Mannheim Steamroller Christmas

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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas cover
Studio album by Mannheim Steamroller
Released 1984
Genre Christmas music
Length 33:01
Label American Gramaphone
Producer Chip Davis
Professional reviews

AllMusic Guide 4.5/5 starsReview

Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Fresh Aire V
(1983)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
(1984)
Fresh Aire VI
(1986)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
(1984)
A Fresh Aire Christmas
(1988)

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas was the first Christmas album released by new age musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album has sold over six million copies since it was released in 1984. The group has released five subsequent Christmas studio albums, most recently Christmas Song in October 2007.

[edit] Track listing

  • Songs are traditional except where noted
  1. "Deck The Halls" – 3:29
  2. "We Three Kings" (Hopkins) – 3:40
  3. "Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" – 2:32
  4. "Coventry Carol" – 2:38
  5. "Good King Wenceslas" – 3:29
  6. "Christmas Sweet: Wassail, Wassail" – 2:20
  7. "Christmas Sweet: Carol Of The Birds" (Bas-Quercy) – 2:03
  8. "Christmas Sweet: I Saw Three Ships" – 1:28
  9. "Christmas Sweet: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 1:37
  10. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 4:19
  11. "Stille Nacht" (Gruber) – 5:26

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