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Released
  
November 18, 1997

Length
  
41:10

Artist
  
Hanson

Label
  
Mercury Records

Genre
  
Pop music

Recorded
  
1997 in London

Snowed In (1997)
  
3 Car Garage (1998)

Release date
  
18 November 1997

Producer
  
Mark Hudson

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Similar
  
Hanson albums, Pop music albums

Snowed In is a Christmas album by American pop rock group Hanson. A Christmas album, it was quickly released following the success of their previous album, Middle of Nowhere, and was recorded in London. Snowed In was also the best-selling holiday album for 1997 in the United States, selling 863,000 copies that year according to Nielsen SoundScan. It has since sold a total of 1,081,000 copies in the US.

Contents

The album features a mix of traditional Christmas carols (such as "Silent Night Medley"), covers of Christmas themed songs (such as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Merry Christmas, Baby") and Hanson's own compositions (such as "At Christmas" and "Christmas Time").

Commercial performance

Total sales were around 2 million, though 1.2 million of these were sold in the United States. The album both debuted and peaked at position number 7 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album sales chart in December 1997, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 15, 1997 for shipment of one million copies in the U.S.

The album also had a quick run on the Swedish albums chart and peaked at number 14.

Track listing

  1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Baxter, Moore) – 3:12
  2. "What Christmas Means to Me" (Gaye, Gordy, Story) – 3:43
  3. "Little Saint Nick" (Love, Wilson) – 3:33
  4. "At Christmas" (I. Hanson, T. Hanson, Z. Hanson) – 5:17
  5. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Barry, Greenwich, Spector) – 3:20
  6. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Marks) – 2:38
  7. "Christmas Time" (I. Hanson, T. Hanson, Z. Hanson, Hudson) – 3:59
  8. "Everybody Knows the Claus" (I. Hanson, T. Hanson, Z. Hanson) – 4:47
  9. "Run Rudolph Run" (Brodie, Marks) – 3:11
  10. "Silent Night Medley: O Holy Night/Silent Night/O Come All Ye Faithful" – 5:26
  11. "White Christmas" (Berlin) – 1:49

Personnel

  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Matthew Cordle – piano
  • Laurence Cottle – bass
  • Margery Greenspan – art direction
  • Hanson – arranger, producer, executive producer
  • Isaac Hanson – guitar, vocals
  • Taylor Hanson – piano, organ, keyboards, Wurlitzer, vocals
  • Zac Hanson – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Mark Hudson – arranger, guitar (rhythm), producer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Ian Kirkham – saxophone
  • Nadia Lanman – cello
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Richard Patrick – design
  • Iain Roberton – engineer
  • Chris Taylor – bass
  • Andy Wright – keyboards, programming
  • Paul Wright – engineer

    • Songs

    1Merry Christmas Baby3:12
    2What Christmas Means to Me3:43
    3Little Saint Nick3:34

    References

    Snowed In Wikipedia
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