Joy to the World (Connie Smith album)

Joy to the World is the twenty seventh studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in October 1975 on Columbia Records and was produced by George Richey. It was Smith's first and so far only album of Holiday music released.

Joy to the World
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1975
Recorded1975
StudioColumbia Recording Studio
Nashville, TN
GenreChristmas, Country, Gospel
Length30:33 (original release)
34:33 (CD reissue)
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Richey
Connie Smith chronology
Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel
(1975)
Joy to the World
(1975)
The Song We Fell in Love To
(1976)

Joy to the World contained ten tracks of Holiday-themed music. All of the album's tracks were cover versions of spiritual Christmas tunes, as Smith primarily focused on recording more Gospel music at Columbia Records. The album included versions "What Child Is This," "O Holy Night," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," and "Away in a Manger."[1] The album was recorded at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, shortly before its release in 1975. The album was issued on a 12-inch LP record, with five songs on each side of the record.[2] Unlike any of Smith's previous albums, Joy to the World did not chart the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart. In addition, the record did not spawn any singles.

Joy to the World was released on compact disc (with one bonus track) by Real Gone Music in November 2017, thus being Smith's first Columbia-era lp to see a full cd reissue.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What Child Is This?"William Chatterton Dix3:38
2."O Holy Night"Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau3:41
3."Go Tell It on the Mountain"John W. Work2:30
4."The First Noel"Davies Gilbert, William B. Sandys2:30
5."Little Drummer Boy"Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone2:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Little Jesus Boy"Robert MacGimsey3:47
2."Away in a Manger" / "Silent Night" (medley)James R. Murray / Fraz Xaver Gruber4:01
3."Joy to the World"Isaac Watts2:06
4."O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)"John Francis Wade3:21
5."While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"Traditional2:36
Bonus track on CD reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Silent Night, Holy Night" (duet with Willie Nelson)Franz Gruber / George Frederick Handel / Joseph Mohr / Willie Tate4:00

Personnel

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