White Christmas | ||||
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Released | September 29, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Christmas, country | |||
Length | 41:06 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Rob Christie Martina McBride Patrick Williams Paul Worley | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
White Christmas is the fifth album and first Christmas album by country singer Martina McBride issued by RCA Nashville in 1998. The album was reissued in 1999 with new artwork and two new tracks. It was re-released for the second time in October 2007 with newer artwork and four new tracks added. In 2013,it was reissued for a third time as The Classic Christmas Album. The re-release added her Elvis Presley duet,"Blue Christmas",which was originally released on his posthumous album Christmas Duets ,while removing the track "Jingle Bells" and revising the track listing.
In the U.S. the album White Christmas was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 9,1999;then Platinum by the RIAA on November 10,2003;and then double-Platinum by the RIAA on December 12,2018. The album has sold 1,827,700 copies in the U.S. as of November 2017. [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 4:05 |
2. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn | 1:44 |
3. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells | 3:38 |
4. | "O Holy Night" | Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight | 3:43 |
5. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 2:40 |
6. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 3:27 |
7. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:18 |
8. | "What Child Is This?" | Traditional | 3:45 |
9. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent | 3:10 |
10. | "Silent Night" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Josef Mohr | 3:22 |
Total length: | 32:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | Gloria Shayne Baker, Noël Regney | 3:55 |
2. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Martin, Blane | 4:05 |
3. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Styne, Cahn | 1:44 |
4. | "O Come All Ye Faithful" | Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade | 3:58 |
5. | "The Christmas Song" | Tormé, Wells | 3:38 |
6. | "O Holy Night" | Adam, Dwight | 3:43 |
7. | "Silver Bells" | Livingston, Evans | 2:40 |
8. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 3:27 |
9. | "White Christmas" | Berlin | 3:18 |
10. | "What Child Is This?" | Traditional | 3:45 |
11. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Ram, Gannon, Kent | 3:10 |
12. | "Silent Night" | Gruber, Mohr | 3:22 |
Total length: | 40:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Styne, Cahn | 1:44 |
2. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Martin, Blane | 4:05 |
3. | "Silver Bells" | Livingston, Evans | 2:40 |
4. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley | 2:29 |
5. | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | Baker, Regney | 3:55 |
6. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Ram, Gannon, Kent | 3:10 |
7. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 3:26 |
8. | "O Come All Ye Faithful" | Oakeley, Wade | 3:58 |
9. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 3:27 |
10. | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin) (Martin vocal 1959; McBride vocal 2006) | Frank Loesser | 2:55 |
11. | "Jingle Bells" | James Pierpont | 2:13 |
12. | "White Christmas" | Berlin | 3:18 |
13. | "Silent Night" | Gruber, Mohr | 3:22 |
14. | "The Christmas Song" | Tormé, Wells | 3:38 |
15. | "What Child Is This?" | Traditional | 3:45 |
16. | "O Holy Night" | Adam, Dwight | 3:43 |
Total length: | 51:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Styne, Cahn | 1:44 |
2. | "Silver Bells" | Livingston, Evans | 2:40 |
3. | "The Christmas Song" | Tormé, Wells | 3:38 |
4. | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | Baker, Regney | 3:55 |
5. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Mendelssohn, Wesley | 2:29 |
6. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 3:27 |
7. | "Winter Wonderland" | Bernard, Smith | 3:26 |
8. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Martin, Blane | 4:05 |
9. | "Blue Christmas" (with Elvis Presley [Presley vocal 1957; McBride vocal 2008]) | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson | 2:13 |
10. | "O Come All Ye Faithful" | Oakeley, Wade | 3:58 |
11. | "Silent Night" | Gruber, Mohr | 3:22 |
12. | "White Christmas" | Berlin | 3:18 |
13. | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin) (Martin vocal 1959; McBride vocal 2006) | Loesser | 2:55 |
14. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Ram, Gannon, Kent | 3:10 |
15. | "What Child Is This?" | Traditional | 3:45 |
16. | "O Holy Night" | Adam, Dwight | 3:43 |
Total length: | 51:48 |
Studios
Weekly chartsWhite Christmas
The Classic Christmas Album
Year-end charts
Charted songs
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Region | Date | Label | Format |
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United States | September 29, 1998 | RCA Nashville | CD, Cassette (10 tracks) |
September 14, 1999 | CD (12 tracks) | ||
October 2, 2007 | CD, digital download (16 tracks) | ||
October 6, 2009 | Legacy Recordings | CD+DVD | |
October 8, 2013 | CD, digital download (16 tracks) |
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