When He Came
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When He Came is a Christmas
album from Christian
singer Martha Munizzi
. The album was released on October 19, 2004.
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
album from Christian
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
singer Martha Munizzi
Martha Munizzi
-Award wins:-Award nominations:Munizzi has been nominated for Grammy, Dove, Stellar and Soul Train Awards as both a performer and songwriter. In 2006, Munizzi was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album...
. The album was released on October 19, 2004.
Track listing
All songs written by Martha Munizzi, except where noted.- "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (Public domain) – 3:56
- "O Little Town of BethlehemO Little Town of Bethlehem"O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol. The text was written by Phillips Brooks , an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. He was inspired by visiting the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his...
" (Phillips BrooksPhillips BrooksPhillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23...
, Lewis RednerLewis RednerLewis Henry Redner was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol "St...
) – 4:05 - "White Christmas" (Israel HoughtonIsrael Houghton-Other recordings :* "Champions for Christ" - Hi5 * "Where Are the Fathers?" from He-Motions * "Send Me to the Nations" from A Wing & A Prayer...
, Munizzi) – 5:01 - "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick OakeleyFrederick OakeleyFrederick Oakeley was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England the sixth son of Sir Charles Oakeley, second baronet, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained in 1828 and in 1845 converted from Church of England to Catholicism, whereupon he became Canon of Westminster in 1852....
, John Francis WadeJohn Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade was an English hymnist who is credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" ....
) – 3:50 - "His Name Shall Be Called" (Munizzi, Marvelyne R.) – 4:13
- "When He Came" (Mary AlessiMary Alessi-Personal life:Mary and her husband currently serve as co-pastors of Metro Life Church, a nondenominational congregation established in 1997 in Doral, Florida,...
, Munizzi) – 5:00 - "Silent NightSilent Night"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
/Away in a MangerAway in a Manger"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking it joint second.-History of the lyrics:...
" (Franz Gruber, James R. Murray, Joseph Mohr) – 5:52 - "What Child Is This?What Child Is This?"What Child Is This?" is a popular Christmas carol written in 1865. At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression...
" (William Chatterton Dix) - 3:57 - "Peace on Earth" (Aaron Lindsey, Adrian Lindsey, Munizzi) - 4:54
- "My Only Wish" (Aaron Pearce) - 4:37
Awards
When He Came was nominated to a Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.Chart performance
The album peaked at the following charts:- #22 on BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Christian Albums - #5 on Billboard's Gospel Albums
- #28 on Billboard's HeatseekersTop HeatseekersTop Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
- #32 on Billboard's Independent Albums