1985 Alabama – Christmas
Christmas is the first Christmas album by country band Alabama. The album was released on RCA Nashville in 1985. It was certified double platinum for shipment of 2 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 11, 1996. Since 1991 when SoundScan started to collate sales data, 515,300 copies have been sold in the United States.
Tracks
1 Santa Claus (I Still Believe In You) (Greg Fowler; John Jarrard; Linda Gentry; Randy Owen; Teddy Gentry) 04:09
2 Joseph And Mary’s Boy (Don Cook; Keith Whitley) 04:08
3 Happy Holidays (Ronnie Rogers; Swain Schaefer) 03:19
4 Christmas Memories (Becky Hobbs; John Greenebaum; Randy Albright) 03:22
5 Tonight Is Christmas (Don Matthews; Keith Worsham; Stan Munsey; Steve Baccus) 04:20
6 Thistlehair The Christmas Bear (Donny Lowery) 04:06
7 Tennessee Christmas (Amy Grant; Gary Chapman) 03:43
8 A Candle In The Window (Gary Baker; Susan Longacre; Walt Aldridge) 03:52
9 Homecoming Christmas (Ronnie Rogers) 03:52
10 Christmas In Dixie (Jeff Cook; Mark Herndon; Randy Owen; Teddy Gentry) 03:34
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Larry Paxton |
| Bass | Teddy Gentry |
| Drums | Eddie Bayers |
| Guitar | Randy Owen |
| Guitar | Brent Rowan |
| Guitar | Jeff Cook |
| Guitar | Randy Owen |
| Keyboards | David Briggs |
| Synthesizer | Shane Keister |
| Percussion | Farrell Morris |
| Vocals | Jeff Cook |
| Vocals | Tedd Gentry |
| Vocals | Randy Owen |
Other Musicians
Strings – The “A” Strings
Liner Notes
Producer – Alabama, Harold Shedd
Arranged By (Strings) – Bergen White
Engineer – Jim Cotton, Joe Scaife (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Engineer – Gene Rice (Track 10)
Mastered By – Glenn Meadows
Art Direction, Design – Bill Barnes
Design – Deb Mahalanobis
Photography – Ron Keith, Scott Bonner
Mastered At Masterfonics
Mixed At The Music Mill, Nashville, TN
Recorded At The Music Mill, Nashville, TN
Phonographic Copyright RCA Records
Copyright RCA/Ariola International