The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection

The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
	Re-release cover art. Original artwork includes the former title Sounds of the Season.
EP by Taylor Swift
Released	October 14, 2007
Recorded	2007
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville); Quad Studios (Nashville);
Genre	Christmas; country pop;
Length	19:15
Label	Big Machine
Producer	Nathan Chapman
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The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection^[a] is a Christmas-special extended play (EP) by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The EP was first released as a Target exclusive on October 14, 2007, by Big Machine Records. It was released to other retailers on December 2, 2008 and was re-released to Target on October 6, 2009.

The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection consists of six tracks—four are cover versions of Christmas classics ("Last Christmas", "Santa Baby", "Silent Night", and "White Christmas") and two are original tracks written by Swift ("Christmases When You Were Mine" and "Christmas Must Be Something More"). Produced by Nathan Chapman, the EP has a country pop sound using instruments such as fiddles and pedal steels. Songs from the EP received airplay on US country radio, with "Last Christmas" becoming the best-charting track, reaching number 28 on Hot Country Songs.

Music critics thought the EP was fine but praise was reserved. Some critics praised Swift's self-written material and wished the EP had been longer, but others disliked the country-pop makeover of the Christmas classics. The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and at number one on Top Holiday Albums. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold over one million copies in the United States.
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