Here's Your Christmas Album Explained

Here's Your Christmas Album
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bill Engvall
Cover:	Here's Your Christmas Album.jpg
Released:	September 28, 1999
Genre:	Comedy
Length:	39:51
Label:	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:	Doug Grau, J.P. Williams
Prev Title:	Dorkfish
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Now That's Awesome
Next Year:	2000

Here's Your Christmas Album is a 1999 comedy album by comedian Bill Engvall. It contains original Christmas songs, some with vocals from Engvall and others by studio singers. It was re-released in 2005. The track "Here's Your Sign Christmas" previously appeared on Engvall's album Dorkfish in 1998.

Critical reception

Chuck Donkers of AllMusic wrote, "Engvall has a knack for taking commonly accepted customs and turning them inside out, so that you can see their darker sides, that they can be irritating rather than cheerful."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Introduction" - 0:26
2. "I'm Getting Sued by Santa Claus" (Bill Engvall, Craig Hawksley, Porter Howell) - 3:37
3. "Christmas in the Country Holiday" (Engvall, Grau, Justin Peters, Connie Wolfe, Gayle Barnhill) - 3:19
4. "Rudolph Got a DUI" (Engvall, P. Howell) - 2:57
5. "The Christmas Sign" (Engvall, Grau, Peters) - 4:01
6. "A Gift that She Doesn't Want" (Engvall, Grau, Peters) - 4:02
7. "Gift Emergency" (Engvall, Grau, P. Howell, Carol Howell) - 3:28
8. "Fruitcake Makes Me Puke" (Engvall, Hawksley, P. Howell) - 3:49
9. "That's What Wrong with Christmas" (Engvall, Grau, P. Howell) - 4:52
10. "Here's Your Sign Christmas" (Engvall, Grau) - 2:32
11. "The Bike" (Engvall, Grau) - 3:02
12. "Fruitcake Makes Me Puke (Rock Version)" (Engvall, Hawksley, P. Howell) - 3:44

Personnel

Technical

• Lisa Bradley - production assistance
• Bill Engvall - executive producer
• Ted Gainey - recording assistant
• Ray Gordon - photography
• Doug Grau - producer (all tracks), engineering
• Lee Groitzsch - recording
• Tim Hopkins - engineering
• Ken Love - mastering
• Gary Oleyar - engineering
• Toshiaki Kazai - recording assistant
• Garrett Rittenberry - graphic design
• Joey Turner - recording assistant
• Michael White - engineering
• J.P. Williams - producer (all tracks except "Here's Your Sign Christmas")
• Walt Wilkins - engineering
• Brian David Willis - recording, mixing

Musicians

• Greg Barnhill - vocals
• Etta Britt - vocals
• Kelli Bruce - vocals
• Vickie Carrico - vocals
• Mike Chapman - bass guitar
• J.T. Corenflos - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar
• Chad Cromwell - drums
• Dillon Dixon - vocals
• John Gardner - drums
• Tony Harrell - piano
• Wes Hightower - vocals
• Porter Howell - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Tim Lauer - piano, keyboard, Hammond B-3 organ
• Liana Manis - vocals
• Duncan Mullins - bass guitar
• Steve Nathan - piano, Hammond B-3 organ
• Gary Oleyar - fiddle
• Caryl Mack Parker - vocals
• Al Perkins - pedal steel guitar
• Alison Prestwood - bass guitar
• Milton Sledge - drums
• Frank Vincy - vocals
• Brian David Willis - percussion

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	44
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	33

Notes and References

1. Web site: Here's Your Christmas Album . Allmusic . September 25, 2024.