Christmas (Alabama album)
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Alabama Christmas is a Christmas album by country band Alabama. The album was released on RCA Nashville in 1985, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 2 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]
The album is Alabama's first Christmas album and includes one of their more popular holiday songs, 1982's "Christmas in Dixie," which charted on two of Billboard magazine's music popularity charts in six different calendar years.[3] "Christmas in Dixie" peaked at # 35 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in January 1983, and also reached # 3 on Billboard's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Singles chart in December 1983.[3]
Track listing
- "Santa Claus (I Still Believe In You)" (John Jarrard, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Greg Fowler, Linda Gentry) – 4:07
- "Joseph and Mary's Boy" (Don Cook, Keith Whitley) – 4:06
- "Happy Holidays" (Ronnie Rogers, Swain Schaefer) – 3:18
- "Christmas Memories" (Becky Hobbs, John Greenebaum, Randy Albright) – 3:21
- "Tonight Is Christmas" (Keith Worsham, Stan Munsey, Jr., Don Matthews, Steve Baccus) – 4:19
- "Thistlehair The Christmas Bear" (Donny Lowery) – 3:04
- "Tennessee Christmas" (Gary Chapman, Amy Grant) – 3:40
- "A Candle In The Window" (Susan Longacre, Walt Aldridge, Gary Baker) – 3:51
- "Homecoming Christmas" (Rogers)– 3:15
- "Christmas in Dixie" (Mark Herndon, Randy Owen, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry) – 3:33
Chart performance
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 75 |