Christmas Tunes: Same Songs, Various Arrangements
At the beginning of December, I decided to download some Christmas albums, to listen to during the holiday season, as well as filling up my iTunes which was pretty much empty at that moment, thanks to my broken PC that forced me to transfer my iTunes & iPod apps to Macbeth. :/
Back to the topic, Christmas tunes. When you talk about christmas albums, the name Michael Buble always pop in my head instantly. So, that's my first and foremost choice, to grab a digital copy of Michael Buble's Christmas. Result? Not disappointing, totally satisfying even.
Track listing: (source Wikipedia)
| 1. | "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" | Meredith Willson | 3:26 |
| 2. | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Jingle Bells" (featuring The Puppini Sisters) | James Lord Pierpont | 2:39 |
| 4. | "White Christmas" (with Shania Twain) | Irving Berlin | 3:36 |
| 5. | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Holly Jolly Christmas" | Johnny Marks | 1:59 |
| 7. | "Santa Baby" | Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Silent Night" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr | 3:47 |
| 11. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson | 3:41 |
| 12. | "Cold December Night" | Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Bob Rock | 3:18 |
| 13. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 4:24 |
| 14. | "Ave Maria" | Franz Schubert | 4:00 |
| 15. | "Mis Deseos, Feliz Navidad" (with Thalía) | Michael Bublé, Humberto Gatica, Alan Chang,José Feliciano | 4:24 |
and 4 new tracks for the re-release in November 2012:
| 16. | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells | 4:14 |
| 17. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard; Richard B. Smith | 2:29 |
| 18. | "Frosty the Snowman" (featuring The Puppini Sisters) | Jack Rollins; Steve Nelson | 2:40 |
| 19. | "Silver Bells" (featuring Naturally 7) | Jay Livingston; Ray Evans | 3:06 |
| 20. | "Michael's Christmas Greeting" | Michael Bublé | 0:04 |
My favorite track of the album are Mis Deseos, Feliz Navidad, White Christmas, and Silver Bells.
Buble's voice never fail us. Beautiful. The whole album is just so perfect.
But I didn't stop at Buble's Christmas. I looked for another albums, and I came across Christina Perri's A Very Merry Perry Christmas.
Track Listing:
| 1. Something About December |
| 2. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) |
| 3. Ave Maria |
| 4. Merry Christmas Darling |
| 5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas |
| 6. Please Come Home For Christmas |
Recommend: Something About December.
For a mini album, Perri did a great job. I love her voice, and somehow her voice's characteristic makes every song sounds a little bit sad, and lacking of happy feelings, although the songs are basically merry christmas, not blue christmas. Still, I love the album.
The last and the next christmas album I downloaded was from Lady Antebellum, On This Winter's Night.
Track Listing: (source: Wikipedia)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Holly Jolly Christmas" | Johnny Marks | 2:03 | |
| 2. | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich,Phil Spector | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff | 3:35 | |
| 4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent,Buck Ram | 3:20 | |
| 5. | "This Christmas" | Nadine McKinnor, Donny Pitts | 3:19 | |
| 6. | "The First Noël" | Traditional | 3:23 | |
| 7. | "On This Winter’s Night" | Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley,Dave Haywood, Tom Douglas | 4:01 | |
| 8. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:33 | |
| 9. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 4:09 | |
| 10. | "Silent Night (Lord of My Life)" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Josef Mohr | 3:11 | |
| 11. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson | 3:28 | |
| 12. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 4:59 |
Favorite Tracks:
A Holly Jolly Christmas, All I Want for Christmas Is You, On This Winter's Night, Blue Christmas.
Oh I love almost every tune in the album. Very cheery, very merry, very graceful, and so very christmas. It's an album which will make your heart flutter, and full of happy thoughts. It's an album with a homey feeling, I fully recommend this for you to hear with the whole family during christmas time. It's my favorite christmas album, after Buble's.
I hope some of the albums I mention here can cheer up your christmas day, and I wish you a very merry christmas! May the joy and spirit of Christmas always be with you and your families. :)
