Christmas Spirit (Richard Marx album)

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Christmas Spirit
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2012
Recorded
  • Ocean Way, Nashville
  • Sound Stage, Nashville
  • Blackbird, Nashville
  • Renegade, Nashville
Genre Christmas
Length51:54 (standard edition)
64:42 (Target edition)
Label Zanzibar Records, TourDeForce Productions
Producer Richard Marx
Richard Marx chronology
A Night Out with Friends
(2012)
Christmas Spirit
(2012)
Seven & Seven
(2012)
Singles from Christmas Spirit
  1. "Christmas Spirit"
    Released: November 2011
  2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
    Released: October 18, 2012
  3. "Little Drummer Boy"
    Released: October 27, 2012
  4. "Christmas Mornings"
    Released: November 3, 2012
  5. "O Holy Night"
    Released: December 2012
  6. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
    Released: December 17, 2016
  7. "Happy New Year, Old Friend"
    Released: November 22, 2019
  8. "Holiday"
    Released: October 30, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Christmas Spirit is a Christmas seasonal release album by Richard Marx, released in October 2012. Five tracks on the album previously appeared on his 2011 release, The Christmas EP . Christmas Spirit reached No. 181 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Top Christmas Albums chart.

Contents

Two of its new tracks became top 20 Adult Contemporary hits. [1] "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" is based on Casting Crowns arrangement of the song from their Peace On Earth album.[ citation needed ]Christmas Spirit yielded five singles, including "Christmas Spirit", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Christmas Mornings" and "O Holy Night".

The album features duets with Kenny Loggins, Sara Watkins and Sara Niemietz. [2]

Marx returned to the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart's Top Ten chart with Little Drummer Boy in December 2012. [3]

On November 3, 2023, Barnes & Noble released the album with two previously released Christmas tracks, Holiday and Happy New Year, Old Friend.

Track listing

  1. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 4:33
  2. "Christmas Spirit" (R. Marx, Fee Waybill) - 4:07
  3. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mark Hall, Dale Oliver, Bernie Herms) - 4:26
  4. "Let There Be Peace on Earth" (duet with Kenny Loggins ) (Jill Miller, Sy Miller) - 3:14
  5. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (unknown) - 3:33
  6. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis, Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati) - 4:30
  7. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau) - 3:55
  8. "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix) - 3:46
  9. "Silent Night" (duet with Sara Watkins ) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 3:14
  10. "Christmas Mornings" (R. Marx, Dave Grusin) - 4:14
  11. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (duet with Sara Niemietz ) (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:29
  12. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:08
  13. "Alleluia" (Larry Gatlin) - 1:42

Bonus tracks

  1. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) - 2:42
  2. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 3:22
  3. "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) - 2:18
  4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 4:26

Barnes & Noble Exclusive Tracks

  1. "Holiday" (R. Marx/Lucas Marx/Lydia Frutig)
  2. "Happy New Year, Old Friend (R. Marx/Chely Wright)

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Billboard 200 181

Album credits

Musicians

Production

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