- ballad, contemporary r&b, pop
- 51 min
- 11 tracks
- DMI Records
This Christmas is the first Christmas album and thirty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Produced by Franklin and Tena Clark, it was originally released on October 14, 2008, as a Borders exclusive, consisting of eleven cover versions of Christmas standards and carols. In 2009, the album was reissued by DMI Records. This Christmas peaked at number 102 on the US Billboard 200.
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Classical in form, grave, warm and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1Angels We Have Heard on High5:26
- 2This Christmas5:23
- 3My Grown-Up Christmas List5:15
- 4The Lord Will Make a Way5:43
- 5Silent Night5:06
- 6Ave Maria4:57
- 7Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)3:53
- 814 Angels2:08
- 9One Night With the King6:09
- 10Hark! The Herald Angels Sing5:24
- 11'Twas the Night Before Christmas1:52
11 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Aretha Franklin
- Label
- DMI Records
- Released
- October 14, 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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