The Christmas Album | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 22, 1992 | |||
Recorded | January - August 1992 | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 44:58 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Peter Asher | |||
Neil Diamond chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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] By November 2014, [update] it was the twenty-fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States of the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991–present), having sold 1,910,000 copies according to SoundScan. [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Chart (1992-1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [8] | 30 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM) [9] | 23 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [10] | 50 |
US Billboard 200 [11] | 8 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [12] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada ( Music Canada) [13] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States ( RIAA) [6] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
The Christmas Album, Volume II
The Christmas Album | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 22, 1992 | |||
Recorded | January - August 1992 | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 44:58 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Peter Asher | |||
Neil Diamond chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
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] By November 2014, [update] it was the twenty-fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States of the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991–present), having sold 1,910,000 copies according to SoundScan. [7]
No. | Title | Writer(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 |
Chart (1992-1993) | Peak position |
---|---|
Australian Albums ( ARIA) [8] | 30 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM) [9] | 23 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [10] | 50 |
US Billboard 200 [11] | 8 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia ( ARIA) [12] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada ( Music Canada) [13] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States ( RIAA) [6] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
The Christmas Album, Volume II