A Traditional Christmas | ||||
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Released | September 28, 2004 | |||
Recorded | May 2004 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Universal South | |||
Producer | Brent Rowan | |||
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A Traditional Christmas is a Christmas album by country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in 2004 on Show Dog-Universal Music. The record is Nichols' first album of Christmas music, and was also his second release in the year 2004. It consists of ten renditions of traditional Christmas tunes.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:10 |
2. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 2:50 |
3. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 2:06 |
4. | "Silent Night" | Traditional | 3:37 |
5. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:11 |
6. | "Silver Bells" | Ray Evans, Jay Livingston | 3:23 |
7. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 3:03 |
8. | "O Holy Night" | Traditional | 3:35 |
9. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 4:23 |
10. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Bob Wells | 3:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Old Toy Trains" | Roger Miller | 2:15 |
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 47 |
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 19 |
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