What a Wonderful World (LeAnn Rimes album)

What a Wonderful World is a 2004 album by American country pop recording artist LeAnn Rimes. It is her eighth studio album and first Christmas album, consisting of jazz inspired holiday music. Rimes released four promotional singles from this album: "O Holy Night", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", and "A Different Kind of Christmas". Rimes also co-wrote three tracks on this holiday album, one of which with her then husband Dean Sheremet. "Santa Baby" was released as a limited exclusive bonus track on the album at US Target stores. It was also released as an exclusive bonus track on the Australian, Japanese and UK versions of the album and was the fifth promotional single.

What a Wonderful World
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004
Genre
Length36:07
LabelAsylum-Curb
ProducerLeAnn Rimes
Peter Amato
Gregg Pagani
LeAnn Rimes chronology
The Best of LeAnn Rimes
(2004)
What a Wonderful World
(2004)
This Woman
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks2:39
2."A Different Kind of Christmas"Allan Rich, Jud J. Friedman, Rimes, Pete Amato3:40
3."White Christmas"Irving Berlin4:29
4."All I Want for Christmas Is You"Andy Stone, Troy W. Powers3:52
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane4:00
6."What a Wonderful World"Bob Thiele, George David Weiss2:58
7."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells4:10
8."Just Love Me"Dean Sheremet, Greg Pagani, Rimes, Pete Amato2:47
9."Miss You Like Christmas"Dennis Matkosky, Rimes, Ty Lacy3:40
10."O Holy Night"Placide Clappeau[2]3:42
Total length:36:07
Japanese bonus track[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Santa Baby"Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer3:20
Total length:39:27
Target Exclusive/UK track listing[4][5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Johnny Marks2:39
2."A Different Kind of Christmas"Allan Rich, Jud J. Friedman, Rimes, Pete Amato3:40
3."White Christmas"Irving Berlin4:29
4."All I Want for Christmas Is You"Andy Stone, Troy W. Powers3:52
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane4:00
6."Santa Baby"Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer3:20
7."What a Wonderful World"Bob Thiele, George David Weiss2:58
8."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells4:10
9."Just Love Me"Dean Sheremet, Greg Pagani, Rimes, Pete Amato2:47
10."Miss You Like Christmas"Dennis Matkosky, Rimes, Ty Lacy3:40
11."O Holy Night"Placide Clappeau3:42
Total length:39:27

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2004/07) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 81
US Billboard Top Country Albums[6] 13
US Billboard Top Holiday Albums[6] 3

References

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  1. ^ "What a Wonderful World – LeAnn Rimes : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. 2004-10-12. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. ^ What a Wonderful World, LeAnn Rimes CD album booklet, 2004
  3. ^ "Amazon.co.jp: ホワット・ア・ワンダフル・ワールド: リアン・ライムス, カーブ・レコーズ・インク: 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  4. ^ "What a Wonderful World: Leann Rimes: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  5. ^ What a Wonderful World (CD Liner Notes and Album Information). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records, London Records. 2004. 5046761162.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ a b c "What a Wonderful World – Leann Rimes". Billboard.com. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-06-02.