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| Released | October 22, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
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| Length | 37:29 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Nashville | |||
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Mr. Christmas is the sixth studio album American country music singer Brett Eldredge, released on October 22, 2021, by Atlantic Nashville. This is his second Christmas album after Glow (2016). The album features cover songs of Christmas songs as well as two originals.
Eldredge announced his second Christmas album in September 2021. [1] The album features two original songs that Eldredge co-wrote with long-time collaborator Ross Copperman.
Mr. Christmas was released on October 22, 2021, by Atlantic Nashville. [1] "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" was released as a single ahead of the album. [2] From November 13, to December 30, 2021, Eldredge promoted the album on his Glow Live Tour. [1]
On November 29, 2021, he appeared on CMA Country Christmas and performed "Merry Christmas Baby". [3]
Pip Ellwood-Hughes of Entertainment Focus says that "Eldredge is making a convincing case to be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey when it comes to Christmas music." Ellwood-Hughes also praised his rendition of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Eldredge immediately transports you back to the golden age of the big band as his velvety voice wraps around the festive classic and the orchestra behind him wows with their stunning instrumentation." [4]
The Cedar Rapids Gazette 's Alan Sculley also mentioned Bublé but said that "Eldredge might give Michael Bublé a run for his money as music's leading Sinatra-esque Christmas crooner." [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | 2:57 | |
| 2. | "Mr. Christmas" | 3:36 | |
| 3. | "Merry Christmas Baby" |
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| 4. | "Jingle Bells" | James Lord Pierpont | 3:27 |
| 5. | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Traditional | 3:24 |
| 6. | "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 2:51 |
| 7. | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | 3:11 |
| 8. | "Cool Yule" | Steve Allen | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | 2:51 | |
| 10. | "Feels Like Christmas" | Eldredge | 4:14 |
| 11. | "O Come, All Ye Faithful" | Traditional | 4:06 |
| Total length: | 37:29 | ||
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| Various | October 22, 2021 | Atlantic Nashville |
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