Album features new mix of “O Holy Night”
On October 28th, Capitol/UMe will celebrate the full breadth of Neil Diamond’s holiday spirit with the release of A Neil Diamond Christmas, a special, artist-curated compilation of the greatest songs culled from Diamond’s four beloved and best-selling Christmas albums. The tracks Diamond has personally selected for this compilation all originally appeared on September 1992’s The Christmas Album, October 1994’s The Christmas Album Volume II, October 2009’s A Cherry Cherry Christmas, and November 2016’s Acoustic Christmas.
The 25 tracks on A Neil Diamond Christmas will be released on 2 LP 180-gram black vinyl, an exclusive, limited edition gold opaque 2 LP 180-gram vinyl and 2 CD, along with a 19 track single CD. All of the tracks on A Neil Diamond Christmas have been newly remastered under the artist’s direction by Diamond’s longtime engineer, Bernie Becker. Additionally, Diamond and Becker created a stunning new mix of “O Holy Night,” originally released on The Christmas Album.
Throughout his illustrious and wide-ranging career, Neil Diamond has sold more than 130 million albums worldwide and dominated the charts for more than five decades with 38 Top 40 singles and 18 Top 10 albums, making appearances in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for a total of 101 weeks. In addition, he has achieved record sales with 40 Gold albums, 21 Platinum albums, and 12 multi-Platinum albums.
A Grammy Award-winning artist, Diamond is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and has also received The Johnny Mercer Award and the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, two of the highest honors bestowed upon songwriters. Diamond’s many other achievements include a Golden Globe Award, 13 Grammy nominations, ASCAP Film and Television Award, Billboard Icon Award, American Music Award, and 2009’s NARAS’s MusiCares Person of the Year Award. In 2011, Diamond received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contributions to American culture.
CD 1:
- Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
- The Christmas Song
- Jingle Bell Rock
- White Christmas
- You Make It Feel Like Christmas
- Morning Has Broken
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
- Silver Bells
- Cherry Cherry Christmas
- Sleigh Ride
- Winter Wonderland
- Christmas Medley
CD 2:
- O Holy Night
- Little Drummer Boy
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel/We Three Kings Of Orient Are
- Silent Night
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Mary’s Boy Child
- Children Go Where I Send Thee
- The First Noel
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- Christmas Prayers
- Joy To The World
