Snowed In

For the 1926 film serial, see Snowed In (serial).

Snowed In is the first Christmas album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was quickly released following the success of their previous album, Middle of Nowhere, and was recorded in London. Snowed In was also the best-selling holiday album for 1997 in the United States, selling 863,000 copies that year according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[6] It has since sold a total of 1,081,000 copies in the US.^[7]

Snowed In
Studio album (Christmas) by Hanson
Released	November 18, 1997
Recorded	October 1997
Studio	(London)
Genre	Christmas^[1] pop rock^[1]
Length	41:10
Label	Mercury / PolyGram
Producer	Mark Hudson, Hanson
Hanson chronology
Middle of Nowhere (1997) Snowed In (1997) 3 Car Garage (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[3]
Music Week	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

The album features a mix of traditional Christmas carols (such as "Silent Night Medley"), covers of Christmas themed songs (such as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Merry Christmas, Baby") and Hanson's own compositions (such as "At Christmas" and "Christmas Time").

Commercial performance

Total sales were around 2 million, though 1.2 million of these were sold in the United States. The album both debuted and peaked at position number 7 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album sales chart in December 1997, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 15, 1997, for shipment of one million copies in the U.S.

The album also had a quick run on the Swedish albums chart and peaked at number 14.

Track listing

1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 3:12
2. "What Christmas Means to Me" (Anna Gordy Gaye, George Gordy, Allen Story) – 3:43
3. "Little Saint Nick" (Mike Love, Brian Wilson) – 3:33
4. "At Christmas" (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zachary Hanson) – 5:17
5. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:20
6. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Johnny Marks) – 2:38
7. "Christmas Time" (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zachary Hanson, Mark Hudson) – 3:59
8. "Everybody Knows the Claus" (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zachary Hanson) – 4:47
9. "Run Rudolph Run" (Marvin Brodie, Johnny Marks) – 3:11
10. "Silent Night Medley: O Holy Night/Silent Night/O Come All Ye Faithful" – 5:26
11. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 1:49

Personnel

• Danny Clinch – photography
• Matthew Cordle – piano
• Laurence Cottle – bass
• Margery Greenspan – art direction
• Hanson – arranger, producer, executive producer
• Isaac Hanson – guitar, vocals
• Taylor Hanson – piano, organ, keyboards, Wurlitzer, vocals
• Zac Hanson – drums, percussion, vocals
• Mark Hudson – arranger, guitar (rhythm), producer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Ian Kirkham – saxophone
• Nadia Lanman – cello
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
• Richard Patrick – design
• Iain Roberton – engineer
• Chris Taylor – bass
• Andy Wright – keyboards, programming
• Paul Wright – engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[9] 31 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[10] 20 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[11] 47 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[12] 14 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[13] 32 European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)^[14] 38 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[15] 7 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[16] 65 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[17] 24 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[18] 12 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19] 14 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20] 20 UK Albums (OCC)^[21] 87 US Billboard 200^[22] 7 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[23] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[24] 25 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[25] 88

References

1. Bagge, Peter (2001). "Raiding Hannah's Stash: An Appreciation of late '90s Bubblegum Music". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp. 259–269.
2. Allmusic review
3. "The Xmas Files". Entertainment Weekly. December 5, 1997. from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
4. "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. November 8, 1997. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
6. "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Billboard. from the original on December 11, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
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