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A Merry Little Christmas is a Christmas album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 2000. It was the final release under Ronstadt's recording contract with the Elektra/Asylum Records label for whom Linda had recorded since 1973 (twenty-seven years to that point). John Boylan returned as Linda's producer for this disc. Cover art and design Kosh
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| Released | October 17, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 Jim Brady Studios in Tucson (Tracks 1-5, 7-8), Recital Halls at the University of Arizona (6-7, 10-14), OceanWay Studios Nashville August 2000 (1-5, 8-9) Capitol Studios (3) | |||
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| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | John Boylan, George Massenburg | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A ("4 stockings out of 4") [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
It was the biggest-selling Holiday album of the 2000 Christmas season. It peaked at #179 on Billboard's main album chart and continued to sell year in and year out.
Ronstadt and Elektra differed on the final playing order: "They wanted me to start with 'Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire'. I was tired of bargaining with them. I had this scheme where it started with ancient and went to modern. I always like to organize chronologically."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Bob Wells | 4:24 |
| 2. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent | 4:15 |
| 3. | "White Christmas" (duet with Rosemary Clooney) | Irving Berlin | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 3:55 |
| 5. | "River" | Joni Mitchell | 4:10 |
| 6. | "O come, O come, Emmanuel" | John Mason Neale | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Xicochi, Xicochi" ("Sleep, sleep") | Gaspar Fernandez | 2:17 |
| 8. | "I Wonder as I Wander" | John Jacob Niles, Traditional | 3:20 |
| 9. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 2:08 |
| 10. | "Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming" | Traditional | 2:10 |
| 11. | "Welsh Carol" | Traditional | 3:57 |
| 12. | "Past Three O'Clock" | George Ratcliffe Woodward, Traditional | 0:41 |
| 13. | "O magnum mysterium" | Traditional | 3:19 |
| 14. | "Silent Night" | Josef Mohr | 3:06 |
| Total length: | 45:33 | ||
References
- Allmusic review
- Willman, Chris (2000-12-08). "Trilly Holiday". Entertainment Weekly. p. 95. Archived from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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- "Linda Ronstadt interview".
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