Christmas: The Gift

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Christmas: The Gift
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 1996
Genre
Label Epic
Producer John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
I Think About You
(1995)
Christmas: The Gift
(1996)
The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christmas: The Gift is an album released in 1996 by country music artist Collin Raye. It was Raye's first Christmas album. It is composed largely of cover songs, except for "It Could Happen Again", which was newly written and recorded for this album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:18
  2. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram) – 4:24
  3. "It Could Happen Again" (Tamara Hyler, Will Robinson, Bruce Burch) – 4:10
    spoken intro by Johnny Cash [2]
  4. "The First Noel" (William Sandys, Traditional) – 4:29
  5. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:58
  6. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:29
  7. "Winter Wonderland" (Dick Smith, Felix Bernard) – 3:20
    guest vocals by The Beach Boys
  8. "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) – 2:51
  9. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Harry Simeone, Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati) – 3:19
  10. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 3:21
  11. "The First Noel (Instrumental)" (William Sandys, traditional) – 4:30
  12. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 5:03

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1996)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200126
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums23
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums20

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References

  1. Allmusic - review
  2. Christmas: The Gift (CD). Collin Raye. Epic Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)