The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (album) explained

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	Kacey Musgraves
Cover:	kacey musgraves christmas show album.jpg
Length:	40:22
Label:	MCA Nashville
Producer:	Ben Winston Emma Conway Fulwell 73 Productions Jason Owen Kacey Musgraves Kyle Ryan
Prev Title:	Golden Hour
Prev Year:	2018
Next Title:	Star-Crossed
Next Year:	2021

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show is a soundtrack album by American country singer Kacey Musgraves, released on November 28, 2019 by MCA Nashville. The album accompanies the Prime Video special of the same name, and is Musgraves' second Christmas album, following 2016's A Very Kacey Christmas.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said that the album "builds upon the retro charms of A Very Kacey Christmas, replicating its affectionately tongue-in-cheek blend of old-fashioned show biz corn and seasonal warmth". "Glittery" was praised as a highlight, with Ellen Johnson of Paste calling it "a new romantic holiday staple à la Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm," or a much less problematic version of "Baby It's Cold Outside."^[1]

Track listing

All songs produced by Ben Winston, Emma Conway, Fulwell 73 Productions, Jason Owen, Kacey Musgraves, and Kyle Ryan.^[2]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal^[2]

Vocals

• Kacey Musgraves – lead vocals, spoken word vocals
• Lana Del Rey — lead vocals
• Fred Armisen — featured vocals
• Leon Bridges — featured vocals
• Camila Cabello — featured vocals
• James Corden — featured vocals
• Zooey Deschanel — featured vocals
• Troye Sivan — featured vocals
• The Crispy Boys — spoken word vocals, background vocals
• Gena Johnson — background vocals
• Dan Levy — spoken word vocals
• Barbara Musgraves — spoken word vocals
• Joe Pisapia — background vocals
• Kyle Ryan — background vocals
• William D. Sanford — spoken word vocals
• Jesse Shapiro — spoken word vocals
• Louis Waymouth — spoken word vocals

Musicians

• Crystal Brooke Alforque — violin
• Emily Cohavi — violin
• Matt Endahl — piano
• John Estes — upright bass
• Adam Keafer — vocal bass
• Timothy McKay — baritone saxophone
• Scott Quintana — drums, bells, conga, percussion, triangle
• Brett Resnick — pedal steel
• Kyle Ryan — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar, ukulele, piano, toy piano, bells, glockenspiel, mellotron, tambourine, vibraphone
• Nat Smith — cello, mellotron, celesta, tenor guitar
• Kristin Weber — violin
• Kai Welch — trumpet, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, mellotron, moog bass, organ
• Leah Zeger — violin

Technical

• Mike Abbott — recording engineer
• David Ives — mastering engineer
• Gena Johnson — recording engineer, mixing
• Rachael Moore — assistant recording engineer
• Kyle Ryan — recording engineer, mixing
• Darrell Thorp — mixing

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
Various	November 28, 2019		MCA Nashville	^[4]
	September 17, 2020

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show Is Holiday Camp Done Right. Johnson. Ellen. Paste. December 2, 2019. November 4, 2020. October 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022220929/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kacey-musgraves/kacey-musgraves-christmas-special-review/. live.
2. Web site: Credits / The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show / Kacey Musgraves. Tidal. November 4, 2020. October 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211020032530/https://listen.tidal.com/oldBrowser.html. live.
3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 13, 2021.
4. Web site: The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (CD). Amazon. November 4, 2020. October 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211020032452/https://www.amazon.com/Kacey-Musgraves-Christmas-Show/dp/B08FP3SMWZ/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1604527310&sr=1-2. live.