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The Sweetest Gift is a Christmas album by country singer
Trisha
Yearwood and is her fourth album overall. 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 1998 has a different album cover.
Yearwood covers a series of Christmas standards in a country
music format. The album was a given a positive review by allmusic.com, receiving 4 out of 5 stars.[1]
Track listing
- "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey) - 2:42
- "Reindeer Boogie" (Charlie Faircloth, Hank Snow, Cordia
Volkmar) - 2:38
- "Take a Walk Through Bethlehem" (Ashley
Cleveland, John Barlow Jarvis, Wally Wilson) -
3:49
- "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) -
3:00
- "It Wasn't His Child" (Skip Ewing) - 3:54
- "Away in a Manger" (traditional) - 2:39
- "The Sweetest Gift" (James Coats) - 3:02
- "There's a New Kid in Town" (Don Cook, Curly Putman,
Keith
Whitley) - 4:27
- "Let It Snow! Let It
Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:26
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert
Wells) - 3:58
Personnel
Musical
Technical
- Katherine DeVault — art direction, design
- Garth Fundis — producer, engineer,
mixing
- Carlos Grier — digital editing
- Jerry Joyner — design
- Gary Laney — 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
Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North
America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1994 |
Top Country Albums |
17 |
| Billboard 200 |
105 |
Singles – Billboard
| Year |
Single |
US Country |
| 1995 |
"It Wasn't His Child" |
60 |
| 1999 |
"Reindeer Boogie" |
63 |
References
