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| Released | 2 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 – 2015 | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Label | Arista Legacy | |||
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The Classic Christmas Album is a Christmas compilation album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released on 2 October 2015 by Legacy Recordings. [1] It includes all the songs from 2006's Wintersong plus five other Christmas tunes.
The album includes all twelve tracks from McLachlan's 2006 Christmas album, Wintersong and five other Christmas songs. "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings" was recorded backstage by Barenaked Ladies and McLachlan using one mic and done in one take at Planetfest in December 1996 for US radio station WPLT. [2] In 2000, it appeared on the Nettwerk's compilation, Christmas Songs and in 2004, it was featured on the Barenaked Ladies album, Barenaked for the Holidays . [2] In 2015, "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings" was included for the very first time on McLachlan's album. The Classic Christmas Album also includes "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" from the 2007 compilation, Stockings by the Fire . Three other songs, "Space on the Couch for Two", "Find Your Voice" and "Prayer of Saint Francis", feature The Sarah McLachlan School Choir and they were already released as free downloads in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. "Prayer of Saint Francis" without The Sarah McLachlan School Choir was featured on the Surfacing album bonus disc and later on Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 .
The album sold 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 199 for chart dated December 26, 2015. [3] It has sold 20,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016. [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wintersong" | Sarah McLachlan | Pierre Marchand | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Marchand | 3:43 | |
| 3. | "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)" | Traditional | Marchand | 3:29 |
| 4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Marchand | 3:12 | |
| 5. | "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings" (with Barenaked Ladies) | Traditional | Barenaked Ladies | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | Marchand | 3:27 | |
| 7. | "Prayer of Saint Francis" (featuring The Sarah McLachlan School Choir) | Traditional |
| 1:58 |
| 8. | "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" | Marchand | 3:37 | |
| 9. | "Space on the Couch for Two" (featuring The Sarah McLachlan School Choir) | The Sarah McLachlan School Choir |
| 4:16 |
| 10. | "Find Your Voice" (featuring The Sarah McLachlan School Choir) |
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| 3:16 |
| 11. | "River" | Joni Mitchell | Marchand | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Silent Night" | Traditional | Marchand | 3:47 |
| 13. | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | Traditional | Marchand | 3:49 |
| 14. | "The First Noel / Mary Mary" | Traditional | Marchand | 4:59 |
| 15. | "Song for a Winter's Night" | Gordon Lightfoot | Marchand | 3:46 |
| 16. | "In the Bleak Midwinter" | Traditional | Marchand | 3:44 |
| 17. | "Christmas Time Is Here" (featuring Diana Krall) | Marchand | 4:00 |
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [5] | 199 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States [6] | 2 October 2015 | Legacy | CD | 88843086482 |
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