The New Christmas Album

Andy Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001V6B
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

2. Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas

3. Sleighride

4. I'll Be Home for Christmas

5. Blue Christmas

6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

7. Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells

8. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

9. The Christmas Song

10. White Christmas

11. Medley: Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World/O Come All ...

12. Silent Night

13. Jimmy Bishop Christmas Column

14. O Holy Night

15. May Each Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andy's Christmas cheer, January 27, 2000

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"scottaw66" (Stowe, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Christmas Album (Audio CD)

This is an excellent cd to pick for Christmas time to enjoy year after year. It is taken from a live performance from Andy's Moon River Theatre which was shown on PBS in 1993 and features highlights from the show. This was the first time I had actually listened to an Andy Williams Christmas album and he manages to bring a special warmth to the season and long after with his magical voice. This cd features a new (1993) Christmas song "Christmas needs love to be Christmas". The Osmond brothers show up for a medley along with Lorrie Morgan to make this cd a must.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite, January 9, 2007

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Kejebu (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The New Christmas Album (Audio CD)

This is a live album and it just doesn't have the nostalia of some
of his other Christmas albums, but thanks for trying Andy and it
adds a little variety to the other albums.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine live recording of a Christmas Show from his Moonriver Theater in Branson, December 13, 2005

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Craig Matteson (Saline, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Christmas Album (Audio CD)

Andy Williams has always had a wonderful light tenor voice for popular (not really pop) music. This was recorded live at his Moonriver theater in Branson Missouri. His voice is a bit aged from its very best in the sixties, but it is still quite good. Williams shows us what he is capable of today and puts on a very fine Christmas show. He has some guest singers with him included the Osmond Brothers (whom he helped launch on his television show way back when).

He opens with his signature song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". It is a delightful piece and a perfect way to set the tone for what follows. He has a variety of pieces, some light ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), some sacred ("O Holy Night". He even has an audience sing along for some traditional sacred carols.

Williams also reads the famous Jimmy Bishop piece recounting how Jesus, basically a nothing as far as the world is concerned, has transformed the world more than all the armies, navies, philosophers, kings, or Presidents. Nice touch.

A fine addition to your Christmas disk collection and a very nice choice to have filling your home with Christmas joy.