A Merry Little Christmas | ||||
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Released | October 17, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 2000 Jim Brady Studios in Tucson (Tracks 1-5, 7-8), Recital Halls at the University of Arizona (6-7, 10-14), OceanWay Studios Nashville August 2000 (1-5, 8-9) Capitol Studios (3) | |||
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Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | John Boylan, George Massenburg | |||
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Source | Rating |
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 as Linda's producer for this disc. Cover art and design Kosh
Among the highlights of this disc is Ronstadt's duet with the late Rosemary Clooney on the track "White Christmas".
Ronstadt and Elektra differed on the final playing order: "They wanted me to start with 'Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire'. I was tired of bargaining with them. I had this scheme where it started with ancient and went to modern. I always like to organize chronologically." [4]
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 |
Total length: | 45:33 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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North America | October 17, 2000 |
| Elektra Records | [5] |
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