A Merry Little Christmas (Linda Ronstadt album)
Appearance
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Allmusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | A ("4 stockings out of 4") [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
A Merry Little Christmas is a Christmas album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 2000. It was the final release under Ronstadt's recording contract with the Elektra/Asylum Records label for whom Linda had recorded since 1973 (twenty-seven years to that point). John Boylan returned to the scene as Linda's producer - and manager - for this disc. Boylan remains Linda's official representative as of 2016.
It was the biggest-selling Holiday album of the 2000 Christmas season. It peaked at #179 on Billboard's main album chart and has continued to sell year in and year out.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Bob Wells | 4:24 |
2. | "I'll Be Home For Christmas" | Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent | 4:15 |
3. | "White Christmas" (duet with Rosemary Clooney) | Irving Berlin | 4:22 |
4. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 3:55 |
5. | "River" | Joni Mitchell | 4:10 |
6. | "O come, O come, Emmanuel" | John Mason Neale | 3:29 |
7. | "Xicochi, Xicochi" ("Sleep, sleep") | Gaspar Fernandez | 2:17 |
8. | "I Wonder As I Wander" | John Jacob Niles, Traditional | 3:20 |
9. | "Away In A Manger" | Traditional | 2:08 |
10. | "Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming" | Traditional | 2:10 |
11. | "Welsh Carol" | Traditional | 3:57 |
12. | "Past Three O'Clock" | George Ratcliffe Woodward, Traditional | 0:41 |
13. | "O Magnum Mysterium" | Traditional | 3:19 |
14. | "Silent Night" | Josef Mohr | 3:06 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Willman, Chris (2000-12-08). "Trilly Holiday". Entertainment Weekly: 95. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.