Joy: A Holiday Collection | ||||
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Studio album ( Christmas) by | ||||
Released | November 2, 1999 | |||
Recorded | June–September 1999 | |||
Studio | Right Track Recording (New York City)
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Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 44:31 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | (mixed) [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ [3] |
Joy: A Holiday Collection is the third studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on November 2, 1999, through Atlantic Records. [4] [5] The radio-only single, " Joy to the World", was released in November the same year. Described as "an unashamed classicist Christmas album, featuring all of the usual carols delivered with strings and choirs", [1] the album received platinum certifications in December 1999, [6] and has sold 1,121,000 copies as of October 2013. [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Joy to the World" | Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts | 3:05 |
2. | " O Holy Night" | Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight | 3:44 |
3. | " Silent Night" | Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr | 3:07 |
4. | " Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 3:39 |
5. | " O Little Town of Bethlehem" | Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner | 3:11 |
6. | " Ave Maria" | Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod | 3:44 |
7. | " Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley | 3:21 |
8. | " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | 1:53 |
9. | "Face of Love" | Jewel | 3:27 |
10. | "Medley: Go Tell It on the Mountain/Life Uncommon/ From a Distance" | Traditional, Jewel, Julie Gold | 6:31 |
11. | " I Wonder as I Wander" | John Jacob Niles | 1:58 |
12. | "Gloria" | Jewel | 2:38 |
13. | " Hands" (Christmas version) | Jewel, Patrick Leonard | 4:13 |
Total length: | 44:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Life Uncommon (Live)" |
Credits adapted from AllMusic. [8]
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Technical
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Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [9] | 61 |
Japanese Albums Chart [10] | 67 |
US Billboard 200 [11] | 32 |
US Top Holiday Albums ( Billboard) [12] | 2 |
US Top Catalog Albums ( Billboard) [13] | 5 |
Billboard Top Internet Albums [14] | 7 |
Chart (2000) | Position |
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US Billboard 200 [15] | 173 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [16] | Platinum | 1,121,000 [7] |