Christmas Shopping (album)

Christmas Shopping is a Christmas album by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos released in 1968 charting for one week at # 31 on Billboard's Best Best For Christmas Album chart.^[1] It is his second holiday-themed album, following 1965's Christmas with Buck Owens.

Christmas Shopping
Studio album by Buck Owens
Released	October 7, 1968
Recorded	February - June 1968
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Country, Christmas
Length	30:03
Label	Capitol ST-2977
Producer	Ken Nelson
Buck Owens chronology
Sweet Rosie Jones (1968) Christmas Shopping (1968) The Guitar Player (1968)

It was re-issued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1999, and again via digital download in 2011.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "a more slickly produced album than its predecessor."^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "Christmas Shopping" – 2:18
2. "Christmas Time Is Near" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 3:00
3. "The Jolly Christmas Polka" – 2:15 (instrumental)
4. "All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy" (Owens, Jimmy Snyder) – 2:51
5. "Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours" – 2:50
6. "Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas" (Owens, Earl Poole Ball) – 2:36

Side two

1. "One of Everything You Got" (Owens, Bob Morris) – 2:24
2. "Home on Christmas Day" – 2:13
3. "Christmas Schottische" – 2:05 (instrumental)
4. "A Very Merry Christmas" – 2:29
5. "It's Not What You Give" (Owens, Morris) – 3:03
6. "Tomorrow Is Christmas Day" (Owens, Don Rich) – 1:59

References

1. "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 52, December 28, 1968, p. 57. worldradiohistory.com
2. Koda, Cub. "Christmas Shopping > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 31, 2015.