Christmas Everyday

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Christmas Everyday
Smokey Robinson - Christmas Everyday.jpg
Studio album by
Released2017 (2017)
Genre Soul, Christmas music
LanguageEnglish
Smokey Robinson chronology
Smokey & Friends
(2014)
Christmas Everyday
(2017)
Gasms
(2023)

Christmas Everyday is a 2017 Christmas music album from American soul music singer Smokey Robinson, released as an exclusive work by Amazon.com.

Contents

Reception

Entertainment Weekly briefly recommended the album twice: critic Eric Renner Brown rated it an A−, calling this set "as warm and inviting as a fireside mug of hot cocoa" [1] and Sarah Weldon included it in a run-down of 17 holiday albums for readers to put on their playlists. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
  2. "This Christmas"
  3. "The Christmas Song"
  4. "White Christmas"
  5. "Silent Night"
  6. "The Night That Baby Was Born"
  7. "Please Come Home for Christmas"
  8. "Christmas Everyday"
  9. "You're My Present"
  10. "O Holy Night"

Personnel

Chart performance

Christmas Everyday spent one week on the Billboard Independent Album chart, placing 33 on December 30, 2017. [3]

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References

  1. Brown, Eric Renner (November 22, 2017). "10 of the best (and worst) new holiday releases". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  2. Weldon, Sarah (November 23, 2017). "17 new Christmas albums to refresh your holiday playlist". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  3. "Smokey Robinson". Billboard . Retrieved May 20, 2023.