Tennessee Christmas (album)

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Tennessee Christmas
Amy Grant - Tennessee Christmas.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
Genre Christmas, Contemporary Christian music
Length42:20
Label Capitol, Sparrow
Producer
Amy Grant chronology
Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith
(2015)
Tennessee Christmas
(2016)
Singles from Tennessee Christmas
  1. "To Be Together"
    Released: 2016
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Tennessee Christmas is the nineteenth studio album and fourth solo Christmas album by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Amy Grant. It was released on October 21, 2016 on Capitol and Sparrow Records. The album is a collection of new recordings, Christmas song favorites, a re-recording of the album title track (originally released on Grant's A Christmas Album in 1983) and a duet with her husband Vince Gill.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tennessee Christmas" Amy Grant, Gary Chapman 4:27
2."To Be Together"Grant, Chris Eaton 4:11
3."Christmas for You and Me"Nathan Dugger, Ellie Holcomb 3:04
4."Melancholy Christmas"Grant, Marshall Altman 3:02
5."December"Isaac Darnell3:29
6."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 2:23
7."Joy to the World"Isaac Watts3:08
8."I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"Berlin3:24
9."Baby, It's Cold Outside" (duet with Vince Gill)Frank Loesser3:15
10."Christmas Don't Be Late" Ross Bagdasarian 3:15
11."Still Can’t Sleep" Ed Cash, Franni Cash3:12
12."Another Merry Christmas"Grant, E. Cash2:22
13."O Come, All Ye Faithful" John Francis Wade 3:07
Total length:42:20
Digital [4] [5] and Target [6] bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."From the Cold"Cody Fry4:35
15."What Child Is This" William Chatterton Dix 3:16

Personnel

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 31
US Top Contemporary Christian1
US Top Holiday Albums3

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