A Merry Little Christmas (Linda Ronstadt album)

A Merry Little Christmas
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released October 17, 2000
Recorded 2000
Genre Christmas, Holiday, Seasonal, Religious
Label Elektra
Producer John Boylan, George Massenburg
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
(1999)		 A Merry Little Christmas
(2000)		 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyA ("4 stockings out of 4") [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

A Merry Little Christmas is a Christmas album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 2000. It was the final release under Ronstadt's recording contract with the Elektra/Asylum Records label for whom Linda had recorded since 1973 (twenty-seven years to that point). John Boylan returned to the scene as Linda's producer - and manager - for this disc. Boylan remains Linda's official representative as of 2016.

It was the biggest-selling Holiday album of the 2000 Christmas season. It peaked at #179 on Billboard's main album chart and has continued to sell year in and year out.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Christmas Song"  Mel Tormé, Bob Wells 4:24
2. "I'll Be Home For Christmas"  Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent 4:15
3. "White Christmas" (duet with Rosemary Clooney)Irving Berlin 4:22
4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane 3:55
5. "River"  Joni Mitchell 4:10
6. "O come, O come, Emmanuel"  John Mason Neale 3:29
7. "Xicochi, Xicochi" ("Sleep, sleep")Gaspar Fernandez 2:17
8. "I Wonder As I Wander"  John Jacob Niles, Traditional 3:20
9. "Away In A Manger"  Traditional 2:08
10. "Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming"  Traditional 2:10
11. "Welsh Carol"  Traditional 3:57
12. "Past Three O'Clock"  George Ratcliffe Woodward, Traditional 0:41
13. "O Magnum Mysterium"  Traditional 3:19
14. "Silent Night"  Josef Mohr 3:06

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Willman, Chris (2000-12-08). "Trilly Holiday". Entertainment Weekly: 95. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.


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