Cool Yule
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| Cool Yule | ||||
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| Released | October 10, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Length | 37:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Cool Yule is a holiday album by American singer Bette Midler. It was released on October 10, 2006, through Columbia Records. The album features many standard Christmas tunes as well as a reworking edition of her hit "From a Distance". In 2008, Cool Yule was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
AllMusic editor Marisa Brown found that "the Divine Miss M shows off her stuff (including a very able backing band/orchestra) on all the tracks [...] and sounds good the whole time. Because she doesn't add much to the songs that hasn't already been done before, Cool Yule may not replace anyone's [duet partner] Johnny Mathis holiday albums yet, but it's still a pretty strong collection of well-done Christmas standards from a well-known and popular artist."[1]
Chart performance
Cool Yule failed to chart upon its October 10, 2006 release.[2] It was not until November 25, 2006, the album made its debut on the US Billboard 200.[3] It peaked in the week of December 6, 2006, rising from number 35 to number 33 on sales of 47,000 copies.[4] By July 2007, Cool Yule had sold 271,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[5]
Track listing
All tracks produced by Robbie Buchanan.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Merry Christmas" | 3:13 | |
| 2. | "Cool Yule" |
| 2:28 |
| 3. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 3:35 | |
| 4. | "Winter Wonderland"/"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (duet with Johnny Mathis) | 2:46 | |
| 5. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | 3:21 | |
| 6. | "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" | Frank Loesser | 3:58 |
| 7. | "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" | Irving Berlin | 3:25 |
| 8. | "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day[a]" | 2:47 | |
| 9. | "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)" | Traditional | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Mele Kalikimaka" | Robert Alexander Anderson | 2:34 |
| 11. | "From a Distance" |
| 5:11 |
| 12. | "White Christmas" | Berlin | 3:20 |
Notes
- ^[a] "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" served as a bonus track on CD albums released at Target.
