Songs for Christmas (2006) more music like this

by Sufjan Stevens

Like Avalanche, Songs for Christmas is nothing if not eclectic. A whole sleigh-load of carols and original tunes collected from 2001 to 2006, these songs were written and recorded off the cuff, and naturally many of them feel a little ragged and underdone. But they're far more mature than any of the songs on A Sun Came, and there are moments of ...

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Christmas Offerings (2006) more music like this

by Third Day

Third Day's Southern rock treatment of favorite Christmas melodies is a breath of fresh holiday air for rock enthusiasts. Despite the sometimes gritty riffs, it is surprising how delicately the album comes off. The quintet blends the energy of its six studio releases with the graceful spirit of carols like "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "O ...

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The Christmas Song [Bonus Tracks] (2005) more music like this

by Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole recorded the definitive version of "The Christmas Song" in 1946, and while this 1960 re-recording is sublime, seek out the original. Although there is a heavy-handed use of orchestras and choruses on this record, Cole rises above the dreck with stellar versions of "Adeste Fidelis," "O Holy Night," and more. Originally released in ...

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The 25th Day of December (1962) more music like this

by The Staple Singers

This set is the honest to goodness real deal, an undeniably great Christmas album that not only includes simple but striking arrangements of several holiday classics but also plays and feels very much like an album of tracks that really belong together, and it builds as it goes into a striking and powerful listen. Recorded in 1962 at Universal ...

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John Rutter Christmas Album (2002) more music like this

by Cambridge Singers/City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

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Swingin' Christmas (2007) more music like this

by 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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Gospel Christmas Hits (2004) more music like this

by Various Artists

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Carols & Capers (1991) more music like this

by Maddy Prior

Admittedly, it would be a stretch to file this as a Celtic recording, but since Maddy Prior's connections to that revival of the '60s and '70s are well documented (her band Steeleye Span borrowed heavily, at times, from the Celtic tradition), prevailing interest in her music still exists in Celtic circles. This is her second Christmas recording ...

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Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5 (2003) more music like this

by Various Artists

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A Classical Christmas [Sony Special Products] (1993) more music like this

by Various Artists

International acts including the London Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are included on the dramatic A Classical Christmas, which includes performances of "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "Silent Night," "Joy to the World" and a dozen other seasonal favorites. Marvin ...

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Classic Country Christmas [Direct Source] (2003) more music like this

by Various Artists

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All-Star Christmas from the Vatican (2004) more music like this

by Various Artists

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The First Ladies of Christmas (2004) more music like this

by Various Artists

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Christmas Greatest Hits [Sony] (1995) more music like this

by Various Artists

This holiday collection offers classical versions of traditional and nontraditional Christmas songs, including "Carol of the Bells," "In Dulci Jubilo," "Good King Wenceslaus," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "Joy to the World," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Jauchzet, Frohlocket," "Jingle Bells" and "Danielis Prophetia." Gina Boldman, ...

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White Christmas (2003) more music like this

by Perry Como

Perry Como leads either a large adult choir or a full orchestra on these ten holiday selections, all plucked from his commercial peak of the 1940s and '50s. Although the running time doesn't even break a half-hour, the audio quality is excellent for a budget collection, there's a fair balance between sacred and secular material, and the ...

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Lou Rawls Christmas (2004) more music like this

by Lou Rawls

This was the last album recorded by Lou Rawls, who had just received word that he had cancer when these 2004 sessions were held, and that knowledge lends a bit of extra poignancy to some of these tracks, particularly the powerful version of "Silent Night" Rawls turns in here. No stranger to holiday albums (he released Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! ...

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For Unto Us a Child Is Born (1995) more music like this

by Various Artists

For Unto Us a Child Is Born assembles ten traditional performances of Christmas favorites, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra's reading of the title song, the Ambrosian Singers' "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light" and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's "The First Noel." Marvin Jolly, All Music Guide

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