| Home for the Holidays | ||||
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| Released | October 27, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Christmas, country | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Frank Rogers | |||
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Home for the Holidays is the first Christmas-themed album and fifth studio album from Darius Rucker, released on October 27, 2014, through Capitol Records Nashville. [1] [2] The album, produced by Frank Rogers, is a collection of twelve Christmas songs, including two originals and a collaboration with Sheryl Crow. [3]
On September 5, 2014, Sheryl Crow posted a picture of herself with Rucker on her Facebook page and wrote: "I love Darius Rucker - Merry Christmas Baby! (I sang on his upcoming Christmas record!)" [4]
On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Rucker had completed his first Christmas album and that it would be released on October 27, 2014. [1]
In an interview with Rolling Stone , Rucker expressed his enthusiasm over his first Christmas album:
"I am so excited to finally make a Christmas album. This has been a lifelong dream, and I hope my fans enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making it." [1]
Home for the Holidays was released on October 27, 2014, through Capitol Records Nashville. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
Home for the Holidays received mostly positive feedback from music critics. In a three out of five star review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic states the album "winds up as a perfectly fine Christmas record, suited for those Rucker fans who have stuck with him from Hootie to R&B to country." [5]
Home for the Holidays debuted at No. 31 on the US Billboard 200 chart and No. 7 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling 9,000 copies in its first week. [6] It rose to No. 3 on the Top Country Albums chart in its fifth week of release, [7] and No. 25 on the Billboard 200 on its sixth week. [8] As of December 2016 the album has sold 220,800 copies in the US. [9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:56 | |
| 2. | "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 3:39 | |
| 3. | "What God Wants for Christmas" | Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers, Monty Criswell | 3:37 | |
| 4. | "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" | Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Albert Hague | Thurl Ravenscroft | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (featuring Sheryl Crow) | Frank Loesser | 3:45 | |
| 6. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:53 | |
| 7. | "O Come, All Ye Faithful" | Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade | Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 2:48 | |
| 9. | "Candy Cane Christmas" | Rucker, Rogers, Steve Leslie | Darius Rucker | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Charles Brown, Gene Redd | Charles Brown | 4:11 |
| 11. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Charles Wesley | 3:52 | |
| 12. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:39 |
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| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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| United States [2] | October 27, 2014 | Capitol Nashville |
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