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Because It's Christmas
Studio album by
Barry Manilow
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1990
Genre
Length42:35
LabelArista
ProducerBarry Manilow, Eddie Arkin[2]
Barry Manilow chronology
Live on Broadway
(1990) 		Because It's Christmas
(1990) 		Showstoppers
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[4]

Because It's Christmas is the first of three Christmas-themed albums released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was released in 1990 and was a huge success, becoming Manilow's first platinum album in the United States since 1980's Barry. It also began a period in Manilow's career in which he recorded cover albums. Each album would focus on a particular style of music. He continued this pattern until the release of Here at the Mayflower in 2001.

The version of "

Exposé
taking the Andrews Sisters' part. The album also finally included his perennial favorite New Years Eve song "It's Just Another New Years Eve".

Because It's Christmas was the

best-selling Christmas album of 1990 in the U.S. The album peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart,[5] and spent five weeks at number 1 on Billboard magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart in December 1990 and January 1991.[5]

On July 19, 2002, Because It's Christmas was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the U.S.[6]

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:54
  2. "
    Exposé
    ) (James Pierpont) - 2:39
  3. "Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus" (Eddie Arkin, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mercer, Traditional) - 5:19
  4. "The First Noel/When the Meadow Was Bloomin'" (Barry Manilow, Johnny Mercer, Traditional) - 5:01
  5. "Excerpt from Handel's Messiah/Because It's Christmas" (Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) - 5:28
Side 2
  1. "
    K.T. Oslin) (Frank Loesser
    ) - 5:19
  2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 1:32
  3. "Carol of the Bells/The Bells of Christmas" (Adrienne Anderson, Barry Manilow, Peter J. Wilhousky) - 4:48
  4. "Joy to the World/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin, Traditional) - 3:46
  5. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve" (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer, Traditional) - 4:47

[2]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c Dedrick, Jay (January 1, 1998). "Barry Manilow". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 313–314.
  2. ^ a b CD packaging
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-89820-161-6
    .
  6. ^ a b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – Because It's Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America.


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