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 |
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
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{{Kenny Rogers}}
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Category:1989 Christmas albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists
Category:Reprise Records albums