Nashville, Tenn. – Capitol Records Nashville’s Darius Rucker will release his first Christmas album, Home For The Holidays, on October 27th. The twelve track album will include holiday classics as well as two Rucker originals, “Candy Cane Christmas” and “What God Wants For Christmas.” Also, special guest Sheryl Crow joins Darius on the holiday standard “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Darius worked with producer Frank Rogers, who produced his three solo country albums, on Home For The Holidays. Audio / Darius Rucker (Christmas album)
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“I am so excited to finally make a Christmas album,” shares Darius. “This has been a lifelong dream and I hope my fans enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making it.”
In addition to recording his Christmas album, Darius has been working on his fourth solo county album to be released in early 2015. The album’s debut single “Homegrown Honey” has just been released to Country radio and is climbing the charts.
Home For The Holidays Track Listing:
1. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
2. White Christmas
3. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
4. Winter Wonderland
5. Please Come Home For Christmas
6. What God Wants For Christmas written by Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell
7. Baby, It’s Cold Outside (featuring Sheryl Crow)
8. O Come, All Ye Faithful
9. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
12. Candy Cane Christmas written by Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers and Steve Leslie
Note: Sequence is not final.
For more information, please visit www.dariusrucker.com.
“We wrote this great song — me, Frank Rogers and Monty Powell wrote this song called ‘What God Wants for Christmas,’ and that instantly got me in the mood. I mean, it was one of those things that after we wrote it, I thought, ‘That’s Christmas to me’ — I wonder ‘What God Wants for Christmas.’ So, once you put the headphones on…like the other day, I was doing ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ with Sheryl Crow — we did that together — and it was so easy to get in the Christmas spirit, because you start hearing those songs, the music, and you’re in December.”
AUDIO: Darius Rucker talks about recording a Christmas album in the middle of summer.
Darius Rucker (Christmas album) OC: …in December. :34“We wrote this great song — me, Frank Rogers and Monty Powell wrote this song called ‘What God Wants for Christmas,’ and that instantly got me in the mood. I mean, it was one of those things that after we wrote it, I thought, ‘That’s Christmas to me’ — I wonder ‘What God Wants for Christmas.’ So, once you put the headphones on…like the other day, I was doing ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ with Sheryl Crow — we did that together — and it was so easy to get in the Christmas spirit, because you start hearing those songs, the music, and you’re in December.”
