A Glen Campbell Christmas is the 56th album

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 by American

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 singer/guitarist

Guitarist

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 Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell

Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...

, released in 1998 on the TNN Classic Sessions label (see 1998 in music

1998 in music

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). In 1999 the album was repackaged and released on the Unison/TNN label.

Track listing

1. "The First Noel
   The First Noël
   The First Nowell is a traditional classical English carol, most likely from the 18th century, although possibly earlier...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:32
2. "O Little Town of Bethlehem
   O Little Town of Bethlehem
   "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol. The text was written by Phillips Brooks , an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. He was inspired by visiting the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:29
3. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
   God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in Aeolian mode. It was published by William B...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:41
4. "Silent Night
   Silent Night
   "Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:30
5. "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (Traditional) – 3:07
6. "Away In A Manger
   Away in a Manger
   "Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking it joint second.-History of the lyrics:...
   
   " (Traditional) – 3:00
7. "What Child Is This" (Traditional) – 3:30
8. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional) – 2:18
9. "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
   It Came upon a Midnight Clear
   "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" is a poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Lancaster, Massachusetts...
   
   " (Traditional) – 3:15
10. "O Holy Night
    O Holy Night
    "O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
    
    " (Traditional) – 3:56
11. "Joy To The World
    Joy to the World
    "Joy to the World" is a Christian Christmas carol.The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and...
    
    " (Traditional) – 2:3

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...
  
   – Percussion
• Dennis Burnside – keyboards
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Background vocals – The Belmont University Choir, directed by Tim Sharp

Production

• Executive Producer – Martin Clayton, Brian Hughes, Paul Corbin
• Producer – Barry Beckett, Eddie Bayers
• Arranger – Dennis Burnside
• Engineer – Pete Green
• Second Engineer – David Boyer
• Liner notes – Michael Gray
• Project Coordinator – Kate Haggerty
• Art direction – Biz Woodie
• Design – Alter Ego Design
• Photography – Jim Hagans

Awards

A Glen Campbell Christmas won a Dove Award for Best Country Album in 1999. The album was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Southern, Country of Bluegrass Gospel Album.