Alan Jackson - Let It Be Christmas
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Artist: Alan JacksonBrand: JACKSON,ALAN
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- The Christmas Song
- Silent Night
- Let It Be Christmas
- Jingle Bells
- White Christmas
- Silver Bells
- Away in a Manger
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Music Review: Country's All-Time Best Christmas Album
Rating: 5 Stars
Up until now, there have been only two perfect Christmas albums: Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song," and Johnny Mathis' "Merry Christmas." By perfect, I mean you can't find a song on those albums that is less than first rate.
Country music has never produced a Christmas album that could stand alongside those two classics. Collin Raye, John Berry, Vince Gill, Ricky Van Shelton, and Patty Loveless have come close. But Alan Jackson, with his "Let It Be Christmas," has turned the trick. This album is every bit as good as those all-time pop albums by Cole and Mathis.
Unlike his first Christmas album, which is very good in its own right, Jackson has put it all together here. The song selections (all classics -- except for the one penned by Jackson), the arrangements, and the production are flawless.
You won't find a single song that will disappoint you ... in fact, there is not a single selection that is less than outstanding.
You may be surprised to hear quite a bit of orchestral accompanyment in this album, but it works. LeAnn Womack also integrates lots of non-traditional country instruments in her Christmas album, but it doesn't work nearly as well as it does here.
"The Christmas Song," "Silent Night," and "Away in a Manger," are all challenging songs for a vocalist to pull off. Sing those well, and you can probably handle the other, less-demanding Christmas songs. Jackson produces wonderful versions of all three songs, and throws in equally pleasing versions of standards like "Jingle Bells," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "O Come All Ye Faithful."
You can buy any number of Christmas albums. But only three are all-time classics. This is one of them.
Postscript: I wrote the above review in October 2002. Three years later (October 2005), this CD remains one of only three 'perfect' Christmas albums ever recorded. I just listened to each song again, and I'm still blown away by how good this is. My 7 year-old daughter, Katie, feels the same way.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: JACKSON,ALAN
Title: LET IT BE CHRISTMAS
Street Release Date: 11/05/2002
Genre: XMAS VOCAL
Unlike 1993's classic Honky Tonk Christmas, which was almost entirely original tunes, 10 of these 11 tracks are well-known holiday favorites. But one of the highlights of that 1993 release was Jackson's cover of Burl Ives's very familiar "Holly Jolly Christmas," which he subsequently made his own. Jackson's warm, soothing voice also works wonders here, with the arrangements doing their part to transform this into yet another yuletide classic. In fact, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is one of the most touching versions ever recorded. Be it a semi-jazzy "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," the honky-tonk piano on a rousing "Jingle Bells," a gorgeous acoustic-based "Silent Night," or "The Christmas Song" delivered with a pleasant twang, these tracks deserve perennial play. --Bill Holdship
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