'Tis the SeaSon
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{{Infobox album
| name = 'Tis the SeaSon
| type = studio
| artist = Jimmy Buffett
| cover = 'Tis the SeaSon Buffett.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|10|28}}
| recorded = Summer 2016 amidst touring.
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Christmas, country pop
| length = 39:31
| label = Mailboat
| producer = Mac McAnally • Michael Utley
| prev_title = Songs from St. Somewhere
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Life on the Flip Side
| next_year = 2020
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0002982034|pure_url=yes}}
}}
{{'}}Tis the SeaSon is the second and final Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and is his twenty-ninth studio album overall.
Background
Released on October 28, 2016, it is the follow-up to Buffett's Christmas Island, released twenty years prior. After the recording of the album was mentioned in interviews and on social media throughout summer 2016, the name, album cover, and release date were officially announced on September 26, 2016.{{cite web|title=Jimmy Buffett takes TODAY to 'Margaritaville' and beyond with live concert|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/jimmy-buffett-takes-today-margaritaville-beyond-live-concert-t101286|website=Today.com|access-date=October 2, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Cirilli|first1=Corynne|title={{-'}}Tis The SeaSon...For Jimmy Buffett's New Christmas Album!|url=https://blog.margaritaville.com/2016/09/tis-season-jimmy-buffetts-new-christmas-album/|access-date=October 2, 2016}}
Commercial performance
The album debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 50,{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2016-11-19|title=Billboard 200 |date=November 19, 2016|work=Billboard }} and at the Top Country Albums at No. 6, selling 10,000 copies in its first week.{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7572661/brett-eldredge-jimmy-buffett-decorate-top-country-albums-chart|title=Brett Eldredge & Jimmy Buffett Decorate Top Country Albums Chart With New Holiday Sets |first= Jim |last=Asker|date=November 9, 2016|work=Billboard}} The album has sold 56,500 copies in the United States as of December 2016.{{cite news |url= http://roughstock.com/news/2016/12/41240-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-december-20-2016 |title=Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: December 20, 2016 |first=Matt |last=Bjorke |date= December 20, 2016 |work=Roughstock}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 39:31
| title1 = Wonderful Christmastime
| writer1 = Paul McCartney
| length1 = 4:00
| title2 = Jingle Bell Rock
| writer2 = Joe Beal, Jim Boothe
| length2 = 2:10
| title3 = All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
| writer3 = Donald Yetter Gardner
| length3 = 2:39
| title4 = Drivin' the Pig (Manejando el Cerdo)
| writer4 = Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = The Twelve Days of Christmas (Parrothead Version)
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = What I Didn't Get for Christmas
| writer6 = Mac McAnally
| length6 = 2:36
| title7 = Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
| writer7 = Johnny Marks
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
| writer8 = Marks
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Santa Stole Thanksgiving
| writer9 = Buffett, Guth, Mayer
| length9 = 2:35
| title10 = Mele Kalikimaka
| note10 = feat. Jake Shimabukuro
| writer10 = Robert Alexander Anderson
| length10 = 2:39
| title11 = Winter Wonderland
| note11 = feat. Robert Greenidge
| writer11 = Richard B. Smith
| length11 = 3:20
| title12 = Baby, It's Cold Outside
| note12 = feat. Nadirah Shakoor
| writer12 = Frank Loesser
| length12 = 2:54
| title13 = White Christmas
| writer13 = Irving Berlin
| length13 = 3:10
}}
Personnel
Credits from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tis-the-season-mw0002982034/credits|title={{-'}}Tis the SeaSon - Jimmy Buffett - Credits - AllMusic}}
- Jimmy Buffett – All vocals
- Robert Greenidge – Featured artist
- Mac McAnally – Producer
- Nadirah Shakoor – Featured artist
- Jake Shimabukuro – Featured artist
- Michael Utley – Producer
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|50|artist=Jimmy Buffett|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 9, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|6|artist=Jimmy Buffett|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 9, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|6|artist=Jimmy Buffett|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 27, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|access-date=June 27, 2020}}
| 74 |
| scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|access-date=June 27, 2020}}
| 77 |
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References
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{{Jimmy Buffett}}
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Category:2016 Christmas albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists
Category:Country Christmas albums
Category:Mailboat Records albums
Category:Pop rock Christmas albums
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