Christmas Spirit (Richard Marx album)


Christmas Spirit is a Christmas/holiday seasonal release album by Richard Marx, released in October 2012. Five tracks on the album previously appeared on his 2011 release, The Christmas EP. Christmas Spirit reached No. 181 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Top Christmas Albums chart.
Two of its new tracks became top 20 Adult Contemporary hits. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" is based on Casting Crowns arrangement of the song from their Peace On Earth album. Christmas Spirit yielded five singles, including "Christmas Spirit", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Christmas Mornings" and "O Holy Night".
The album features duets with Kenny Loggins, Sara Watkins and Sara Niemietz.
Marx returned to the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart's Top Ten chart with Little Drummer Boy in December 2012.

Track listing

  1. "The Christmas Song" - 4:33
  2. "Christmas Spirit" - 4:07
  3. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" - 4:26
  4. "Let There Be Peace on Earth" - 3:14
  5. "O Come All Ye Faithful" - 3:33
  6. "Little Drummer Boy" - 4:30
  7. "O Holy Night" - 3:55
  8. "What Child Is This" - 3:46
  9. "Silent Night" - 3:14
  10. "Christmas Mornings" - 4:14
  11. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - 2:29
  12. "White Christmas" - 4:08
  13. "Alleluia" - 1:42

    Bonus tracks

  14. "Blue Christmas" - 2:42
  15. "Silver Bells" - 3:22
  16. "Jingle Bell Rock" - 2:18
  17. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 4:26

    Chart performance

Album credits

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