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词条 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
释义

  1. Background and composition

  2. Critical reception

  3. Commercial performance

  4. Promotion

  5. Track listing

  6. Personnel

  7. Charts

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  8. Certifications

  9. References

{{Infobox album
| name = The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
| type = EP
| artist = Taylor Swift
| cover = The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection.png
| alt = A young female with blond hair and blue eyes facing forward while holding the neck of guitar with her right hand.
| caption = Re-release cover art. Original artwork includes the former title Sounds of the Season.
| released = October 14, 2007
| recorded = May–August 2007
| venue =
| studio = {{plainlist|
  • Sound Emporium Studios
  • Quad Studios Nashville
  • Warner Bros. Studio
  • MasterMix
    {{small|(Nashville, Tennessee)}}}}

| genre = {{flatlist|
  • Christmas
  • country pop

}}
| length = 19:15
| label = Big Machine
| producer = {{flatlist|
  • Nathan Chapman
  • Shelli Hill
  • Sue Patterson
  • Scott Borchetta {{small|(exec.)}}

}}
| prev_title = Taylor Swift
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Beautiful Eyes
| next_year = 2008
}}

The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, originally titled Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, is a Christmas EP by American singer Taylor Swift. The EP was first released on October 14, 2007 by Big Machine Records exclusively to Target stores in the United States and online. The release was originally a limited release for the 2007 holiday season, but was re-released to iTunes and Amazon.com on December 2, 2008[1][2] and again in October 2009 to Target stores. The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection features cover versions of Christmas songs and two original tracks written by Swift, "Christmases When You Were Mine" and "Christmas Must Be Something More", all of which have a country pop sound.

Music critics received the album with favorable responses, where some would have preferred a full album. The EP was a commercial success in the United States, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Holiday Albums chart. Songs from The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection have been performed at several venues.

Background and composition

For the original release of The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, Swift partnered with the American retail company Target; it was made available as an exclusive limited release at Target stores in the United States and online, at Target.com.[1] The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection's cover art is from Swift's music video for "Teardrops on My Guitar" (2007).[1] On October 6, 2009, the EP was re-released by Target[1] and made available as a digital download on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com, both making minor adjustments to its cover art and removing Sounds of the Season: from the title, leaving it as simply The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection.[2][3]

The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection is holiday music with a country pop inclination.[4] The EP is mainly composed of cover versions of holiday hits and Christmas carols. The EP's opening track is a cover version of "Last Christmas" by Wham! from their 1986 album Music from the Edge of Heaven.[5] The original song "Christmases When You Were Mine" was written by Swift, Liz Rose, and Nathan Chapman. Lyrically, the track fixates on prior Christmases, in which the song's protagonist, was happier. The lyrics also express that the current Christmas is much harder to cheer for than previous ones.[10] It is the only song to date that Swift has ever recorded in which Chapman is credited as a co-writer, in all of their other collaborations, Chapman is only credited as a producer, while Swift and sometimes other songwriters are credited. Swift covered "Santa Baby", a 1953 song originally performed by Eartha Kitt. "Silent Night" is a Christmas carol cover that is musically performed differently, replacing the instrumentation from piano to acoustic guitar; Swift's vocals are also faster than traditionally recorded for the song.[10] "Christmas Must Be Something More" is the second original song from The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, self-penned by Swift. The lyrics attempt for audiences to recognize the reason for the celebration of Christmas, the commemoration of Jesus Christ's birth.[10] The closing track is a rendition of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", which was popularized by Bing Crosby on his 1942 album of the same name.[5]

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[14]
|rev2 = CMT
|rev2Score = Favorable[15]
|rev3 = Country Standard Time
|rev3Score = Favorable[10]
|rev4 = Deseret News
|rev4Score = Favorable[17]
}}

The EP received generally positive critical reception. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said the songs on The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection were "all crisp, cheerful arrangements that are suitably seasonal but also faithful to her bright country-pop."[6] Craig Shelburne of CMT said, "Thanks to this teen star, a new generation of sensitive girls may discover the melancholy but oh-so-melodic 'Last Christmas'. She also includes two original holiday songs."[7] An uncredited review in Deseret News felt that the release was too short, with only 6 songs, yet fulfilled its task.[8] Dan Maclntosh of Country Standard Time concluded, "Swift is a fine singer, who finds ways to inject sincere emotion into every line she sings. They say the best things come in small packages. And that saying holds true for Swift's new one."[9]

Commercial performance

On the week ending December 8, 2007, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection debuted at number eighty-eight on the Billboard 200.[10][11] The following week, the EP rose to a new peak at number forty-six on the Billboard 200.[12] Following its 2009 re-release, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection re-entered the Billboard 200 at number twenty, its peak, and extended its run on the chart to twenty-four weeks.[10] For the 2007 holiday season, the EP peaked at number eighteen on Top Country Albums and at number twenty-two on Top Holiday Albums, and for the 2009 holiday season, it peaked at number fourteen on both Top Country Albums and Top Holiday Albums.[10] For the 2010 holiday season, The Taylor Holiday Collection re-entered the Top Holiday Albums Chart at number one.[10] As of November 2017, the EP has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States.[13]

Promotion

Swift first performed a song from The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, "Silent Night", on November 28, 2007 in New York City, at the Rockefeller Center, which was broadcast by The Today Show; Swift dressed in a long black dress and a white winter coat and performed while playing a rhinestoned acoustic guitar.[14] She then performed "Christmases When You Were Mine" on November 29, 2007 in St. Charles, Missouri, at the Family Arena, as part of her set for WIL's Jinglefest 2007, and "Santa Baby" in Bloomington, Minnesota, at the Mall of America on December 8, 2007.[15] Swift appeared on The Today Show again on Christmas Day of 2007, performing "Christmases When You Were Mine" and "Silent Night".[16]

All of the tracks except "Christmas Must Be Something More" received airplay on several country radio stations and therefore each charted on Billboard's Hot Country Songs: "Last Christmas" peaked at number twenty-eight,[17] "Christmases When You Were Mine" peaked at number forty-eight,[18] "Santa Baby" peaked at number forty-three,[19] "Silent Night" peaked at number fifty-four,[20] and "White Christmas" peaked at number fifty-nine.[21]

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Track listing

All tracks produced by Nathan Chapman.

{{tracklist
| total_length = 19:15
| title1 = Last Christmas
| writer1 = George Michael
| length1 = 3:28
| title2 = Christmases When You Were Mine
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
  • Swift
  • Liz Rose
  • Chapman

}}
| length2 = 3:06
| title3 = Santa Baby
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
  • Joan Ellen Javits
  • Philip Springer
  • Tony Springer

}}
| length3 = 2:41
| title4 = Silent Night
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
  • Joseph Mohr
  • Franz Xaver Grube

}}
| length4 = 3:32
| title5 = Christmas Must Be Something More
| writer5 = Swift
| length5 = 3:52
| title6 = White Christmas
| writer6 = Irving Berlin
| length6 = 2:34
}}

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[5]

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  • Heidi Beall – background vocals
  • Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design
  • Nick Buda – drums
  • Sandi Spika Borchetta – dress design, hair
  • Scott Borchetta – label producer
  • Chad Carlson – recording
  • Nathan Chapman – producer, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals, mixing
  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Kyle Ford – assistant engineer
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Shelli Hill – executive producer
  • Andy Leftwich – mandolin
  • Tim Marks – bass guitar
  • Sue Peterson – executive producer
  • Melinda Norris Photography – photographer
  • Scotty Sanders – Dobro
  • Phil Schullo – additional engineering
  • Whitney Sutton – production copy
  • Taylor Swift – vocals, arrangements for "Silent Night"
  • Lorri Turk – make-up
  • Stacey Ward – project manager
  • Hank Williams – mastering
{{div col end}}

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2007–11)Peak
position
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Year-end charts

Chart (2010)Position
US Billboard 200[22]70
Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard 200[23]193
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Certifications

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References

1. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.target.com/p/Holiday-Collection-Only-at-Target/-/A-11696707 |title=Holiday Collection - Only at Target : Target |work=Target.com |publisher=Target Corporation |accessdate=February 18, 2012 |archivedate=February 18, 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65Y8BQZnH?url=http://www.target.com/p/Holiday-Collection-Only-at-Target/-/A-11696707 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/last-christmas/id296552366?i=296552450&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|work=iTunes Store|publisher=Apple, Inc|accessdate=January 22, 2010|title=The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection - EP by Taylor Swift}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Taylor-Swift-Holiday-Collection/dp/B001L5Q5O8|title=The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection: Taylor Swift: MP3 Downloads|work=Amazon.com (US)|publisher=Amazon Inc.|accessdate=August 5, 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1268375|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic - The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection > Overview |work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision Corporation|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite AV media notes |title=The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection |others=Taylor Swift |year=2007 |type=EP booklet |publisher=Big Machine Records |id=70012}}
6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-taylor-swift-holiday-collection-mw0000804686|title=The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection - Taylor Swift|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=All Media Network|work=AllMusic|accessdate=December 8, 2015}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1575265/taylor-swift-toby-keith-offer-new-holiday-music.jhtml|title=Taylor Swift, Toby Keith Offer New Holiday Music|date=November 28, 2007|work=CMT News|publisher=Viacom|accessdate=January 22, 2010|first=Craig|last=Shelburne}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12042409.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103094313/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12042409.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=New CDs spark holiday spirit|date=14 December 2007|work=Deseret News|publisher=Jim M. Wall|accessdate=March 31, 2010}}
9. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3800|title=Taylor Swift - The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection|first=Dan|last=Maclntosh|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}
10. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}}|title=Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/30004|title=Taylor Swift - The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection - Music Charts|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/us_albums_top_100/2007/50|title=US Albums Top 100 - December 15th, 2007|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}
13. ^1 {{cite web|url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard| title=Ask Billboard: Taylor Swift's Career Album & Song Sales |date=November 26, 2017 |accessdate = November 26, 2017 |first=Gary |last=Trust}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://boards.nbc.com/nbc/index.php?showtopic=776670|title=Christmas in Rockefeller Center, Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8-9 pm ET|date=November 21, 2007|accessdate=January 23, 2010|work=NBC|publisher=NBC Universal|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929113105/http://boards.nbc.com/nbc/index.php?showtopic=776670|archivedate=September 29, 2011|df=}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://familyarena.com/calendar/index.html?event_uid=492&year=2007&month=11&day=29&submit=detail|title=WIL's Jinglefest 2007|work=Familyarena.com|publisher=Family Arena|accessdate=April 7, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710223117/http://familyarena.com/calendar/index.html?event_uid=492&year=2007&month=11&day=29&submit=detail|archivedate=July 10, 2011|df=}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/taylor-swift-live-today-show-2007-interview-and-christmases-when-you-were-mine-partial/505284780|title=Taylor Swift Live - Today Show (2007) - Interview & Christmases When You Were Mine|work=AOL|publisher=Time Warner, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
17. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}}|title=Last Christmas by Taylor Swift|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}
18. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}}|title=Christmases When You Were Mine by Taylor Swift|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}
19. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}}|title=Santa Baby by Taylor Swift|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}
20. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}}|title=Silent Night by Taylor Swift|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}
21. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=taylor swift|chart=all}}|title=White Christmas by Taylor Swift|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/the-billboard-200 |title=Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2010-12-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418021743/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/the-billboard-200 |archivedate=April 18, 2013 }}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/the-billboard-200 |title=Best of 2011 - Billboard Top 200 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2010-12-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401211252/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/the-billboard-200 |archivedate=April 1, 2013 }}
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