The Christmas Angel: A Family Story

Mannheim Steamroller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 27, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: American Gramaphone
• ASIN: B00000AFTI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,329 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Christmas Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 27-OCT-1998

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bah humbug on "The Christmas Angel", December 8, 1998

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[e-mail] (Waco, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (Audio CD)

Having (regretably) just purchased the new Mannheim Stamroller Christmas CD "The Christmas Angel, A Family Story", I am a little bit miffed about it. This CD is SHOVELWARE! If you already have the other Mannheim CDs, then save your money. There's nothing new here. Maybe I should chunk the CD and liner materials in the trash and use the jewel case for something else.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mannheim Steamroller fans will be disappointed by this CD., December 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (Audio CD)

This "new" offering by Mannheim Steamroller for the 1998 holidays will disappoint many, since it really offers nothing new but a remix and remastering of earlier Mannheim Steamroller holiday music. There is no attribution on the CD that it contains previously released material. The justification to get away with this re-release of old material is provided by a voice over narration of a "family story" by Olivia Newton-John and Chip Davis, along with some ugly percussion interludes, some rap music influence ("Good King Wenceslas"), and even some alien-sounding space music--hardly family holiday fare. This is not a CD to put on the player with your other holiday music; it just doesn't fit in. The holiday narrative poem that provides the structure for this CD would have been more credible (and honest) if it had been set to new music, but it is not, and American Grammaphone should be taken to task for marketing this CD without attribution of previously released material.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Christmas Angel is...SURPRISE...A Soundtrack!, November 6, 2000

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J. C. Summerlin Jr. "Retroboy" (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (Audio CD)

Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller's The Christmas Angel has been panned by several reviewers as being a sad rehash or unacknowledged greatest hits album. However, any true fan of Chip and the Steamroller knows that this CD is the soundtrack to a televised ice skating show that aired on NBC back in December of 1998 and will be airing again this December 2000 on NBC (It may even become a Christmas tradition). The music, for the most part, is from previous Christmas recordings, but it has certainly not lost it's magic! The story, narrated by Chip and Olivia Newton-John, is a bit unusual, but makes more sense when watching the ice skating performance. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because most of the music found here is on the other 5-star Christmas releases from Mannheim Steamroller. It's worth having if you're a Chip Davis fan!