Christmas Spirit (Richard Marx album)

Christmas Spirit
Studio album by
Richard Marx
ReleasedOctober 22, 2012
Recorded
  • Ocean Way, Nashville
  • Sound Stage, Nashville
  • Blackbird, Nashville
  • Renegade, Nashville
GenreChristmas
Length51:54 (standard edition)
64:42 (Target edition)
LabelZanzibar Records, TourDeForce Productions
ProducerRichard Marx
Richard Marx chronology
A Night Out with Friends
(2012) 		Christmas Spirit
(2012) 		Seven & Seven
(2012)
Singles from Christmas Spirit
  1. "Christmas Spirit"
    Released: November 2011
  2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
    Released: October 18, 2012
  3. "Little Drummer Boy"
    Released: October 27, 2012
  4. "Christmas Mornings"
    Released: November 3, 2012
  5. "O Holy Night"
    Released: December 2012
  6. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
    Released: December 17, 2016
  7. "Happy New Year, Old Friend"
    Released: November 22, 2019
  8. "Holiday"
    Released: October 30, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Christmas Spirit is a Christmas seasonal release album by Richard Marx, released in October 2012. Five tracks on the album previously appeared on his 2011 release, The Christmas EP. Christmas Spirit reached No. 181 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Top Christmas Albums chart.

Two of its new tracks became top 20 Adult Contemporary hits.[1] "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" is based on Casting Crowns arrangement of the song from their Peace On Earth album.[citation needed] Christmas Spirit yielded five singles, including "Christmas Spirit", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Christmas Mornings" and "O Holy Night".

The album features duets with Kenny Loggins, Sara Watkins and Sara Niemietz.[2]

Marx returned to the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart's Top Ten chart with Little Drummer Boy in December 2012.[3]

On November 3, 2023, Barnes & Noble released the album with two previously released Christmas tracks, Holiday and Happy New Year, Old Friend.

  1. ^ a b "Richard Marx Christmas Spirit". Awards. AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Christmas Spirit: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ Gary Trust (3 December 2012). "Barry Manilow, Richard Marx Return To AC Top 10". Billboard. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.