A Christmas Album (Barbra Streisand album)

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A Christmas Album
A Christmas Album cover
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released October 1967 (1967-10)
Recorded June 1966 at Olympia Sound Studios in London; 9–16 September 1967 in Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop
Length 33:40
Label Columbia
Producer Jack Gold
Professional reviews
Barbra Streisand chronology
Simply Streisand
(1967)		 A Christmas Album
(1967)		 What About Today?
(1969)

A Christmas Album (1967) is the first Christmas album released by Barbra Streisand. The album is one of Streisand's best selling albums and is ranked as one of the best selling Christmas albums of all time. The album was the number 1 holiday album of the year and has been certified as 5x Platinum by the RIAA. The cover photograph was taken on 16 June 1967 during the rehearsal for her concert, A Happening in Central Park.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "Jingle Bells?" (James Pierpont) – 1:58
  2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:14
  3. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 4:00
  4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:08
  5. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:09
  6. "The Best Gift" (Lan O'Kun) – 3:11

[edit] Side two

  1. "Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night) (Franz Gruber) – 3:07
  2. "Gounod's Ave Maria (Charles Gounod) – 3:26
  3. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 2:58
    • New adaptation by Jack Gold
  4. "I Wonder as I Wander (John Jacob Niles) – 3:18
  5. "The Lord's Prayer (Albert Hay Malotte) – 2:43

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