| The Christmas Album | ||||
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| Released | September 22, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | January – August 1992 | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Length | 44:58 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Christmas Album is the twentieth studio album by Neil Diamond and his first to feature Christmas music. It features orchestral and choir arrangements by David Campbell. The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, No. 50 on the UK album sales chart, and No. 30 on Australian music chart.[2][3][4]
In his review music critic Johnny Loftus states, "While Neil Diamond's The Christmas Album is designed almost exclusively for his adult contemporary constituency, the vocalist still manages to light up most of the obviousness of these standards with his trademark gritty soul and flair for inflection."[5]
On August 7, 2001, The Christmas Album was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 1992 release.[6] By November 2014,[update] it was the twenty-fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States of the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991–present), having sold 1,910,000 copies according to SoundScan.[7]
- ^ The Christmas Album at AllMusic
- ^ Diamond, Neil. "Neil Diamond Billboard Charts". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Neil Diamond | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Discography Neil Diamond". australian-charts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. The Christmas Album at AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "American album certifications – Neil Diamond – The Christmas Album". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.