Christmas Favourites (20 Seasonal Classics) - Salvation Army Band & Songsters (The)

Advantages: Good Songs, No Fillers
Disadvantages: Old Songs in a New Package

...This album includes all the usual festive classics that you expect to hear droning from every department store and supermarket as from the middle of October every year. The up side to this album is that they haven't padded out the track list with lesser known songs which is great if you don't like having to keep skipping tracks. The downside is that there aren't many modern songs on here which is a shame given that this is a pretty modern release. The only up-to-date track is "Santa Baby" by Kylie Minogue and even that is simply a re-recording of a classic Christmas hit! The rest of the album consists of the usual festive tracks like "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid and "Mistletoe and Wine" by Cliff Richard. Track Listing 1: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Lennon, John & Plastic Ono Band 2: Wonderful Christmas Time - Mc... Read review

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Advantages: JINGLE BELLS ALL THE WAY
Disadvantages: NOT SOMETHING I PLAY IN THE SUMMER

...INTRO Why is it every Christmas I find myself getting a Frank Sinatra craze (am I the only one ?). Is it because Frank Sinatra is one of the best singers of all time or is it the fact I love to sing along with his catchy lyrics maybe so, but did you know that Frank Sinatra was once called quote: "The Voice" because there's never been a better voice for a microphone than his. As a big fan of Frank Sinatra I have more than a few of his CD's but there's only one that will always find its way to the top of the pile in my collection around this time of year,and that's the Frank Sinatra Christmas Album. FRANK SINATRA Real name Francis Albert Sinatra was born in 1915. He started out as a saloon singer and eventually became a member of a band called The Hoboken. In 1942 his real career started as he became a solo Singer who found fame... Read review

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Advantages: Full of Christmas cheer!!
Disadvantages: Full of Christmas cheese!!

...on the Columbia label, having been recorded, at the height of summer(!), at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood. It was the ninth studio album from Harry Connick Jr, following hot on the heels of a great deal of person commercial success, so it was, unsurprisingly, the highest selling holiday album of that festive season in the USA, and was awarded multi-platinum status for its sales. It contains a varied mix of Christmas songs and carols, combining Harry's piano roots with his Big Band sound, but also using choirs and orchestral arrangements for a warm, "Christmassy" sound. Many of the songs you will have heard many times before, but Harry's excellent arrangement skills have taken them and added an new twist - a faster beat, a blast from the band or just a softening on a jazz based piano, but all of them mix and work very well to produce a very well... Read review

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