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Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)

Christmas Together is a Christmas duets studio album by American country music artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, released by Pearl Records on November 11, 2016.[2]

Christmas Together

November 11, 2016

July–October 2016

Allentown Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).

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Mark Miller[1]

Background[edit]

Although Trisha Yearwood had recorded with her husband Garth Brooks before and sang backing vocals on many of his songs, this album is their first joint album. It is a mix of familiar favorites and some new songs, however only some of these song are duets. It was released on November 11, 2016, the same day that Brooks' 10-disc box set, The Ultimate Collection, was released via Target.[3] A Walmart exclusive that bundled Christmas Together with Brooks' new album Gunslinger was released a week later.[4]

Reception[edit]

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums and No. 2 on the Top Holiday Albums chart, with 21,000 copies sold in its first week.[5] It has sold 194,800 copies in the United States as of November 2017.[6]


The Walmart exclusive bundled with Gunslinger debuted at No. 14 with 6,600 copies sold,[7] and reached No. 3 on that chart the following week, selling 23,000 copies that week.[4] The bundle has sold 81,700 copies as of January 2017.[8]

Garth Brooks – lead vocals, backing vocals

Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, backing vocals

Bobby Wood – keyboards

Billy Panda – acoustic guitars

– acoustic guitar (11), lead and backing vocals (11)

James Taylor

Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars

steel guitar

Bruce Bouton

mandolin

Stuart Duncan

Mike Chapman – bass

– bass

Michael Rhodes

Sam Bacco – drums, percussion

Milton Sledge – drums, percussion

Rob Hajacos –

fiddle

Dennis Burnside – string, horn and woodwind arrangements

Carl Gorodetzky – contractor

Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals (2-6)

Jon Mark Ivey – backing vocals (2-6)

Shane McConnell – backing vocals (2-6)

Lisa Silver – backing vocals (2-6)

Kira Small – backing vocals (2-6)

Bergen White – backing vocals (2-6), BGV arrangements (2-6)

Kim Taylor – backing vocals (11)

Adapted from liner notes.[9]


The Nashville String Machine


Ugly Christmas Sweater Choir

Mark Miller – producer

Matthew Allen – recording, mixing

John Kelton – additional engineer

Don Cobb – mastering

Eric Conn – mastering

Independent Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location

Luellyn Latocki Hensley – art direction

Jeff Crump – design

– design

Sally Carns Gulde

Jeremy Cowart – photography

Russ Harrington – photography