Lady Antebellum tackles Christmas tunes

Lady Antebellum prepares for the changing seasons with a Christmas album, On This Winter's Night, available in stores on Oct. 22. 

 

“I love the excitement, the child-like spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas,” said Hillary Scott. “My little sister will be 12 this Christmas and it is always so sweet to see her wake up every Christmas morning and wonder what Santa brought her. It was that way for me growing up and it’s so amazing to be able to spend that time with her now.”

 

“The perfect winter's night for me would be with all the family together,” added Charles Kelley.  “As you get a little older and everybody has their jobs and then families and kids, it definitely becomes harder to get everybody together at once. It would be pretty special to have the whole family in the room and get back to where we were as kids…all waking up on Christmas morning, walking down and having that tradition.”    

 

“We recorded this album in two sections, but both times were in the summertime,” noted Dave Haywood. “It is always weird to be in the studio working on Christmas music in June and July, so we decorated the entire studio, we really did. We brought out lights, fake trees and decorated the place to get in the Christmas spirit. You'd leave the studio, and it'd be 100 degrees out in Nashville, but nonetheless, a great experience.“

 

Lady A co-produced, alongside veteran Paul Worley. For the festive release, the trio penned the album’s title track and created their own arrangements for two of the disc’s additional 11 holiday classics.

 

Track List:

 

1. A Holly Jolly Christmas

2. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

3. All I Want For Christmas Is You

4. I’ll Be Home For Christmas

5. This Christmas

6. The First Noel*

7. On This Winter’s Night

8. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

10. Silent Night (Lord Of My Life)*

11. Blue Christmas

12. Silver Bells

 

*Arranged by Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott

 

The Christmas album follows their platinum third disc Own The Night, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and spawned two No. 1 hits “We Owned The Night” and “Just A Kiss,” tallying six career chart-topping hits.

 

After selling 10 million albums across the globe, the six-time CMA Award winning group received two nominations last week for Album of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year for the upcoming 46th Annual CMA Awards scheduled to air Nov.1 on ABC.

 

Lady A is currently in the studio in the beginning stages of recording new music while also preparing for the final leg of their world tour. It will close in Oct. in Australia and has already reached the US, Canada and Europe. For a full list of upcoming tour dates and for more info on new music, visit ladyantebellum.com.