Christmas in Texas

Dale Watson | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 9, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Audium Entertainment
• ASIN: B00005NF25
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,846,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Honky Tonk Christmas

2. Christmas Love

3. Christmas Time in Texas

4. Santa Bring Her Back

5. Christmas Without an Angel

6. Christmas With You

7. The Christmas Song

8. Hot Texas Christmas Day

9. Santa and My Semi

10. Christmas in Vegas

11. Silver Bells

12. You Can Call Me Nick

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Country Christmas album in my collection, October 17, 2001

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Dino (Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Time in Texas (Audio CD)

Country music is famous for its Christmas albums - most artists record at least one such album in their career, and among those who have recently released second volumes are quality releases by Ricky Van Shelton and George Strait. Christmas In Texas is Dale Watson's first Christmas album and, after listening to these superb recordings, both originals written by Watson and two classic cover versions, he should record a second album whenever he likes. Best known for his uncompromised real country recordings - Cheatin' Heart Attack being the best debut release of the 90s - Watson brings a wide range of country stylings to this release, in a marginally softer and more laid-back style than he usually employs, and the results are fantastic. The Texas swing of You Can Call Me Nick, the rollicking Christmas In Vegas (with the song ending in the same way as Elvis' Viva Las Vegas, a nice touch) and the romantic Christmas Love are all quality new self-penned songs. He covers the all-time Christmas classic The Christmas Song and produces one of the best versions of this much recorded standard that I've heard. My pick of the entire album is Christmas Without An Angel, which deserves to become a classic. You won't buy a better Christmas album this year.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Christmas Album, December 19, 2001

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"mcintator2" (St. Charles, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Time in Texas (Audio CD)

Dale Watson has a wonderful, emotional, deep voice and these songs are a delight. I put this album on and just listen over and over...some of the songs like "Christmas Time In Texas", "Hot Texas Christmas Day" and "Santa and My Semi" sound like they should be classics. I'm not in nor from Texas, but it makes me wish I was. "Christmas Love" is a bouncy, romantic song with Danni Leigh doing a duet with Dale. This is a wonderful album...his voice is perfect.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Country Christmas, October 16, 2001

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P SCHALLERT (LONDON UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Time in Texas (Audio CD)

If, like me, you are fed up with schmaltzy, sentimental so-called Country Christmas albums and want something different - this is it! Mostly original songs, written by the great Honky Tonk master himself, this album ROCKS! Some tracks are funny, others a little sentimental, but they're all wonderful, like everything else Dale produces. "Christmas in Vegas" is pure Elvis. Buy it! And do yourself a favour - go see him perform live, he's the best.....