It Won't Be Christmas Without You
| It Won't Be Christmas Without You | ||||
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| Released | October 8, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 33:06 | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Producer | Kix Brooks Ronnie Dunn Mark Wright Greg Droman | |||
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It Won't Be Christmas Without You is the first Christmas music album by country group Brooks & Dunn released in 2002. Their first album of Christmas music, it features covers of traditional Christmas songs, as well as several newly written tunes. Four of the album's songs — "Hangin' 'Round the Mistletoe", the title track, "Rockin' Little Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland" — received enough airplay to enter the Billboard country music charts, peaking at numbers 47, 41, 57 and 57, respectively.[1]
The album received a 3 star rating from Allmusic, with an unattributed review praising Brooks & Dunn for "wisely foregoing the drippy, synth-laden production that ruins many contemporary country Christmas albums, instead relying on the neo-honky tonk sound that made the duo famous."[2]
Track listing
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:00
- "Hangin' 'Round the Mistletoe" (Kostas) – 2:41
- "It Won't Be Christmas Without You" (Steven Busch, Ronnie Dunn, Jerry Lynn Williams) – 3:43
- "Rockin' Little Christmas" (Deborah Allen, Bruce Channel) – 3:06
- "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson)– 3:29
- "Santa's Coming Over to Your House" (Kix Brooks, Don Cook) – 2:32
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:56
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:24
- "Who Says There Ain't No Santa" (Brooks, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) – 3:41
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 2:42
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:46
Personnel
- Brooks & Dunn
- Kix Brooks - lead vocals, background vocals
- Ronnie Dunn - lead vocals, background vocals
- Additional Musicians
- Deborah Allen - background vocals
- Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
- David Campbell - string arrangements, conductor
- Bruce Channel - background vocals
- Lisa Cochran - background vocals
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest - drums
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Barry Green - trombone
- Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
- Mike Haynes - trumpet
- Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
- Jim Horn - baritone saxophone
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- The Nashville String Machine - strings
- Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano
- Steve Patrick - trumpet
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Denis Solee - tenor saxophone
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
Charts
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "It Won't Be Christmas Without You review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
