The Christmas Album (Neil Diamond album)

The Christmas Album
Portrait of a man in a white sweater leaning over a chair near a fireplace
Studio album by Neil Diamond
Released September 22, 1992 (1992-09-22)
Genre Christmas
Length 44:58
Label Columbia
Producer Peter Asher
Neil Diamond chronology
Lovescape
(1991)		 The Christmas Album
(1992)		 Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Christmas Album is the twentieth studio album by Neil Diamond and his first to feature Christmas music. It features orchestral and choir arrangements by David Campbell. The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, No. 50 on the UK album sales chart, and No. 30 on Australian music chart.[2][3][4]

In his review music critic Johnny Loftus states, "While Neil Diamond's The Christmas Album is designed almost exclusively for his adult contemporary constituency, the vocalist still manages to light up most of the obviousness of these standards with his trademark gritty soul and flair for inflection."[5]

On August 7, 2001, The Christmas Album was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 1992 release.[6] As of November 2014, it is the twenty-fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 1,910,000 copies according to SoundScan.[7]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "O come, O come, Emmanuel" / "We Three Kings of Orient Are"  Traditional 2:57
2. "Silent Night"  Franz Gruber / Joseph Mohr 4:03
3. "The Little Drummer Boy"  Katherine Davis / Henry Onorati / Harry Simeone 3:58
4. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"  John Frederick Coots / Haven Gillespie 3:25
5. "The Christmas Song"  Mel Tormé / Robert Wells 3:33
6. "Morning Has Broken"  Eleanor Farjeon / Cat Stevens 3:02
7. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"  John Lennon / Yoko Ono 4:19
8. "White Christmas"  Irving Berlin 3:55
9. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"  Traditional 1:20
10. "Jingle Bell Rock"  Joe Beal / Jim Boothe 1:51
11. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"  Felix Mendelssohn / Charles Wesley 2:50
12. "Silver Bells"  Ray Evans / Jay Livingston 3:06
13. "You Make It Feel Like Christmas"  Neil Diamond 3:39
14. "O Holy Night"  Adolphe Adam / John Sullivan Dwight 3:28

See also

The Christmas Album, Volume II

References

  1. ↑ The Christmas Album (Neil Diamond album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Diamond, Neil. "Neil Diamond Billboard Charts". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Neil Diamond | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Discography Neil Diamond". australian-charts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ Loftus, Johnny. The Christmas Album at AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "RIAA Searchable Database". riaa.org. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  7. ↑ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
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