Merry Christmas to You | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Reba McEntire | ||||||||||
Released | 1987 | |||||||||
Genre | Country | |||||||||
Length | 34:02 | |||||||||
Label | MCA | |||||||||
Producer | Tony Brown Jimmy Bowen Reba McEntire |
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Allmusic | [1] |
Merry Christmas to You, released in 1987, is the fourteenth album and first Christmas album by Reba McEntire, with most of the tunes being McEntire's renditions of very familiar traditional Christmas fare. It is currently the latest album (as of 2009) to bear McEntire's last name on the front cover. Songs from the album wouldn't chart until ten and twelve years after its release.
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Art Direction: Simon Levy Photography: McGuire Design: Katherine DeVault Design Styling: Ann Payne Fur: J. Jacklyn Furriers
Produced by Jimmy Bowen for Lynwood Productions and Reba McEntire for Reba McEntire Productions, except for "On This Day" and "Away In A Manger", produced by Tony Brown.
Recorded by Ron Treat. Overdubs recorded by Ron Treat, Steve Tillisch, Willie Pevear, Bob Bullock. Mixed by Bob Bullock and Steve Tillisch.
Sound Engineers: Mark J. Coddington, Tim Kish, Marty Williams, Russ Martin
Digitally recorded using the Mitsubishi X-850 32 track digital at Sound Stage Studio, Emerald Studio, 16th Ave. Sound, Backstage, and Masterfonics.
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics using the JVC Digital Audio Mastering System.
Digital editing by Milan Bogdan.
CD master tape prepared by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics.
Project Coordinator: Jesse Noble
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 72 |
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 20 |
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country | ||
1997 | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" | 63 |
1999 | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | 68 |
"Away in a Manger" | 73 |
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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United States (RIAA)[2] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^shipments figures based on certification alone |