Christmas Collection

Alabama | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B000GIW9A0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,833 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Santa Claus (I Still Believe in You)

2. Joseph and Mary's Boy

3. Happy Holidays

4. Christmas Memories

5. Tonight Is Christmas

6. Thistlehair the Christmas Bear

7. Tennessee Christmas

8. A Candle in the Window

9. Homecoming Christmas

10. Christmas in Dixie

Disc: 2

1. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

2. O Little Town of Bethlehem

3. Christmas in Your Arms

4. New Year's Eve 1999

5. The Blessings

6. Christmas Is Love

7. When It Comes to Christmas

8. I Was Young Once Too

9. The Night Before Christmas

10. Happy Birthday Jesus

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Re-packaging of two previous Alabama Christmas albums, November 10, 2006

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Collection (Audio CD)

Alabama's first Christmas album (the first CD of this set) is a fairly mellow album overall, though the pace picks up occasionally. It avoids all the obvious songs, being filled almost entirely with original material. As far as I know, the only cover is Tennessee Christmas, a brilliant song written by Amy Grant, which has also been covered by several other singers.

The songs cover all aspects of Christmas. Joseph and Mary's boy caters for the religious aspect. Thistlehair the Christmas bear is a great song for children. Alabama always like to praise the southern states, so we not only get Tennessee Christmas but also Christmas in Dixie - another brilliant song. They are more reflective on songs such as Christmas memories and Candle in the window. Tonight is Christmas is a song of peace and goodwill.

Alabama's second collection of Christmas music is almost as mellow as the first. The tempo picks up on Rocking around the Christmas tree (a cover of the Brenda Lee classic) and Hanging round the mistletoe (covered by Brooks and Dunn since Alabama first recorsded it) but they do not go full throttle even on those songs. So this is one of those Christmas albums to play during quieter moments and it works very well on that level.

Among the other songs, there are two old chestnuts - Little drummer boy and O little town of Bethlehem - on which Alabama sound exactly as you would expect them to sound. New tears eve 1999 also appeared on their Twentieth century album. It fits in well and I'm glad that it was included. I was young once too is a great father and son song. The other songs are a mix of love ballads and spiritual songs and make for very enjoyable listening.

Overall, I slightly prefer Alabama's first Christmas album to their second but as you get both here, you'll easily be able to make up your own mind if you buy this set. Of course, if you already own the earlier releases, you won't need to buy this. There's nothing new here although it would have been nice if they could have added Silent night as a bonus track. It appeared on their other 2006 release, Songs of inspiration. I can't see that its appearance on this set would have affected sales of the inspirational album except perhaps to encourage more people to buy that album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Christmas Album Ever, December 19, 2011

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I have to say hands down this is the best christmas album ever put together. it brings the Christmas spirit faster than anything else. I love to sit by the fire with only the christmas tree lights on and listen to these CD's. It takes me back to my youth.