Candlelight Christmas
Candlelight Christmas | ||||
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Studio album by Marina Prior | ||||
Released | 8 November 2013 | |||
Genre | Christmas music | |||
Label | Ambition Entertainment/Universal Music Australia | |||
Marina Prior chronology | ||||
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Candlelight Christmas is the sixth studio album and first Christmas album by Australian singer Marina Prior. The album was released through on 8 November 2013 and peaked at number 46 on the ARIA Albums Chart three weeks later.
Upon release, Prior said; "I have been singing on Carols by Candlelight for over two decades now and finally I have recorded my first Christmas Album. I cherish these songs and hope that they bring you a great deal of enjoyment. Christmas is a special time of year to be shared with friends, family and loved one's. This album is from me to you..... A very special christmas wish of happiness."[1]
A music video for "Little Drummer Boy" was released on 9 November 2013 to promote the album.[2]
The album was re-released in 2016 with a bonus DVD of Live in Concert, recorded in 2013.
Track listing
- "Santa Baby"
- "Away in a Manger"
- "Little Town of Bethlehem"
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- "River"
- "Happy Christmas"
- "Little Drummer Boy"
- "Mary's Boy Child"
- "Coventry Carol"
- "Silent Night"
- "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"
- "Veni Veni Emmanuel"
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (With The Melbourne Staff Songsters & Band of the Salvation Army) (Bonus track)
- "Auld Lang Syne" (With Celtic Woman) (Bonus track)
Charts
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 46 |
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) | 14 |
Release history
Region | Date | Title | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | 8 November 2013 | Candlelight Christmas |
| Fanfare / Universal Music Australia | FANFARE127 |
Australia | 2016 | A Christmas Gift |
| Fanfare / Universal Music Australia | FANFARE269 |
Australia | 28 October 2022 | A Christmas Gift (re-release) |
| Ambition Entertainment | AMBITION195 |
References
- ^ "Candlelight Christmas". www.sanity.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Marina Prior – Little Drummer Boy". www.youtube.com. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Report Week Commencing ~ 23 December 2013 ~ Issue #1243" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Female Vocal – Candlelight Christmas by Marina Prior (CD)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Candlelight Christmas by Marina Prior – iTunes". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Marina Prior A Christmas Gift (Collector's Edition) (CD+DVD)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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- Leading Lady
- Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein
- Both Sides Now
- Encore
- Candlelight Christmas
- Together
- All I Ask of You
- The Essential Marina Prior
- Songbird
- Leading Lady: The Ultimate Collection