Merry Christmas Wherever You Are

Merry Christmas Wherever You Are is the second Christmas album by George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. It has his versions of many classic Christmas songs, as well as the newly penned tracks "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "Old Time Christmas", "Noel Leon", "Santa's on His Way" and the title track.

Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999
Recorded1999
StudioOcean Way Nashville, Emerald Studio B and Sound Emporium (Nashville, TN).
GenreHonky-tonk[1]
Length28:34
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerTony Brown
George Strait
George Strait chronology
Always Never the Same
(1999)
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
(1999)
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
The Austin Chronicle [3]
Chicago Tribune(mixed) [1]
Entertainment WeeklyB [4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Know What I Want for Christmas"Charlie Black, Dana Hunt Black3:21
2."Old Time Christmas"Aaron Barker, John Barlow Jarvis3:18
3."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne2:19
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joe Beal, Jim Boothe2:12
5."Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)"Jerry Laseter, Mack Vickery2:59
6."All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"Donald Gardner2:34
7."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells3:58
8."Noel Leon"Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Ricky Ray Rector2:53
9."Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"Johnny Marks2:54
10."Santa's on His Way"David Anthony2:06

Personnel

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Group vocals

Production

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  • Tony Brown – producer
  • George Strait – producer
  • Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
  • Mark Rolston – second engineer
  • Tim Waters – second engineer
  • Greg Fogie – assistant engineer
  • Justin Niebank – overdub recording
  • Eric Conn – digital editing
  • Carlos Grier – digital editing
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
  • Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN) – editing and mastering location
  • Jessie Noble – project coordinator
  • Team Design – art direction, design
  • Slick Lawson – photography
  • Virginia Team – photography

Chart positions

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 10
U.S. Billboard 200 78

References

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  1. ^ a b Kot, Greg; Reich, Howard; von Rhein, John; Hurst, Jack; Royko, David (1999-12-12). "Holiday CDs". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. ^ Merry Christmas Wherever You Are at AllMusic
  3. ^ Gray, Christopher (1999-12-24). "Garth Brooks, The Magic of Christmas (sic) (Capitol); George Strait; Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (MCA)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  4. ^ Willman, Chris (1999-12-10). "Christmas Music Roundup". Entertainment Weekly: 108. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved 2013-05-13.