One More Drifter in the Snow is a Christmas album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released by SuperEgo Records in the United States on October 31, 2006.[citation needed] It comprises covers of Christmas standards and two original compositions: "Christmastime", written by Mann's husband, Michael Penn, and "Calling on Mary". Grant-Lee Phillips narrates on "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".[2] It was the first of several albums produced by Mann's bassist, Paul Bryan.[3] As of December 2008, the album had sold 39,000 copies in US.[4]
Composition
Mann began recording One More Drifter in the Snow in May 2006. She said it did not take long to "get into the Christmas vibe".[2] Mann said she did not enjoy Christmas songs that use modern genres, and instead drew inspiration from classic Christmas records by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and the Vince Guaraldi Trio.[3]
Mann cited the influence of Johnny Mathis' album Merry Christmas (1958), deciding to "go the Mel Tormé, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, lounge-y, sort of Julie London record" rather than make an album in the style of "the groovy modern Christmas records".[2] Another inspiration was the Vince Guaraldi Trio's soundtrack for the 1965 film A Charlie Brown Christmas. which Mann said "has a lot of dark and mysterious undertones. First, Charlie Brown is depressed by the commercialism of Christmas and then there's Linus, who steps out to tell the story of the nativity, with this heartbreakingly moral stance. We wanted our take to be all that – mysterious, quiet, moody. And classy."[2]
