Christmas, Like a Lullaby

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Christmas, Like a Lullaby
John Denver Christmas Like a Lullaby album cover.jpg
Delta Re-release
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1990
Genre Christmas
Length40:06
Label Windstar Records
Producer Roger Nichols, John Denver
John Denver chronology
The Flower That Shattered the Stone
(1990)
Christmas, Like a Lullaby
(1990)
Different Directions
(1991)
Professional ratings
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Christmas, Like a Lullaby is the twenty-third studio album and second Christmas album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in December 1990.

Contents

This was Denver's first solo Christmas album of music since 1975's Rocky Mountain Christmas. He also released the collaborative Christmas album A Christmas Together in 1979 with The Muppets.

The only original track was the title track "Christmas Like A Lullaby" written by Denver. The rest were Christmas carols and standards and two Tom Paxton songs, "The Children Of Bethlehem" and "Marvelous Toy".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Christmas, Like a Lullaby" - 3:52
  2. "The First Noel" - 2:16
  3. "Away in a Manger" - 3:36
  4. "The Children of Bethlehem" - 3:31
  5. "Jingle Bells" - 2:43
  6. "White Christmas" - 2:37

Side two

  1. "Marvelous Toy" - 2:52
  2. "Blue Christmas" - 3:25
  3. "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - 3:12
  4. "Little Drummer Boy" - 3:22
  5. "Mary's Little Boy Child" - 3:20
  6. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" - 4:05
  7. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 2:15

There is a 1999 reissue by Delta Entertainment.

Personnel

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