| An Old-Fashioned Christmas | ||||
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| Released | October 26, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1974, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Holiday | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Jack Daugherty | |||
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An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the second Christmas album and posthumous twelfth studio album by the American music duo Carpenters, released on October 26, 1984, and after the death of singer and drummer Karen Carpenter.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The album project had its genesis in several unused tracks from the Carpenters' previous Christmas album, 1978's Christmas Portrait . Richard Carpenter took these tracks and recorded new material around them, and this album was the end result. The album includes the slower version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town".
A 1984 expanded CD reissue of Christmas Portrait included eight tracks from An Old-Fashioned Christmas. In 1996 a two-CD set, Christmas Collection, was issued containing both albums in their original running order.
All lead vocals by Karen Carpenter, except where noted; all tracks produced by Richard Carpenter except "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" by Jack Daugherty, R. Carpenter, and K. Carpenter.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (lead vocals: K. and R. Carpenter) | 2:53 | |
| 9. | "My Favorite Things" (instrumental) | 3:53 | |
| 10. | "He Came Here for Me" | Ron Nelson | 2:12 |
| 11. | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (lead vocals: K. and R. Carpenter) | 4:04 | |
| 12. | "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" | Frank Loesser | 2:51 |
| 13. | "Selections from The Nutcracker : Overture Miniature / Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / Trepak / Valse des fleurs" (instrumental) |
| 6:14 |
| 14. | "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" |
| 2:21 |
Notes
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Lead Sister [2]
Performance
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| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Pop Albums [6] | 190 |
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