A Joyful Noise (Jo Dee Messina album)

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A Joyful Noise
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2002 (2002-10-29)
Studio
  • East Iris Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length39:19
Label Curb
Producer
Jo Dee Messina chronology
Burn
(2000)
A Joyful Noise
(2002)
Greatest Hits
(2003)

A Joyful Noise is an album of Christmas music, released by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina. Her first Christmas album, it was released in 2002 on Curb Records. Its title track peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2002.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winter Wonderland" Felix Bernard; Dick Smith 3:01
2."I'll Be Home for Christmas" Walter Kent; Kim Gannon; Buck Ram 4:04
3."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Sammy Cahn; Jule Styne 2:15
4."The Christmas Song" Mel Tormé; Robert Wells 4:23
5."Silver Bells" Jay Livingston; Ray Evans 2:47
6."Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson; Mitchell Parish 2:32
7."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Hugh Martin; Ralph Blane 2:57
8."What Child Is This?"Traditional; William Chatterton Dix 2:45
9."O Holy Night" Adolphe Adam; John Sullivan Dwight 4:36
10."Silent Night" Josef Mohr; Franz Gruber 2:34
11."A Joyful Noise" Mark Selby; Tia Sillers 3:50
12."Keep the Faith"Jo Dee Messina; Mike Reid; Brent Maher 3:35
Total length:39:19

Personnel


Production

Chart performance

Chart (2002)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums18
U.S. Billboard 200147
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums17

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