It Won't Be Christmas Without You
It Won't Be Christmas Without You | ||||
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Studio album by Brooks & Dunn | ||||
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 a 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]
Contents
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
Chart performance
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 12 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 81 |
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 7 |