Because It's Christmas
Because It's Christmas | ||||
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Released | September 25, 1990 | |||
Genre | Pop Easy listening | |||
Length | 42:35 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Barry Manilow & [1] | |||
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Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | C+[3] |
Because It's Christmas is the first of three Christmas albums released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was released in 1990 and was a huge success, becoming Manilow's first platinum album since 1984's 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe. It also began a period in Manilow's career in which he recorded cover albums. Each album would focus on a particular style of music. He continued this pattern until the release of Here at the Mayflower in 2001.
The version of "Jingle Bells" on the album is a cover of the 1943 recording by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with the girl group Exposé taking the Andrews Sisters' part.
Because It's Christmas was the best-selling Christmas album of 1990 in the U.S. The album peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart,[4] and spent five weeks at number 1 on Billboard magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart in December 1990 and January 1991.[4]
On July 19, 2002, Because It's Christmas was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the U.S.[5]
Track listing[]
- Side 1
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé / Robert Wells) - 3:54
- "Jingle Bells" (Duet with Exposé) (James Pierpont) - 2:39
- "Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus" (Eddie Arkin/Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/Traditional) - 5:19
- "The First Noel/When The Meadow Was Bloomin'" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/Traditional) - 5:01
- "Excerpt from Handel's Messiah/Because It's Christmas" (Jack Feldman/Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman) - 5:28
- Side 2
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Duet with K.T. Oslin) (Frank Loesser) - 5:19
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 1:32
- "Carol Of The Bells/The Bells Of Christmas" (Adrienne Anderson/Barry Manilow/Peter J. Wilhousky) - 4:48
- "Joy To The World/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane/Hugh Martin/Traditional) - 3:46
- "We Wish You A Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve" (Barry Manilow/Marty Panzer/Traditional) - 4:47
Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[5] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b CD packaging
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 163. ISBN 0-89820-161-6.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – Because It's Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America.
- 1990 Christmas albums
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Barry Manilow albums
- Arista Records Christmas albums
- Pop Christmas albums
- 1990s pop album stubs