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A Partridge Family Christmas Card
Studio album by
The Partridge Family
ReleasedNovember 1971
Recorded1971
StudioUnited Western (Hollywood)
GenreRock/Christmas
Length30:23
LabelBell
ProducerWes Farrell
The Partridge Family chronology
Sound Magazine
(1971) 		A Partridge Family Christmas Card
(1971) 		Shopping Bag
(1972)
Alternative cover
1992 CD reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

A Partridge Family Christmas Card is a Christmas album (and the fourth studio album) by the Partridge Family, released in November 1971. The album's case contains a reproduction of a Christmas card signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom. The song "My Christmas Card to You" was original, but the remainder of the tracks were standards. Like most of the Partridge Family songs, the lead vocals are sung by David Cassidy, who played Keith Partridge in the show. The album also features one of the few Partridge Family recordings featuring Shirley Jones as the lead singer ("The Christmas Song").

A Partridge Family Christmas Card was the best-selling Christmas album in the United States during the Christmas season of 1971. It was the number 1 album on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums sales chart for all four weeks that the magazine published the chart that year.[2]

The album was reissued in 1992 on CD and is also available as mp3 downloads.

Lead guitarist for Metallica, Kirk Hammett, cited this record to be the first album he owned during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" [3]

Track listing

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Only two tracks, "Winter Wonderland" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", were featured on the TV show (in the second-season episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa")

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Christmas Card to You"Tony Romeo2:33
2."White Christmas"Irving Berlin2:45
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
2:28
4."Blue Christmas"
  • Billy Hayes
  • Jay W. Johnson
3:27
5."Jingle Bells" (arranged by Wes Farrell)James Lord Pierpont2:54
6."The Christmas Song"
2:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks2:34
2."Winter Wonderland"
2:19
3."Frosty the Snowman"
3:51
4."Sleigh Ride"
2:40
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
2:22
Total length:30:23

Personnel

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Track list and credits verified from the album's liner notes.[4]

Recording dates

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August 25, 1971

  • "White Christmas"
  • "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"

August 26, 1971

  • "Blue Christmas"
  • "Jingle Bells"
  • "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
  • "Winter Wonderland"
  • "Frosty the Snowman"

August 28, 1971

  • "My Christmas Card to You"
  • "The Christmas Song"
  • "Sleigh Ride"
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

See recording dates for this and other Partridge Family albums at The Partridge Family Recording Sessions[5]

Charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 45

References

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  1. ^ Rating, AllMusic. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 179. ISBN 0-89820-161-6.
  3. ^ Childers, Chad (2023-04-11). "Metallica Members Reveal the First Albums They Ever Owned". Loudwire. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ A Partridge Family Christmas Card (liner notes). The Partridge Family. Bell Records. 1971. M 86066.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "The Partridge Family Recording Sessions". cmongethappy. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Partridge Family | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
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