yay! The Best Christmas Album in my opinion! (The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever)

Member Name: freud

Product:	The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever
Date:	25/11/08 (248 review reads)
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Advantages: loads of good Christmas music to suit all ages

Disadvantages: seasonal!

Over the past 40 years (yes, that long!) I've collected Christmas music in various forms from good old vinyl to tapes & now, thank goodness, all my favourites have been put together on a double CD set & it's called 'The Best Christmas Album in the world'.

It's total playing time is 144.39 minutes & it's available from Tesco Extra for only £9.97 - a bargain for myself & family as most of the tracks are really good in my opinion.

It would be unfair of me to list all the tracks & singers & boring for you to read, so I'll give you a gist of some of them so you get an idea & then you can have a look for more info if you want - OK?

I think it's a great set as there are songs/ tunes for almost every taste & any age - most are really well known & have become Christmas classics.

Disc 1-
-this has 21 tracks which include classics such as Lennon's Happy Christmas (war is over), & Band Aid's 'Do they know it's Christmas?' - both still poignant today.

- Songs that you can't help but sing/ hum along to such as 'I wish it could be Christmas Everyday' by Wizzard & McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime'

- There are also 'oldies' such as Brenda Lee, Tom Jones but with Cerys Matthews & Stevie Wonder as well as Kylie (Santa Baby) & Greg Lake.
- my favourites on disc 1 are 'Fairytale in NY' & Mike Oldfield's 'In Dulce Jubilo' - I play these two to death!

disc 2 - 23 tracks
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- here we have more of the 'oldies' (not being ageist here- just descriptive!) including Cliff Richard (Mistletoe & wine), Peggy Lee's 'Winter Wonderland' Matt Munroe, Dean Martin, Bing (White Christmas - of course!)

- plus there's a good mix of other songs such as 'Walking in the Air' by Aled Jones, 'Ring out Solstice Bells' - Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span with 'Gaudete & a beautiful version of ' Silent Night' by Sinead O'Connor.

- there are more than these featured on both discs but thought this review would show that it may be something worth buying for family or friends to play over the seasonal period - so I've provided a 'taster' here.

Don't let the cover put you off - at first I thought this was a children's one full of songs I'd never heard of - but it is, in my opinion, the Best Christmas Album in the World for me & my family.

Summary
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- really well priced.
- tons of good songs.
- I'm sure this would appeal to young children right up to any age where it might evoke happy memories of Christmases past.
- traditional, some modern & many classic.
- great for the seasonal period - from school fairs, to have on when preparing for Christmas or just to get you in the mood.
- steer well clear if you don't like Christmas!

Summary: super 2 disc CD Christmas set