Christmas at Our House

Studio album by Barbara Mandrell

Released

October 1984

Recorded

July 1984 (Nashville, TN)^[1]

Genre

Christmas music, country pop

Length

37:13

Label

MCA

Producer

Tom Collins

Barbara Mandrell chronology

Meant for Each Other
(1984)

Christmas at Our House
(1984)

Greatest Hits
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Christmas at Our House is the seventeenth studio album by the American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in October 1984 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It was Mandrell's first album of Christmas music.

Background and content

Christmas at Our House, as described by Bradley Torreano of Allmusic, "shows the country star adding her name to the countless musicians who have released personalized Christmas albums." The album includes ten tracks, including some new material. It includes two tributes of the Christmas season, the title track and "From Our House to Yours", which Torreano described as "down home". It also includes cover versions of Christmas standards such as "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland"; it also introduced what would become a holiday standard, "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our First Christmas)". Torreano gave the album three out of five stars staying, "Her brand of country-pop may not appeal to all fans of the genre, but many country listeners will probably find this a nice Christmas album to play for the holidays."^[2]

Release

Christmas at Our House was Mandrell's third album released in 1984, officially issued in October. The album peaked at #31 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1984. No singles were released from the album and it was her first album not to reach the Billboard 200 albums chart since He Set My Life to Music in 1982.^[3] Christmas at Our House was originally released as a vinyl LP record on MCA Records in 1984, with five songs on each side.^[4] It was reissued as a compact disc on MCA many years later.^[2]

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Christmas at Our House" (Archie Jordan, Don Pfrimmer)	2:52
2.	"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith)	2:39
3.	"This Time of the Year" (Jessie Hollis, Cliff Owens)	2:56
4.	"Santa, Bring My Baby Home" (W.T. Davidson, R. Hatch)	3:08
5.	"One Night A Year" (R.C. Bannon, John Bettis)	3:57

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent)	3:13
2.	"It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our First Christmas)" (Doug Konecky, Justin Wilde)	3:13
3.	"From Our House to Yours" (Lisa Angelle, John Schweers)	4:05
4.	"Born to Die" (Shireen Salyer)	4:10
5.	"The Christmas Story"	7:31

Personnel

Eddie Bayers – drums
Pete Bordonali – acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
Thomas Brannon – backing vocals
David Briggs – piano, synthesizer
Lori Brooks – backing vocals
James Capps – acoustic guitar
Jimmy Capps – guitar, piano, synthesizer
Phillip Forest – backing vocals
Sherilyn Huffman – backing vocals
David Hungate – bass guitar
John Jarvis – synthesizer
Shane Keister – piano, synthesizer
Barbara Mandrell – lead vocals
Farrell Morris – percussion
The Nashville Horn Works – horn
Nashville String Machine – strings
Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
Lisa Silver – backing vocals
Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
Bergen White – arrangements, string arrangements

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (1984)	Peak position ^[4]
U.S. Top Country Albums	31

References

↑ "Barbara mandrell Recording Sessions". Country Music.Blogspot. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
1 2 3 "Christmas at Our House > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
↑ "Christmas at Our House > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
1 2 "Christmas at Our House by Barbara Mandrell". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

Barbara Mandrell

Studio albums	Treat Him Right The Midnight Oil This Time I Almost Made It This Is Barbara Mandrell Midnight Angel Lovers, Friends and Strangers Love's Ups and Downs Moods Just for the Record Love Is Fair ...In Black and White He Set My Life to Music Spun Gold Clean Cut Get to the Heart Moments Sure Feels Good I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight Morning Sun No Nonsense Key's in the Mailbox It Works for Me

Christmas albums	Christmas at Our House

Live albums	Barbara Mandrell Live

Collaboration albums	A Perfect Match (with David Houston) Meant for Each Other (with Lee Greenwood)

Compilation albums	The Best of Barbara Mandrell Greatest Hits

Notable singles	"I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" "Woman to Woman" "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" "Fooled by a Feeling" "Years" "Crackers" "The Best of Strangers" "Love Is Fair" "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" "Wish You Were Here" "'Till You're Gone" "Operator, Long Distance Please" "In Times Like These" "One of a Kind Pair of Fools" "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" "Only a Lonely Heart Knows" "There's No Love in Tennessee" "Angel in Your Arms" "Fast Lanes and Country Roads" "When You Get to the Heart" (with The Oak Ridge Boys) "No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You" "Child Support" "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" "My Train of Thought"

Collaboration singles	"To Me" (with Lee Greenwood) "It Should Have Been Love by Now" (with Lee Greenwood)

Related articles	Discography MCA Records Capitol Records Louise Mandrell Irlene Mandrell

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