Natty and Nice: A Reggae Christmas

Various Artists - Miscellaneous - Holiday | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00000AF51
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,085 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year [The Crossover/Radio mix]

2. Happy Christmas

3. Rudolf the Reggae Reindeer

4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

5. Wish You a Merry Christmas

6. Santa Claus Is Skanking to Town

7. Happiness

8. Happy Christmas

9. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

10. Love Child

11. Merry Christmas

12. All I Want for Christmas

13. Merry, Merry Christmas

14. Ding Dong Bell

15. Brave Bells/Scot the Brave

16. Gee Whiz, It's Christmas

17. The Christmas Song

18. Have a Happy Christmas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hey mon, this is FUN Christmas music!, October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Natty and Nice: A Reggae Christmas (Audio CD)

Tired of the same old Christmas carols? One more syrupy rendition of White Christmas going to send you over the edge? This CD will lift your holiday spirits and actually have you looking forward to the dreaded family get-togethers. So, fire up the ganga, and have a Natty Christmas!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Have Yourself an Irie Little Christmas, November 28, 2006

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William Geibler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Natty and Nice: A Reggae Christmas (Audio CD)

Jamaica and its music might not fit in perfectly with the "winter wonderland" notion of Christmas, but this mix of super-catchy reggae and ska holiday tunes is great change-up for your holiday music soundscape. The reggae-ified takes on the classic favorites are hit and miss, but the "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" by Jacob Miller works beautifully with the island rhythm and you barely notice the clever substitution of "irie" for "merry." The real gems are the original tracks, especially Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Happy Christmas, Merry New Year," a holiday plea to an estranged lover to give things another go. Toots & the Maytals' "Happy Christmas" is filled with vintage reggae hooks, and I'm totally feeling the message even if I cannot understand much of what Toots is singing. Kiddus I hits a homerun with an inspirational song about, of all things, the birth and life of Jesus in "Love Child," which takes advantage of reggae's intrinsic ability be religious without being preachy, corny, or sanctimonious. There's a weird part where nearly identical versions of the same song occur back-to-back (an editing mistake?), and it loses steam toward the end, but there are about a half-dozen songs that have become an essential part of my family's Christmas soundtrack.