On This Winter's Night
On This Winter's Night is a Christmas and fourth studio album by American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Capitol Records Nashville.[1] The production on the album was handled by the group's longtime producer Paul Worley. This album includes the six tracks from their previous 2010 Christmas EP A Merry Little Christmas as noted below.
On This Winter's Night | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 22, 2012 | |||
Recorded | summer 2011, summer 2012. | |||
Genre | Christmas, country | |||
Length | 41:10 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
Producer | Paul Worley | |||
Lady Antebellum chronology | ||||
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A music video was produced for "A Holly Jolly Christmas". On October 26, 2020, the group announced the release of a deluxe edition with 4 new tracks under their new name of Lady A.[2]
Commercial performance
On This Winter's Night debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 25,000 copies in its first week.[3] This became Lady Antebellum's fourth US top-ten debut.[3] In its sixth week, the album returned to the top-ten, reaching a new peak at number eight selling 59,000 copies.[4] On December 13, 2012, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the US.[5] As of November 2017, the album has sold 648,500 copies in the United States.[6]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "A Holly Jolly Christmas" | Johnny Marks | 2:03 |
2. | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector | 3:09 |
3. | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff | 3:35 |
4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:20 |
5. | "This Christmas" | Nadine McKinnor, Donny Pitts | 3:19 |
6. | "The First Noël" | Traditional, arr. Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood | 3:23 |
7. | "On This Winter’s Night" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood, Tom Douglas | 4:01 |
8. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:33 |
9. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 4:09 |
10. | "Silent Night (Lord of My Life)" | Joseph Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Scott, Kelley, Haywood | 3:11 |
11. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson | 3:28 |
12. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 4:59 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Wonderful Christmastime" | Paul McCartney | 3:20 |
14. | "Christmas Through Your Eyes" | Scott, Kelley, Haywood | 3:59 |
15. | "Little Saint Nick" | Brian Wilson, Mike Love | 2:36 |
16. | "That Spirit of Christmas" | Joel Webster, Mabel John, Parnell Davison | 3:57 |
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Personnel
Lady Antebellum
- Dave Haywood – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
- Charles Kelley – lead vocals, background vocals
- Hillary Scott – lead vocals, background vocals
Additional personnel
- Roy Agee – trombone
- Sam Bacco – percussion
- Jeff Bailey – trumpet
- Denver Bierman – choir
- Jaclyn Brown – choir
- Kristyn Burke – choir
- Lori Casteel – choir
- Julie Cox – choir
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Mark Douthit – alto saxophone
- Mike Eldred – choir
- Ashley Escobar – choir
- Tom Fudge – choir
- Jose Fulgeuiro – choir
- Jason "Slim" Gambill – electric guitar
- Barry Green – trombone, bass trombone
- Ryan Greenawalt – choir
- Darrika Hammonds – choir
- David Huff – drum loops, percussion
- Carlos Jara – choir
- Shelley Jennings – choir
- Tammy Jensen – choir
- Bonnie Keen – choir
- Shelby Kernodle – choir
- Melody Kirkpatrick – choir
- Ana Leonard – choir
- Sam Levine – tenor saxophone
- Carsan Lindsey – choir
- Rahni Lindsey – choir
- Gloria Lomax – choir
- Myra Lomax – choir
- Gil Long – tuba
- Rob McNelley – electric guitar
- Doug Moffett – baritone saxophone
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Steve Patrick – trumpet
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar, horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Kayla Pritchett – choir
- Chloe Randall – choir
- Bryan Robinson – choir
- Gary Robinson – choir
- Chris Rodriguez – electric guitar
- Mike Rojas – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer
- Desirea Swanson – choir
- Jarquica Turner – choir
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Stephanie Wedan – choir
- Kris Wilkinson – horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Garris Wimmer – choir
- David Wise – choir
- Craig Young – bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, harp, mandolin
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[18] | Platinum | 80,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[5] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^shipments figures based on certification alone |
References
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- "Lady A To Release 'On This Winter's Night (Deluxe)' Christmas Album". Sounds Like Nashville. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
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- Keith Caulfield (December 5, 2012). "Alicia Keys Earns Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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- Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
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- ARIA Report 1185. Retrieved 2012-11-25
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