Goin' Home for Christmas

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Goin' Home for Christmas
GoinHomeForChristmasMerleHaggard.jpg
Studio album by Merle Haggard
Released November 1982
Genre Country, Christmas
Length 28:55
Label Epic
Producer Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard chronology
Going Where the Lonely Go
(1982)Going Where the Lonely Go1982
Goin' Home for Christmas
(1982)
Pancho & Lefty
(1983)Pancho & Lefty1983

Goin' Home for Christmas is the 36th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1982. A Christmas album, it reached Number 41 on the Billboard Country album chart.[1] It was re-issued on Epic in 1984 with a completely different sleeve. Subsequent re-issues have reverted to variations of the original sleeve, but with a bonus track, "White Christmas" added. This extra track was recorded in 1986 and released in 1988 on the various artist collection "Nashville's Greatest Christmas Hits" (Columbia CK 44412).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [2]

The AllMusic review states: "Merle Haggard's contribution to the holiday season is a generally festive affair... Mostly though, Haggard is an unexpectedly sensitive interpreter of these seasonal favorites."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted:

  1. "Goin' Home for Christmas" – 2:28
  2. "Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card" – 2:17
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:14
  4. "Santa Claus and Popcorn" – 2:32
  5. "Daddy Won't Be Home Again for Christmas" – 3:23
  6. "If We Make It Through December" – 2::39
  7. "Bobby Wants a Puppy Dog for Christmas" – 2:09
  8. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:47
  9. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) – 2:08
  10. "Lonely Night" (M. L. Butler, Freddy Powers) – 2:53

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 41

References

  1. Allmusic entry for Goin' Home for Christmas. Retrieved December 2009.
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