A Very She & Him Christmas

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A Very She & Him Christmas
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Studio album by
She & Him
ReleasedOctober 24, 2011 (2011-10-24)
Recorded2011
Studio
Genre Indie pop, Christmas
Length32:05
Label Merge
Producer M. Ward
She & Him chronology
Volume Two
(2010)		A Very She & Him Christmas
(2011)		 Volume 3
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
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Pitchfork 5.3/10 [4]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

A Very She & Him Christmas is the first Christmas album and the third studio album by the folk/indie rock band She & Him, consisting of actress and musician Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward. The album was released on October 24, 2011, [7] and features several covers of classic holiday songs. The twelve-track album is distributed by Merge Records and proceeds from every album sold are being donated to 826 National, a nonprofit network of writing and tutoring centers. [8]

Contents

Their cover of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was featured in the Christmas episode "The 23rd" of the TV-show New Girl , which stars Zooey Deschanel.

In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe and over 391,000 in the U.S. [9]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 63, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [10]

PopMatters gave the album a score of 7/10, writing that it was "plain beautiful" and that it was "a calm, simple and easy to listen to recording to sit with and relax." [5] A more mixed review from Pitchfork said that the songs were "just fine" but that She & Him "played this one too safe." [4]

Track listing

A Very She & Him Christmas track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Christmas Waltz" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 2:37
2."Christmas Day" Brian Wilson 3:24
3."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 3:42
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas" Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram 2:26
5."Christmas Wish" Joey Spampinato 2:58
6."Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 2:44
7."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Johnny Marks 2:00
8."Silver Bells" Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 1:57
9."Baby, It's Cold Outside" Frank Loesser 2:17
10."Blue Christmas"Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson3:24
11."Little Saint Nick"Wilson, Mike Love 2:10
12."The Christmas Song" Bob Wells, Mel Tormé 2:26
A Very She & Him Christmas – Limited 10th anniversary deluxe edition (bonus 7-inch vinyl) [11] [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Holiday"
  • Curtis Hudson
  • Lisa Stevens
3:58
2."Last Christmas" George Michael 4:08
A Very She & Him Christmas – Limited 10th anniversary deluxe edition (digital bonus track) [11] [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Meredith Willson 2:29

Personnel

She & Him

Additional personnel

Charts

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  2. ↑ "EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. October 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ Mike Williams (2011-10-25). "She & Him - 'A Very She & Him Christmas'". NME . Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. 1 2 "Pitchfork Media Review". Pitchfork .
  5. 1 2 "PopMatters review".
  6. ↑ "Under the Radar review".
  7. ↑ "'A Very She & Him Christmas' Available in Stores and Online Today!". Official She & Him website. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  8. ↑ "826 National and 'A Very She & Him Christmas.'".
  9. ↑ "Aktuelles VUT: VUT - Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmer*innen e. V."
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