The Sweetest Gift (Trisha Yearwood album)

The Sweetest Gift is the fourth studio album (and first Christmas album) by country singer Trisha Yearwood.

The Sweetest Gift
Studio album by
Trisha Yearwood
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1994
Recorded1994
GenreChristmas
Length32:32
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerGarth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood chronology
The Song Remembers When: A Live Concert Performance
(1993)		 The Sweetest Gift
(1994)		 Thinkin' About You
(1995)
Alternative cover
2000 re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment Weekly(favorable)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Yearwood sings a mixture of familiar traditional and popular material, along with more recent compositions such as "It Wasn't His Child" and "There's a New Kid in Town". Two of its tracks managed to achieve positions near the lower end of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart: "It Wasn't His Child" peaked at #60, and "Reindeer Boogie" at #63. The album rose to the #17 position in the Country Albums chart. A re-release of the album in 2000 has a different album cover, a promotional photograph taken during the Real Live Woman promotional period.

The album was a given a positive review by Allmusic, receiving 4 out of 5 stars.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey) – 2:42
  2. "Reindeer Boogie" (Charlie Faircloth, Hank Snow, Cordia Volkmar) – 2:38
  3. "Take a Walk Through Bethlehem" (Ashley Cleveland, John Barlow Jarvis, Wally Wilson) – 3:49
  4. "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:00
  5. "It Wasn't His Child" (Skip Ewing) – 3:54
  6. "Away in a Manger" (traditional) – 2:39
  7. "The Sweetest Gift" (James Coats) – 3:02
  8. "There's a New Kid in Town" (Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley) – 4:27
  9. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:26
  10. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:58

Personnel

Musicians

Technical
  • Garth Fundis – producer
  • Gary Laney – engineer, mixing
  • Carlos Grier – digital editing
  • Jerry Joyner – design
  • Senor McGuire – photography
  • Scott Paschall – assistant producer, production assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Randee St. Nicholas – photography
  • Dave Sinko – engineering, mixing
  • Virginia Team – art direction
  • Debra Wingo – hair stylist
  • Katherine DeVault – art direction, design

Charts

Album
Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 17
U.S. Billboard 200 105
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 17

Singles
Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1995 "It Wasn't His Child" 60
1999 "Reindeer Boogie" 63

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 894. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone trisha yearwood album guide.
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