Christmas in America

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{{Infobox album

| name = Christmas In America

| type = studio

| artist = Kenny Rogers

| cover = Christmas In America.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1989

| recorded = 1989

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Christmas music

| length = 31:25

| label = Reprise

| producer = Jim Ed Norman

| prev_title = Something Inside So Strong

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Love Is Strange

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Rogers' Christmas

| type = studio album

| prev_title = Once Upon a Christmas

| prev_year = 1984

| title = Christmas In America

| year = 1989

| next_title = The Gift

| next_year = 1996

}}

}}{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r133300|pure_url=yes}} link]}}

Christmas In America is the twenty-second studio album and the third Christmas album by Kenny Rogers. It was released in 1989 by Reprise Records.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6386070/kenny-rogers-christmas-and-hits-through-the-years-tour-review-2014|title=Kenny Rogers Brings The Merriment on Christmas and Hits Through the Years Tour|publisher=Billboard|language=English|author=Chuck Dauphin|date=8 December 2014|accessdate=15 January 2018}}

Track listing

{{track listing

|title1 = Christmas in America

|writer1 = Dolly Parton

|length1 = 3:02

|title2 = Winter Wonderland

|writer2 = Bernard, Smith

|length2 = 2:10

|title3 = I'll Be Home for Christmas

|writer3 = Gannon, Kent, Ram

|length3 = 3:04

|title4 = Silver Bells

|writer4 = Evans, Livingston

|length4 = 3:56

|title5 = Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

|writer5 = Blane, Martin

|length5 = 3:27

|title6 = Christmas in America

|note6 = reprise

|writer6 = Parton

|length6 = 1:02

|title7 = Joy to the World

|writer7 = Mason, Watts

|length7 = 1:56

|title8 = Away in a Manger

|writer8 = Traditional

|length8 = 1:22

|title9 = O Little Town of Bethlehem

|writer9 = Brooks, Redner

|length9 = 2:41

|title10 = God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

|writer10 = Traditional

|length10 = 1:25

|title11 = The First Noel

|writer11 = William B. Sandys 1823

|length11 = 2:42

|title12 = Christmas in America

|note12 = segue

|writer12 = Parton

|length12 = 0:21

|title13 = What Child Is This?

|writer13 = Dix, Traditional

|length13 = 1:50

|title14 = Silent Night

|writer14 = Gruber, Mohr

|length14 = 2:27

}}

Personnel

  • Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
  • Matt Rollings – pianos
  • Mike Lawler – synthesizers
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Gibson – electric guitars
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Russ Powell - bass
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Jim Horn – saxophones, flute
  • Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – harp
  • Bergen White – orchestral arrangements and conductor, arrangements (7–14), backing vocals
  • Carl Gorodetzky – conductor, concertmaster
  • The Nashville String Machine – orchestra
  • Jim Ferguson – backing vocals
  • Sherilyn Huffman – backing vocals
  • Louis Nunley – backing vocals
  • Lisa Silver – backing vocals
  • Diane Vanette – backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

Production

  • Jim Ed Norman – producer
  • Eric Prestidge – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Danny Kee – assistant producer
  • Daniel Johnston – assistant engineer
  • John Kunz – assistant engineer
  • Jim Valentini – assistant engineer
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Laura LiPuma – art direction
  • Beth Middleworth – design
  • Larry Dixon – album photography
  • Kelly Junkermann – photography of Kenny Rogers

Studios

  • Recorded at Digital Recorders and The Loft (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • Mixed at The Loft
  • Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chart performance

class="wikitable"

! Chart (1989)

! Peak
position

U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums

| align="center"| 45

U.S. Billboard 200

| align="center"| 119

U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums

| align="center"| 12

References