Platinum Christmas

Various Artists - Miscellaneous - Holiday | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2011)
• Original Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B000050I3J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,919 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Only Wish (This Year)

2. Grown-Up Christmas List

3. This Christmas

4. I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You

5. Silent Night / Noche de Paz

6. Posada (Pilgrimage To Bethlehem)

7. Little Drummer Boy

8. Christmas Song

9. Christmas Day

10. Merry X-Mas Everybody

11. Christmas Time

12. World Christmas

13. My Gift To You

14. Sleigh Ride

15. The Christmas Song

16. Who Would Imagine A King - (From ""The Preacher's Wife"")

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Effort, November 22, 2001

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"paradise_found" (Musicland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Christmas (Audio CD)

This CD includes several new tracks from a few favorite artists.

A few major points of the album:

1. My Only Wish (This Year) - Britney Spears- Though I'm not a huge Britney fan anymore, I think this shows her vocal ability very nicely. She doesn't sound like an amplifier is singing for her and you can appreciate her voice.

4. I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You - *NSync: I had high hopes for this song, but was very disappointed. They all sound so whiny, it's unbearable. It's a shame, it could have been a very nice song.

5. Silent Night (Noche De Paz) - Christina Aguilera: By far my favorite of the album. Her voice is so full, powerful and beautiful in this one. She starts by singing the English version of the carol, then transfers to Spanish, then reverts back to English again before the song is over. Just incredible.

8. Christmas Song - Matthews, Dave: I was really surprised and impressed by this song. It's written just perfectly in accordance to Dave's usual style and has so much meaning. Really touching.

9. Christmas Day - Dido: The (very close) second best of the album. It sounds a bit like "Thank You," but has such a sorrowful message. If you want to hear a good new Christmas carol, listen to this one.

10. Merry XMas Everybody - Steps: This is by the British sensation pop group the Steps. It's such a happy, poppy song, you can't help loving it!

11. Christmas Time - Backstreet Boys: I love this song. It's so beautiful and just nice for sitting around and looking at the tree, or watching snow fall. Really sweet.

World Christmas: R. Kelly: I didn't think I'd like this song, but it turned out to be one of my favorites. It makes you so happy and helps you put things into perspective about the holidays.

Hope I helped!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everyone Needs This CD To Get Them In The Mood, October 29, 2004

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Dustin (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Christmas (Audio CD)

I baught this cd years ago when it first came out, around 2000.
The reason I baught it was for Britney Spears' "My Only Wish [This Year]". Even if you don't like Britney, you will love this song.
All the songs on this CD are good, you will not be dissapointed. I start listing to this CD in October and will listen to it all the way through until January. I gave this a 4 & not a 5 because I think instead of like TLC's song or Dido's song, I would rather hear like Kylie Minogue, or Kelly Clarkson sing a Christmas song, or even put a little Stacie Orrico on there, because those 2 songs don't please me at all.
So if you are debating on whether to buy this or not, I would have to say BUY IT!
I put track 1 on repeat the whole time i'm wrapping Christmas presents, you'll never get sick of it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Forgettable Pop Junk... but Dido saves it., November 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Platinum Christmas (Audio CD)

Dave Mathews and Dido are the only things this collection of lowest common denominator songs has going for it. None of the songs are really horrible... just boring except Dido's Christmas Day. I just listened to a friends copy, and thankfully it kept me from buying it. I went instead with Christmas Songs: A Nettwerk Christmas (a far superior compilation that also includes Dido's Christmas Day)