It Snows in Heaven Too [Import, Original recording remastered]

Annie Haslam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Voiceprint UK
• ASIN: B0007ZP1CU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #429,535 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O Holy Night

2. Silent Night

3. The Snowman

4. It Snows In Heaven Too

5. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

6. Joy To The World

7. The Christmas Song

8. Ave Maria

9. We Three Kings

10. The Little Drummer Boy

11. Christmas Time Is Here

12. Away In A Manger

13. O Come, O Come, Immanuel

14. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

15. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

16. White Christmas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Christmas album, August 27, 2002

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Scott Law (Parkville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Snows in Heaven Too (Audio CD)

Every Christmas, Annie Haslam does some unique Christmas shows in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They are intimate and fun. For everyone not able to attend these shows, this cd is the next best thing. This album captures the spirit of her holiday shows and has some wonderful versions of old favorites especially O Holy Night and Ava Maria, mixed in with newer classics like White Christmas and her own interpretation of Snowman. For fans of Christmas music this will be a great addition to your collections. For Prog Rock fans, remember this is just Christmas tunes and not progessive music. It is what it sets out to be, a delightful selection of holiday music sung by the Queen of English progressive rock.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tunes, great voice, November 23, 2005

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Keith A. Morse (Aurora, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Snows in Heaven Too (Audio CD)

Annie Haslam, most famous as the voice of the folk-prog group Renaissance, hasn't lost a bit off her voice. If anything, she is singing better now than she was in the 1970s.

The collection is mostly standards: a mix of religious carols and secular "holiday" tunes with one original composition, the title song.

I can't comment on the improvement of the remastered version over the original, but I can say that the remastered version sounds very good.

Perhaps the best tune is her rendition of "Away in a Manger," sung with little or no instrumental accompaniment. Some of the instrumental arrangements border on the cheesy, in my opinion, but the jazzy piano on some of the selections sounds very good.

Haslam hits all the high notes -- and there are some high ones. In an age of pop music dominated by caterwaulers, breathy reciters and no-talent groaners, hearing someone who can actually carry a tune to the highest heights is quite a treat.

My one quibble is that she slides into some of her notes when I think it would sound better if she just moved from note to note.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A marvelous performance of the Christmas carols, December 31, 2003

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lucas biela (Combs-la-Ville, FRANCE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It Snows in Heaven Too (Audio CD)

Annie Haslam was in the 70's the singer of the folk-prog band Renaissance. She was then one of the very few women to sing on the prog scene, and so brought a breath of fresh air in the progressive music thanks to her beautiful voice. 'It snows in heaven too' is a collection of Christmas carols. Annie Haslam being inspired by Joan Baez, she probably was influenced by the Christmas album Joan released in the sixties. On this record, Annie's voice is fresh, clear as the springwater. She is only accompanied by piano or harp, and drums on 'the little drummer boy'. The arrangements are good, and vocals are as good as in the Renaissance days. Annie's interpretations of Christmas carols are very delightful, and you have to take an ear to them if you haven't still listened to them.