Driving Home for Christmas (album)

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Driving Home for Christmas
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Studio album by
Released31 October 2014
Genre Country, Christmas
Label ABC
Producer Garth Porter
Lee Kernaghan chronology
Beautiful Noise
(2012)
Driving Home for Christmas
(2014)
Spirit of the Anzacs
(2015)

Driving Home for Christmas is the twelfth studio album (and second Christmas album following The Christmas Album in 1998) released by Australian country musician Lee Kernaghan. The album contains six new songs and festive classics. The album was released in October 2014 and peaked at No. 46 on the ARIA Charts in November 2014. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Jingle Bell Rock" - 1:58
  2. "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" - 2:56
  3. "Driving Home for Christmas" - 4:09
  4. "O Christmas Bush" - 3:47
  5. "Merry Merry Christmas" - 3:00
  6. "Mary's Boy Child" - 3:20
  7. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - 2:59
  8. "Three Drovers" - 2:25
  9. "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" - 2:47
  10. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - 2:12
  11. "Christmas Waltz" - 3:28
  12. "Cunnamulla Santa" - 3:05
  13. "It Still Feels Like Christmas to Me" - 3:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 46

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [3] 19

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References

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  2. "Australiancharts.com – Lee Kernaghan – Driving Home for Christmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. "2014 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 January 2018.