Candlelight Christmas

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Candlelight Christmas
Candlelight Christmas by Marina Prior.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 November 2013
Genre Christmas music
Label Ambition Entertainment/Universal Music Australia
Marina Prior chronology
Encore
(2013)
Candlelight Christmas
(2013)
Songbird
(2014)

Candlelight Christmas is the sixth studio album and first Christmas album by Australian singer Marina Prior. The album was released through on 8 November 2013 and peaked at number 46 on the ARIA Albums Chart three weeks later.

Contents

Upon release, Prior said; "I have been singing on Carols by Candlelight for over two decades now and finally I have recorded my first Christmas Album. I cherish these songs and hope that they bring you a great deal of enjoyment. Christmas is a special time of year to be shared with friends, family and loved one's. This album is from me to you..... A very special christmas wish of happiness." [1]

A music video for "Little Drummer Boy" was released on 9 November 2013 to promote the album. [2]

The album was re-released in 2016 with a bonus DVD of Live in Concert , recorded in 2013.

Track listing

  1. "Santa Baby"
  2. "Away in a Manger"
  3. "Little Town of Bethlehem"
  4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  5. "River"
  6. "Happy Christmas"
  7. "Little Drummer Boy"
  8. "Mary's Boy Child"
  9. "Coventry Carol"
  10. "Silent Night"
  11. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"
  12. "Veni Veni Emmanuel"
  13. "Angels We Have Heard on High" (With The Melbourne Staff Songsters & Band of the Salvation Army) (Bonus track)
  14. "Auld Lang Syne" (With Celtic Woman) (Bonus track)

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 46
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)14

Release history

RegionDateTitleFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia8 November 2013Candlelight ChristmasFanfare / Universal Music Australia FANFARE127
Australia2016A Christmas Gift
  • CD+DVD
Fanfare / Universal Music AustraliaFANFARE269
Australia28 October 2022A Christmas Gift (re-release)
Ambition Entertainment AMBITION195

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