Carrack-UK
Producer	Chris Walden
Paul Carrack chronology
It Ain't Over (2003) Winter Wonderland (2005) Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue (2007)
A Soulful Christmas cover
Artwork for the 2005 European release version, A Soulful Christmas

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.

Track listing

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