Amy Grant - The Christmas Collection
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Artist: Amy GrantEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2008-09-01
CD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Music Label: Chordant Music Group
Soundtracks:
- Jingle Bells
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- I Need A Silent Night
- Winter Wonderland
- Baby, It's Christmas
- Sleigh Ride
- Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Silent Night
- Breath Of Heaven (Mary's Song)
- Joy To The World/For Unto Us A Child Is Born
- Grown-Up Christmas List
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- Tennessee Christmas
- A Christmas To Remember
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- A Mighty Fortress/Angels We Have Heard On High
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Music reviews of The Christmas Collection
Music Review: Disappointing
Rating: 3 Stars
When it comes to creating Christmas albums, Amy Grant has produced a decidedly mixed bag. Her first and third albums (A Christmas Album & A Christmas to Remember) were muddled and largely forgettable. But sandwiched in between was 1992's stunningly beautiful Home for Christmas, which has not been surpassed by any Christmas album since. Grant's genius on that album was to make the kind of classic acoustic and orchestral album that Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole might make if they were still around. With few exceptions, new Christmas songs have a hard time breaking through what is, for most people, a time to reflect on the glories of days gone by. Grant understood this and made an album which immediately sounded timeless. It has been a staple around our house since it came out.
For The Christmas Collection, Grant has produced a "greatest hits" Christmas compellation with a few new songs for good measure. Unfortunately, the result is less than satisfying. Omitted are two of Home's strongest songs -- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "The Night Before Christmas" -- but the maudlin "Grown-Up Christmas List" gets picked up for the retread. Yes, Grant makes this insipid number more listenable than anyone else who has recorded it, but her delivery cannot completely suppress the gag reflex. Also included is the insufferable "Breath of Heaven", a song that combines equal parts saccharine, vinegar, and arrogance. My ego is not sufficient to believe that I can divine Mary's innermost thoughts, but Grant plunged in undeterred. The result is a s-l-o-w, melodically boring song that portrays Mary as a dark worrywart in serious need of Prozac. Silent Night this ain't.
For a Christian singer -- albeit one who ditched her husband and kids to marry Vince Gill -- it is strange that Grant's best Christmas songs are the secular classics, not the hymns. As well-done as "O Come All Ye Faithful" may be in many ways, it is more notable for how tedious and boring it is than anything else. It is ironic that secular singer Jewel (Joy - A Holiday Collection) does a much better job of capturing the spiritual essence of the classic hymns than does the Christian Grant.
There is also an inexplicable oddity in terms of song placement. While Grant's version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a lush gem which fully brings out the song's achingly melancholy tenor, this also makes it a bit of a downer to end the album with. Was there not a more hopeful song with which to close things out?
These mistakes aside, The Christmas Collection still contains some stunningly good seasonal music, from the starkly beautiful "Winter Wonderland" to the honey-dripped "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", the delightfully happy "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", and the sublime, mainly instrumental "Joy to the World/For Unto Us a Child Is Born". Compared to the warbling Christmas disasters inflicted on us annually by the likes of Mariah Carey and Faith Hill, this Amy Grant album has enough keepers to make it worth a place in your holiday CD collection.
Description of The Christmas Collection
Amy is pulling out all of the stops with a 2008 collection of the best Christmas songs from all three catalog albums plus four new songs. Christmas music is synonymous with Amy Grant. Her classic arrangements, stirring original Christmas songs, TV specials, and widely attended Christmas tours over the years have all contributed to over five million Christmas albums sold. In 2007, all three of Amy's classic Christmas albums were digitally re-mastered and sold over 50,000 albums in just three months.Christian & Gospel CDs
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