Cool Yule is a first 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 Grammy-winning hit "From a Distance". In 2008, Cool Yule was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.

Critical reception

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."

Chart performance

Cool Yule failed to chart upon its October 10, 2006 release. It was not until November 25, 2006, the album made its debut on the US Billboard 200. It peaked in the week of December 6, 2006, rising from number 35 to number 33 on sales of 47,000 copies. By July 2007, Cool Yule had sold 271,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Robbie Buchanan. Notes

Personnel

Charts