It Won't Be Christmas Without You is a Christmas music album by country group Brooks & Dunn released in 2002. Their first album of Christmas music, it features covers of traditional Christmas songs, as well as several newly written tunes. Four of the album's songs — "Hangin' 'Round the Mistletoe", the title track, "Rockin' Little Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland" — received enough airplay to enter the Billboard country music charts, peaking at numbers 47, 41, 57 and 57, respectively.[1]
The album received a 3 star rating from Allmusic, with an unattributed review praising Brooks & Dunn for "wisely foregoing the drippy, synth-laden production that ruins many contemporary country Christmas albums, instead relying on the neo-honky tonk sound that made the duo famous."[2]
Track listing [edit]
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:00
- "Hangin' 'Round the Mistletoe" (Kostas) – 2:41
- "It Won't Be Christmas Without You" (Steven Busch, Ronnie Dunn, Jerry Lynn Williams ) – 3:43
- "Rockin' Little Christmas" (Deborah Allen, Bruce Channel) – 3:06
- "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson)– 3:29
- "Santa's Coming Over to Your House" (Kix Brooks, Don Cook) – 2:32
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:56
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:24
- "Who Says There Ain't No Santa" (Brooks, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) – 3:41
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 2:42
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:46
Chart performance [edit]
| Chart (2002) |
Peak
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
12 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 |
81 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums |
7 |
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