Home for Christmas (Susan Boyle album) explained

Home for Christmas
Type:studio
Artist:Susan Boyle
Cover:HomeForChristmasSusanBoyleAlbum.jpg
Released:25 October 2013
Recorded:2013
Genre:Christmas
Length:38:22
Label:
Producer:
Prev Year:2012
Next Title:Hope
Next Year:2014

Home for Christmas is the fifth studio album and second Christmas album by Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 25 October 2013 in Australia, on 29 October in the United States, and on 25 November 2013 in the United Kingdom. The album is a Christmas holiday album featuring a posthumous duet with Elvis Presley who died in 1977 and two duets with Johnny Mathis and The Overtones. The album also features an original song, "Miracle Hymn", written for Boyle's debut acting role in the film The Christmas Candle.[1]

Background

Boyle was granted permission to use recordings of Elvis Presley from Graceland Estates singing "O Come, All Ye Faithful". The single was released on 6 December 2013 in Ireland and on 8 December in the United Kingdom, as a charity single for Save The Children U.K. and for the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation in the U.S.[2] [3] [4] It is the second time Boyle has covered "O Come, All Ye Faithful". She first covered the song for her second album, The Gift (2010).

Track listing

Notes

Personnel

Unless otherwise indicated, information is also taken from Allmusic[8]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 99
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 74

Certifications

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia[26] 25 October 2013CD, digital downloadSyco Music, Sony Music
United States[27] 29 October 2013Syco Music, Columbia
United Kingdom[28] 25 November 2013Syco Music, Sony Music

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Syco/Columbia Records to Release Home For Christmas. PRNewswire. 10 November 2013.
  2. Web site: O Come, All Ye Faithful (With Elvis Presley) - Single by Susan Boyle. iTunes. 6 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Susan Boyle | Latest News | Susan's Charity Christmas Single 'O Come All Ye Faithful' is OUT NOW! . 2013-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221200228/http://www.susanboylemusic.com/us/news/item/susans_charity_christmas_single_o_come_all_ye_faithful_is_out_now/ . 2013-12-21 .
  4. Web site: Susan Boyle Launches Charity Christmas Single. Save the Children. 10 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131106045103/http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/2013-10/susan-boyle-launches-charity-christmas-single. 6 November 2013. dead.
  5. "Susan Boyle Records Christmas Duet with Elvis". Irish Central. 10 September 2013. http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/susan-boyle-records-christmas-duet-with-elvis-223106031-237775401
  6. "Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas - A Review". Elvis Today Blog. 17 December 2011. http://www.elvistodayblog.com/2011/12/elvis-sings-wonderful-world-of.html?m=1
  7. Presley, Elvis. "Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas (Vinyl, LP, Album)". RCA Victor. 20 October 1971. https://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley-Elvis-Sings-The-Wonderful-World-Of-Christmas/release/2475391
  8. Boyle, Susan. "I'll Be Home for Christmas". Allmusic/Syco Music. 29 October 2013. http://www.allmusic.com/album/home-for-christmas-mw0002583480
  9. 8 November 2014 . The Christmas Song . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210211150549/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkVds__abII . 11 February 2021 . live.
  10. 8 November 2014 . Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170330051230/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVJp6XC3Qs . 30 March 2017 . live.
  11. 8 November 2014 . In the Bleak Midwinter . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410065939/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79iv-8_by9A . 10 April 2021 . live.
  12. 5 November 2015 . Little Drummer Boy . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170329192045/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtH5OqSa-ts . 29 March 2017 . live.
  13. 8 November 2014 . The Christmas Waltz . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170329163600/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnivYK6PNxk . 29 March 2017 . live.
  14. 7 November 2014 . I Believe in Father Christmas . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123053033/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJHqsqtNn7k . 23 January 2021 . live.
  15. Susan Boyle and Elvis Presley. "O Come, All Ye Faithful". Dr.DK: Musik. 2013. http://www.dr.dk/musik/titel/o%2bcome%252c%2ball%2bye%2bfaithful/9008787-1-1
  16. 11 August 2015 . I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170329095352/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ab1P3KmVhw . 29 March 2017 . live.
  17. 4 March 2015 . O Come, All Ye Faithful . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210201141526/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIJf4ouZzL0 . 1 February 2021 . live.
  18. 7 November 2014 . Miracle Hymn . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191229110331/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhoNDZsjtQ . 29 December 2019 . live.
  19. 8 November 2014 . The Lord's Prayer . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170330054819/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlbw1FN8R98 . 30 March 2017 . live.
  20. 8 November 2014 . Hark! The Herald Angels Sing . . . 26 October 2021.
  21. 8 November 2014 . When a Child Is Born . . . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107113909/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4RHnaB0QM . 7 November 2020 . live.
  22. Web site: Official IFPI Charts - Top-75 Albums Sales Chart - Εβδομάδα: 47/2014. IFPI Greece. Greek. 1 December 2014. 1 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141201223150/http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html.
  23. Web site: ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2013. Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 July 2020.
  24. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2013. Official Charts Company. 24 August 2020.
  25. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2014. Billboard. 2 January 2013. 23 March 2021.
  26. Web site: Home for Christmas by Susan Boyle. iTunes. 28 October 2013.
  27. Web site: Home For Christmas. Amazon.com. 10 November 2013.
  28. Web site: Home For Christmas. Amazon.co.uk. 10 November 2013.

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