Christmas Shopping (album)

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Christmas Shopping
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 1968
RecordedFebruary - June 1968
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreCountry, Christmas
Length30:03
LabelCapitol ST-2977
ProducerKen Nelson
Buck Owens chronology
Sweet Rosie Jones
(1968)
Christmas Shopping
(1968)
The Guitar Player
(1968)

Christmas Shopping is a Christmas album by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos released in 1968 charting for one week at # 31 on Billboard's Best Best For Christmas Album chart.[1] It is his second holiday-themed album, following 1965's Christmas with Buck Owens.

It was re-issued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1999, and again via digital download in 2011.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "a more slickly produced album than its predecessor."[2]

Track listing[edit]

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

Side one[edit]

  1. "Christmas Shopping" – 2:18
  2. "Christmas Time Is Near" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 3:00
  3. "The Jolly Christmas Polka" – 2:15 (instrumental)
  4. "All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy" (Owens, Jimmy Snyder) – 2:51
  5. "Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours" – 2:50
  6. "Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas" (Owens, Earl Poole Ball) – 2:36

Side two[edit]

  1. "One of Everything You Got" (Owens, Bob Morris) – 2:24
  2. "Home on Christmas Day" – 2:13
  3. "Christmas Schottische" – 2:05 (instrumental)
  4. "A Very Merry Christmas" – 2:29
  5. "It's Not What You Give" (Owens, Morris) – 3:03
  6. "Tomorrow Is Christmas Day" (Owens, Don Rich) – 1:59

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 52, December 28, 1968, p. 57. worldradiohistory.com
  2. ^ a b Koda, Cub. "Christmas Shopping > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 31, 2015.