Christmas Shopping (album)
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| Released | October 7, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | February – June 1968 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Country, Christmas | |||
| Length | 30:03 | |||
| Label | Capitol ST-2977 | |||
| Producer | Ken Nelson | |||
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Christmas Shopping is a Christmas album by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos released in 1968 charting for one week at # 31 on Billboard's Best Best For Christmas Album chart.[1] It is his second holiday-themed album, following 1965's Christmas with Buck Owens.
It was re-issued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1999, and again via digital download in 2011.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "a more slickly produced album than its predecessor."[2]
Track listing
[edit]All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.
Side one
[edit]- "Christmas Shopping" – 2:18
- "Christmas Time Is Near" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 3:00
- "The Jolly Christmas Polka" – 2:15 (instrumental)
- "All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy" (Owens, Jimmy Snyder) – 2:51
- "Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours" – 2:50
- "Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas" (Owens, Earl Poole Ball) – 2:36
Side two
[edit]- "One of Everything You Got" (Owens, Bob Morris) – 2:24
- "Home on Christmas Day" – 2:13
- "Christmas Schottische" – 2:05 (instrumental)
- "A Very Merry Christmas" – 2:29
- "It's Not What You Give" (Owens, Morris) – 3:03
- "Tomorrow Is Christmas Day" (Owens, Don Rich) – 1:59
References
[edit]- ^ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 52, December 28, 1968, p. 57. worldradiohistory.com
- ^ a b Koda, Cub. "Christmas Shopping > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
