Released September 15, 1984 Length 33:01 | Recorded 1984 Release date 15 September 1984 | |
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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas (also known as Christmas 1984) is the first Christmas album and sixth studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. It was the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at #50.
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On June 21, 2004, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million copies in the United States since its 1984 release, making it one of the best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the U.S.
Seven of the album's 11 tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration.
The album's version of "Deck The Halls" was used in a Christmas bumper for Cartoon Network in 2012.
As of November 2014, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas was the seventh best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold a total of 3,500,000 copies during that period according to SoundScan.
Track listing
- "Deck the Halls" – 3:43
- "We Three Kings" (Hopkins) – 3:45
- "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" – 2:32
- "Coventry Carol" – 2:38
- "Good King Wenceslas" – 3:29
- "Christmas Sweet: Wassail, Wassail" – 2:20
- "Christmas Sweet: Carol of the Birds" (Bas-Quercy) – 2:03
- "Christmas Sweet: I Saw Three Ships" – 1:28
- "Christmas Sweet: God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" – 1:37
- "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 4:19
- "Stille Nacht" (Silent Night) (Gruber) – 5:26
Songs
1Deck the Halls3:43
2We Three Kings3:45
3Bring a Torch - Jeannette - Isabella2:37