Christmas Spirituals

Odetta | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alcazar
• ASIN: B000000PUZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,827 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow

2. What Month Was Jesus Born In?

3. Mary Had a Baby

4. Somebody Talking 'Bout Jesus

5. Virgin Mary Had One Son

6. Go Tell It on the Mountain

7. Shout for Joy

8. Poor Little Jesus

9. O Jerusalem

10. Ain't That A-Rockin'

11. If Anybody Asks You

12. Beautiful Star

13. Children Go Where I Send Thee

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas blessings., November 20, 2001

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slomamma (San Luis Obispo, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Spirituals (Audio CD)

This arenÕt the Christmas songs youÕll hear in the malls or at the parades. No Santa Claus. No reindeer. No snow. But for me it would not be Christmas without this glorious album. (Although, to be honest, the music is so beautiful, IÕve put it on many times in mid-summer, and it doesnÕt seem out of place. This is the only Christmas album I own that I could say that about). This is the essence of Christmas Ñ simple, unadorned songs about a poor baby king and his struggling mother, songs of hope, joy, and redemption. This is my antidote to exhausting Christmas shopping. Food for the heart and soul. And no one can sing these exquisite songs better than Odetta. Her voice is a great mixture of warm humanity and righteousness that makes these songs belong to her. She renews the meaning of Christmas. Even in July.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1963 or 1994, August 15, 2005

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Mattimus "Mattimus" (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Spirituals (Audio CD)

Really great album (all year round), but note that there are two different recordings. The original recording from 1963 is rougher with just Odetta and her guitar, the 1994 version is more heavily produced. I prefer the 1963 version but they are both great. If you want one or the other then be careful when ordering - I ordered the 1994 version as advertised but then received the 1963 version. The samples from the album on Amazon are from the 1963 recording.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank the Stars for this ReRelease, November 16, 2000

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Reg Forsyth "believer_in_soul" (Concord, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Spirituals (Audio CD)

This is just about my favorite Christmas Album of all time. Too little known and too little repected. I have had it in record format, long since, too worn to play well. And am grateful to introduce these songs and sounds to my daughter. They reach into the soul and speak of all the things that make Christmas meangingful.

I am garteful to find it in CD and to see others still listening to this inspiring and classic music.