Christmas with Chet Atkins

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Christmas with Chet Atkins
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Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedNovember 1961
Recorded Nashville, TN
Genre Christmas music
Length31:11
Label RCA Victor LSP-2423 (Stereo)
Producer Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
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Christmas with Chet Atkins is the sixteenth studio album recorded by Chet Atkins. It is his first Christmas album.

Contents

"White Christmas" contains Atkins' first recorded use of chordal harmonics. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Country Standard Time(no rating) [3]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Matthew Greenwald wrote "His version of "Silver Bells" is, quite simply, one of the best versions of the standard ever, and possibly one of Atkins' most arresting performances of all time. The album is overall, criminally underrated... Gorgeous." [2] Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time wrote "This is the perfect background music for sipping hot chocolate in front of the fireplace and falling asleep in the warm glow of the Christmas tree lights while the snow falls outside." [3]

The album charted for 11 weeks on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas albums chart, peaking at No. 12 on the week ending December 20, 1969. [4]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 1:51
  2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:49
  3. "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" (Traditional) – 2:13 (Emily Huntington Miller)
  4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:20
  5. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:53
  6. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 1:50
  7. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:09

Side two

  1. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 2:29
  2. "Medley: The Coventry Carol/God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 3:25
  3. "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) – 1:46
  4. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 1:55
  5. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) – 2:19
  6. "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) – 1:11 (John Ceiriog Hughes)
  7. "Silent Night" (Josef Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber) – 2:01

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1961)Peak
position
US Best Bets for Christmas (Billboard) 12

References

  1. ↑ Forbes-Robert, Ron. (2006). "One Long Tune: the life and music of Lenny Breau". Denton, TX. University of North Texas Press. ISBN   1-57441-210-8.
  2. 1 2 Greenwald, Matthew. "Christmas with Chet Atkins > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Wahlert, Brian. "Christmas with Chet Atkins > Review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 81, no. 52, December 20, 1969, p. 10. worldradiohistory.com
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