Christmas Wishes (Anne Murray album)

Christmas Wishes is a seasonal studio album by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was Anne's first Holiday recording, released by Capitol Records in 1981.

Christmas Wishes
Studio album by
Released1981 (1981)
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
ProducerJim Ed Norman
Anne Murray chronology
Where Do You Go When You Dream
(1981)
Christmas Wishes
(1981)
The Hottest Night of the Year
(1982)

The disc peaked at #34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] It stands as one of Anne's biggest-selling career albums, earning double platinum certification from the RIAA. At the time of its deletion, it had sold nearly 3 million US copies.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith 
2."Silver Bells"Ray Evans, Jay Livingston 
3."The Little Drummer Boy"Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone 
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram 
5."Christmas Wishes"Art Podell, Randy Sparks 
6."Joy to the World"Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts 
7."Away in a Manger"Traditional 
8."O Holy Night"Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight 
9."Go Tell It on the Mountain"Traditional, John Wesley Work Jr. 
10."Silent Night"Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr 

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 34
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 54
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 19
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 62

References

  1. "Christmas Wishes charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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