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Christmas Portrait
(1978)
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The Carpenters
An essential album for your fireside Christmas, it sold a million in 1978 and contains the classics "Merry Christmas, Darling" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." David A. Milberg, All Music Guide
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Christmas Songs
(2005)
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Diana Krall/Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
On her first full-length Christmas album, pianist/vocalist Diana Krall delivers a smoky, sophisticated, and slightly melancholy album perfectly suited to accompany egg nog cocktails and romantic afterglow holiday affairs. Although there isn't anything unexpected on Christmas Songs -- Irving Berlin's "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" is as ...
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Christmas Island
(1996)
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Jimmy Buffett
Largely comprised of original material, Jimmy Buffet's Christmas Island is a holiday album that also features rearrangements of classic carols. Buffet is relaxed and entertaining throughout. Thom Owens, All Music Guide
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Home for Christmas
(1992)
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Amy Grant
Amy Grant provides one of the most aesthetically pleasing voices of the Christmas season, and like her other holiday recordings, Home for Christmas provides a collection of songs that can be enjoyed year after year. This time out, Grant relies primarily on Christian standards, all of which are delivered with honesty and beautiful arrangements. ...
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Wintersong
(2006)
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Sarah McLachlan
Because no artist's career is truly complete without a holiday album, Sarah McLachlan took yet another step toward establishing her place in sentimental adult contemporary radio history with Wintersong. For the most part, the singer chooses the darker, more melancholic, and "wintry" pieces to cover (there's no "Joy to the World" or "Angels We Have ...
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Merry Christmas [Universal]
(1992)
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Bing Crosby
"Der Bingle" in two distinctly different moods: from the solemnity of "Silent Night" and "Adeste Fidelis" (sung in Latin and English) to the playfulness ("gonna have a lotta fun") on "Jingle Bells," with The Andrews Sisters providing some smiles with their "Ji-ji-jingle" vocals. They duet on two more, including "Mele Kalikimaka." It also includes ...
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Come on Christmas
(1997)
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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam's Come on Christmas is a rollicking set of rocking holiday classics that is ironically highlighted by the title track, a haunting original that is one of Yoakam's best songs of the late '90s. The remainder of the album is comprised of high-spirited, entertaining country-rockers that may not add anything new to Yoakam's catalog, but ...
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Christmas Collection
(1998)
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The Carpenters
In 1998, A&M released the original Carpenters' albums for the first time on CD. Along with the reissues, the label released Christmas Collection, a double-disc that combines Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas on one set. Neither album offers any surprises -- they sound exactly like you'd imagine a Carpenters Christmas album would ...
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Merry Christmas to You
(1987)
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Reba McEntire
Merry Christmas to You is (naturally) a traditional Christmas album for Reba McEntire, mostly featuring textured acoustic guitar and light percussion (several selections were arranged by McEntire). Alongside tender holiday classics like "Away in a Manger," "O Holy Night," "Silent Night," and "On This Day," she reaches deep into her song bag for ...
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Cool Yule
(2006)
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Bette Midler
Well in advance of the Christmas season, Bette Midler, perhaps in her zeal to join the ranks of other artists like Bing Crosby, Elvis, and Johnny Mathis (the latter with whom she sings the duet here, "Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!") with famed holiday work, has come out with her first-ever Christmas album, Cool Yule. ...
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It's Christmas Time [BMG]
(1999)
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Elvis Presley
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Christmas Memories
(2001)
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand makes a point of noting that she completed this, her second Christmas album, before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, even going so far as to list the recording dates (July 19-September 7, 2001). And listening to the disc, you can see why. If great artists sometimes demonstrate an uncanny ability to take the temperature of ...
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O Holy Night
(1995)
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John Berry
So Far, The Best of Susan Ashton, Vol. 1 conveniently collects all of the highlights from the inspirational adult contemporary singer. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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White Christmas [Bonus Tracks]
(2007)
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McBride, Martina
Martina McBride's White Christmas features the singer's countrified versions of holiday classics like the title track, "The Christmas Song," "Silver Bells," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "Silent Night." [The album was reissued in 2007 with a slightly re-ordered track list as well as bonus tracks, including "O Holy Night" and "What Child Is ...
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Christmas with You
(2007)
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Rick Springfield
It seems that any veteran recording artist eventually winds up recording their own holiday album, so it makes perfect sense that Rick Springfield finally got around to releasing his own in 2007 with Christmas with You. Apart from the original title song, Springfield relies on standards here, with traditional carols far outweighing relatively ...
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December
(2002)
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Chris Botti
The story about there being more suicides around the holidays turns out to be a myth, but like all urban legends, it caught on among the populace (or at least among lazy journalists) because it sounds like it should be true; as trumpeter Chris Botti writes in a sleeve note to his seasonal collection, December, "At no other time of the year is ...
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White Christmas
(1999)
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Martina McBride
Martina McBride's White Christmas features the singer's countrified versions of holiday classics like the title track, "The Christmas Song," "Silver Bells," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "Silent Night." [The 1999 reissue includes new art work and two bonus tracks.] Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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Let There Be Peace on Earth
(1993)
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Vince Gill
Christmas music releases have become a country music tradition, but the result is often generic mushy background instrumentation on the same moldy standards. Guilty of this is Vince Gill, whose Let There Be Peace on Earth is as cliche-ridden as they come. Roch Parisien, All Music Guide
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Christmas Through Your Eyes
(1993)
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Gloria Estefan
Released in 1995, Gloria Estefan's first holiday album, Christmas Through Your Eyes, has a few concessions to her Cuban heritage, particularly with "Arbolito de Navidad," but much of the album is devoted to adult contemporary arrangements of familiar songs, such as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Let It ...
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If Every Day Was Like Christmas
(1994)
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Elvis Presley
All of Elvis Presley's catalog Christmas material has been remastered and compiled on this single disc, If Every Day Was Like Christmas. RCA has taken the same masterful care with this 24-track collection as with the Presley box sets. Sound quality is exceptional, and the songs include three unreleased, alternate performances, solid liner notes, ...
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Swingin' Christmas
(2007)
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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton was still sporting a full mane of hair and recording for Columbia/Sony when he released his last holiday album -- This Is the Time: The Christmas Album -- in 1996. Now, a sheared Bolton has moved to Concord, a jazz label, and has taken another stab at the holiday album on A Swingin' Christmas. The album's strongest selling point is ...
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White Christmas
(1996)
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Rosemary Cloony
Although Rosemary Clooney had a major part in the famous film White Christmas back in 1954, this was her first full Christmas album and it was a big seller when it was released late in 1996. From the jazz standpoint, there is not much here, as Clooney is accompanied by a huge orchestra conducted and mostly arranged by Peter Matz. Although there ...
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Just in Time for Christmas
(1995)
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Nancy LaMott
Nancy LaMott's Just in Time for Christmas is a clever combination of popular holiday favorites and traditional carols, all delivered in her patented style. While Michael Feinstein stands out with his guest appearance on "Baby, It's Cold Outside," LaMott remains the true star, thanks to her subtle, engaging arrangements, all of which make for a ...
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All-Star Christmas [Sony 2000]
(2000)
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Various Artists
Sony's All-Star Christmas has a little something for everyone, drawing from its vast array of artists in many different pop music styles, as well as reaching back into the vaults for songs from the '80s and '90s. There's plenty of mainstream, adult contemporary-style pop, but also R&B (Babyface, Al Green, Luther Vandross), blues (Keb' Mo'), ...
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In the Christmas Mood, Vol. 1
(1988)
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Glenn Miller
Recorded by Miller's orchestra after his death, this CD should certainly please fans of the big-band leader. The group continues creating music that really lives up to the tradition of Miller, so much so that you will almost feel like he is still with us. The recordings are great reworkings of many Christmas classics with that wonderful Glenn ...
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