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''It's Christmas, Eve'' is a
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by American singer
LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at the age of 13 and has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Christian, and o ...
. It was released on October 12, 2018, via EverLeRecords and
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. The project was the soundtrack Rimes recorded for the 2018 Christmas television film ''It's Christmas, Eve''. A total of nine songs comprised the album, including several original compositions penned by Rimes.


Background and content

In 2018, LeAnn Rimes played the main role in a
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television film titled ''It's Christmas, Eve'', as well as providing the sound track. Speaking with ''
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'', Rimes explained "...there's a zillion different ways to get music out in people's hands and their ears, and this is just a great way to be able to combine both film and music into one project." The album consisted of nine tracks, five of which were composed by Rimes. She collaborated with producers Darrell Brown and Dave Audé on the songs. The title track was the first song she composed, beginning the writing process in February 2018. "It's a love song of hope, togetherness and a remembrance of what's most important in life, creating memories with the ones we love," she told ''
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''. Other original tracks were the songs "You and Me and Christmas" and "The Gift of Your Love". The soundtrack also includes Rimes's version of " White Christmas", "
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" and two medley holiday tracks. The album was recorded at three studios located in both Tennessee and California: Absolute Sound, Audacious, Surf Shack and Village Recorders.


Release

''It's Christmas, Eve'' was released on October 12, 2018, on EverLe Records in conjunction with the Thirty Tigers label. It was offered as both a
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and as a digital download. An 11-city holiday tour followed the album's release called the "You and Me and Christmas Tour". Rimes appeared on
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's "New Years Eve Toast & Roast 2021" where she performed tracks from the project. In 2018, the soundtrack peaked at number five on the ''
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chart.


Track listing


Personnel

All credits are adapted from the
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of ''It's Christmas, Eve'' and
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. Musical personnel * Dave Audé – Musician * Darrell Brown – Musician * Joe Cleveland – Musician * Tim Davis – Background vocals * Danny Dunlap – Musician * Rob Dziubia – Musician * Greg Hagan – Musician * Tiffany Palmer – Background vocals * LeAnn Rimes – Lead vocals, background vocals * Jason Robinson – Musician *
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– Musician Technical personnel * Dave Audé – Arranger, engineer, mixing, producer * Niko Bolas – Engineer * Darrell Brown – Arranger, engineer, producer * Danny Dunlap – Additional production * Hannah Maldon – Artwork * Kinga Nowicka – Artwork * Cindi Peters – Production coordination * Ryan Plummer – Photography * LeAnn Rimes – Arranger, producer * Jason Robinson – Additional production * Matthew Vanleeuwen – Back cover photo * Sam Willis – Mastering, mixing


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Release history


References

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