World's Best Praise & Worship: Christmas (1999)

About this title: The Christmas volume of Word/Sony's World's Best Praise and Worship series is a pretty strong set of religiously focused Christmas tunes, featuring both well-known perennials and recognizable songs that aren't recorded quite as often, providing a nice change of pace for those burned out on the standard Christmas fare. Of course, the lack of secular holiday material is not an insignificant part of this collection's appeal either, returning the focus of holiday music to the real reason for the holiday's existence. Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. O Come All Ye Faithful [Oakeley/Wade]
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn/Wesley]
3. Angels We Have Heard on High [Traditional]
4. How Great Our Joy [Traditional]
5. Deck the Halls [Traditional]
6. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella [Author Unknown]
7. We Three Kings of Orient Are [Hopkins]
8. Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus [Wesley]
9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [Sears/Willis]
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem [Brooks/Redner]
11. What Child Is This? [Dix/Traditional]
12. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly [Traditional]
13. Good Christian Men, Rejoice [Traditional]
14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Traditional]
15. Sing a Song of Bethlehem [Benson]
16. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel [Neale/Traditional]
17. The First Noel [Sandys]
18. Away in a Manger [Traditional]
19. Silent Night [Gruber/Mohr]
20. Birhtday of a King
21. O Holy Night [Adam/Dwight]
22. Joy to the World [Mason/Watts]
23. Come and Praise the Lord, Hallelujah
24. Hallelujah Chorus [Handel]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.