| Christmas in the Heart | ||||
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| Released | October 13, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | May 2009 | |||
| Studio | Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California[1] | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 42:21 | |||
| Language | English, Latin on O Come, All Ye Faithful | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jack Frost (Bob Dylan's pseudonym) | |||
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Christmas in the Heart is the thirty-fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 13, 2009, by Columbia Records. The album comprises a collection of hymns, carols, and popular Christmas songs. All Dylan's royalties from the sale of this album benefit the charities Feeding America in the USA, Crisis in the UK, and the World Food Programme in perpetuity.[2]
Dylan said that, although he was born and raised Jewish (he converted to Christianity in the late 1970s), he never felt left out of Christmas during his childhood in Minnesota. Regarding the popularity of Christmas music, he said, "... it's so worldwide and everybody can relate to it in their own way".[3]
The album opened at No. 1 on the Billboard Holiday Album chart, No. 5 on the Folk Album chart, No. 10 on the Rock Album chart and No. 23 on the overall album charts. As with most of Dylan's 21st century output, he produced it himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost.
- ^ "BBC review". Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "CAFAmerica to distribute royalities [sic] from Bob Dylan's Christmas album to Crisis". UK Fundraising. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ^ Bob Dylan brings Christmas cheer to those without homes, Reuters, November 26, 2009