One Family: A Christmas Album

Kelly Price | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Def Soul Classics
• ASIN: B00005RGL0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Silent Night

3. Mary's Song

4. In Love At Christmas

5. If I Lose Christmas

6. One Family

7. Ave Maria

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice blend of traditional favorites and new songs, December 1, 2001

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A music fan who loves good singing (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Family: A Christmas Album (Audio CD)

I really liked this CD. I don't have any Kelly Price CD's, but I was looking for a CD with a little bit of gospel feel and didn't think I'd get that with Toni Braxton or Destiny's Child (DC tries, but they just can't get it down). So I purchased this and have been quite happy with it. A couple of friends have heard my copy and say they're going to pick it up too.

Let's clear two things up. The track listing on Amazon lists seven songs. There are actually 11 songs on this CD. Also, another poster gave the CD one star because Kelly lets her kids sing on one song. I'm not gonna lie- her kids CANNOT sing and they absolutely ruin the song. Whoever let her put it on the CD wasn't thinking very clearly. But it's just one song-that's what the skip button is for!

The tracks, in order from my favorite to least favorite, are:

Mary's Song: What lovely lyrics! (written by Kelly) And Kelly and Wynonna Judd really turn it out on this one. I wouldn't have thought of Wynonna for a duet partner, but she's just as powerful as Kelly in the vocal dept. and their voices blend well.

One Family: Again written by Kelly, this song features not her kids, but her mother, aunt, grandparents, and I'm assuming a sister or cousin singing various verses. Kelly has the strongest voice of them all, but when you hear those voices blend at the end and sing: "We are one, one family, through the year, not just Christmas." I played this while we were putting up a few Christmas decorations and everybody with me was just smiling. It's just a song that makes you feel good.

Oh Come All Ye Faithful: This version has a real choir feel, with Donnie McClurkin, BeBe Winans, Shirley Murdock, The Williams Brothers, and a duo (I think) called Ragsdale who I'd never heard before, but they can ALL sing.

In Love at Christmas: An orignal song sung with Mary Mary. Really nice mellow beat and great lyrics.

Go Tell It: Written by Donald Lawrence, this has a fabulous midtempo beat and really passionate vocals from Kelly.

Christmas Medley: It consists of Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Strong vocals and nice arrangements here.

Ave Maria: I liked this version. She sings in a quiet, subdued tone, so she's not going to blow your speakers out, but it's still powerful.

What Child is This: A sophisticated, non-traditional version with a real jazz feel.

Messiah Has Come: Written by Donnie McClurkin, the vocals are strong, but the song is fairly short and doesn't register with me that much.

Silent Night: This version of Silent Night is perfectly fine, but not a standout.

If I Lose Christmas: This is the infamous sing with Kelly singing with her kids. What's so bad is that it's not the kids singing a line or two, but singing the chorus three or four times. They cannot sing, and it is very hard to sit through the song. A definite skip.

Still, even with that song, this CD has been in constant play at my house since I purchased it. I'm pleased that I picked it up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great Stocking stuffer & more..., December 13, 2001

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John C. (...) (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Family: A Christmas Album (Audio CD)

This is one of Kelly's finest projects. I loved all of her others, but this one tops the list. My fav is "Ave Maria". Very mellow, but deep. A must listen. My least favorite is the "If I Lose Christmas" song. I first heard it at a store and thought it was just some kid singing on one of their karaoke display machines. But to my surprise when I asked the sales person, they said, "Nope, that's on the CD!! Nevertheless, I bought it...and thank God for the skip button!!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Simply Marvelous Kelly, November 26, 2003

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Bernard Jones (`Plainfield, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Family: A Christmas Album (Audio CD)

This is a CD that I feel will be worth playing for more Christmases to come. Every song is touching and very moving. The soul stirring Silent Night all the way to Ave Maria. Wonderful Kelly keep singing and you will always get my money.