A Neil Diamond Christmas

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A Neil Diamond Christmas
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ReleasedOctober 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)
Recorded1992–2016
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A Neil Diamond Christmas is a 2022 collection of Christmas songs recorded by Neil Diamond. It was released on October 28, 2022, in four physical configurations: a 180-gram black vinyl double album set; a limited-edition gold opaque 180-gram vinyl double album set; two CDs; and one CD. [1]

Contents

Curated by Diamond and remastered by his longtime engineer, Bernie Becker, the tracks on A Neil Diamond Christmas were originally released between 1994 and 2016 on Diamond's albums The Christmas Album, The Christmas Album Volume II, A Cherry Cherry Christmas, and Acoustic Christmas. [2]

Track listing

Double album set

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"3:23
2."The Christmas Song"3:31
3."Jingle Bell Rock"1:49
4."White Christmas"3:55
5."You Make It Feel Like Christmas"3:35
6."Morning Has Broken"3:02
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"3:25
2."Silver Bells"3:04
3."Cherry Cherry Christmas"3:26
4."Sleigh Ride"2:36
5."Winter Wonderland"2:39
6."Christmas Medley"3:12
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."O Holy Night"3:27
2."Little Drummer Boy"3:51
3."O Come, O Come Emmanuel / We Three Kings of Orient Are"2:56
4."Silent Night"4:00
5."O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)"4:12
6."Mary's Boy Child"3:18
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Children Go Where I Send Thee"5:26
2."The First Noel"3:35
3."Hark the Herald Angels Sing"4:12
4."Angels We Have Heard on High"3:16
5."Christmas Prayers"4:30
6."Joy to the World"3:18

Double CD set

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"4:04
2."The Christmas Song"3:31
3."Jingle Bell Rock"1:49
4."White Christmas"3:55
5."You Make It Feel Like Christmas"3:35
6."Morning Has Broken"3:02
7."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"3:25
8."Silver Bells"3:04
9."Cherry Cherry Christmas"3:26
10."Sleigh Ride"2:36
11."Winter Wonderland"2:39
12."Christmas Medley"3:12
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."O Holy Night"3:27
2."Little Drummer Boy"3:51
3."O Come, O Come Emmanuel / We Three Kings of Orient Are"2:56
4."Silent Night"4:00
5."O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)"4:12
6."Mary's Boy Child"3:18
7."Children Go Where I Send Thee"5:26
8."The First Noel"3:35
9."Hark the Herald Angels Sing"4:12
10."God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"1:17
11."Angels We Have Heard on High"3:16
12."Christmas Prayers"4:30
13."Joy to the World"2:38

CD

No.TitleLength
1."Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"4:04
2."The Christmas Song"3:31
3."Jingle Bell Rock"1:49
4."White Christmas"3:35
5."You Make It Feel Like Christmas"3:35
6."Morning Has Broken"3:02
7."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"3:25
8."Silver Bells"3:04
9."Cherry Cherry Christmas"3:26
10."Sleigh Ride"2:36
11."Winter Wonderland"2:39
12."Christmas Medley"3:12
13."O Holy Night"3:27
14."The Little Drummer Boy"3:51
15."O Come, O Come Emmanuel / We Three Kings of Orient Are"2:56
16."Silent Night"4:00
17."The First Noel"3:35
18."Christmas Prayer"4:40
19."Joy to the World"2:38

Charts

Chart performance for A Neil Diamond Christmas
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 180
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [4] 46
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [5] 13

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