The Christmas Album

Infobox Album
Name = The Christmas Album
Type = Album
Artist = Lynn Anderson


Released = 1971
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Holiday
Length =
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Glenn Sutton, Clive Davis
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zfoxqqgldse Link]
Last album = "How Can I Unlove You"
1971
This album = "The Christmas Album"
1971
Next album = "The World of Lynn Anderson"
1971

"The Christmas Album" is the name of a Holiday music album by Country music legend, Lynn Anderson, released in 1971.

This was Lynn Anderson's first Christmas music album. The album was released by her record company at the time, Columbia Records, and was very successful. The album reached No. 13 on the "Billboard 200" in 1971 (her highest chart position on that chart), but it didn't chart on the "Top Country Albums" list, despite Anderson being a Country singer. Anderson had recently had a No. 1 Country and Pop hit, "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden", which is probably the reason for why this album charted so high on the "Billboard 200". In addition, this album was certified "Gold" by the RIAA.

This album consists of 11 tracks of big Holiday music hits from the 50s and 60s, including Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" and Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Rednos Raindeer". Anderson would later release a second Christmas album in 2002, some of the songs from this album were re-recorded and released on her 2002 Holiday album, "Home for the Holidays". However, most of the material on her 2002 album was brand new.

Track listing

#"Ding-a-Ling Christmas Bell"
#"Jingle Bell Rock"
#"The Spirit of Christmas"
#"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
#"Soon It Will Be Christmas Day'
#"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
#"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
#"Mr. Mistletoe"
#"A Whistle and a Whisker Away"
#"Frosty the Snowman"
#"Don't Wish Me Merry Christmas"