My Kind of Christmas (Reba McEntire album)

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My Kind of Christmas
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Studio album by
Reba McEntire
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2016
Recorded2016
StudioStarstruck Studios (Nashville)
Genre
Length32:06
Label Nash Icon
Producer
  • Reba McEntire
  • Doug Sisemore
Reba McEntire chronology
Love Somebody
(2015)
My Kind of Christmas
(2016)
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope
(2017)
Singles from My Kind of Christmas
  1. "Hard Candy Christmas"
    Released: November 17, 2016 [1]
  2. "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    Released: November 17, 2016 [1]
2016 release (Cracker Barrel exclusive) [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winter Wonderland"2:07
2."The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"3:26
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"2:10
4."O Holy Night"3:39
5."Hard Candy Christmas" Carol Hall 3:50
6."O Come All Ye Faithful"2:58
7."Jingle Bell Rock"
  • Joe Beal
  • Jim Boothe
1:52
8."Silent Night"3:18
9."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 3:15
10."Jingle Bells" James Lord Pierpont 1:43
11."I'll Be Home for Christmas"3:47
Total length:32:06
2017 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winter Wonderland"
  • Felix Bernard
  • Richard B. Smith
2:04
2."The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
  • Robert Wells
  • Mel Tormé
3:23
3."Mary, Did You Know?" (with Vince Gill & Amy Grant)4:45
4."Jingle Bell Rock"
  • Joe Beal
  • Jim Boothe
1:50
5."O Holy Night"
  • Placide Cappeau
  • Adolphe Adam
3:37
6."Hard Candy Christmas"Carol Hall3:48
7."Back to God" (with Lauren Daigle)4:55
8."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
  • John Frederick Coots
  • Haven Gillespie
2:08
9."O Come All Ye Faithful"
  • Frederick Oakeley
  • John Francis Wade
2:55
10."O Little Town of Bethlehem" (with Darius Rucker)3:55
11."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:13
12."Jingle Bells"James Lord Pierpont1:40
13."I'll Be Home for Christmas"
  • Kim Gannon
  • Walter Kent
  • Buck Ram
3:46
14."Silent Night" (with Kelly Clarkson and Trisha Yearwood)
  • Franz Gruber
  • Joseph Mohr
4:07
Total length:46:06
2018 reissue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."What Child Is This" (with The Isaacs) William Chatterton Dix 3:18
Total length:49:24

Personnel

Adapted from the original 2016 release liner notes.

Charts

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelEdition(s)
United StatesSeptember 2, 2016CD, LPCracker Barrel, Nash IconCracker Barrel edition
WorldwideOctober 13, 2017CD, digital downloadRockin’ R Records, Nash Icon2017 reissue
WorldwideDecember 7, 2018CD, digital downloadBig Machine Records2018 reissue

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