Someday at Christmas

Stevie Wonder | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 9, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Special Products
• ASIN: B000001AF9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,326 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Compilation featuring the legendary Motown vocalist's interpretations of 12 Yuletide favorites, including 'Silver Bells', 'Ave Maria' and 'The Little Drummer Boy'. 1999 reissue on Spectrum of 1986 Motown release. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Someday at Christmas (Audio CD)

The title song is one of the two or three best pop Christmas songs ever - the writing, arrangement, and performance (hard to believe Stevie was only 16 or 17 when he cut it) are outstanding. The rest of the album doesn't quite have the strong social message or originality of that modern classic, but it is warm and friendly and very pop savvy. It can easily become a regular part of your holiday season, as it has mine for nearly two decades. It manages to strike a nice balance between secular and religious songs. (Though I have to disagree with those below who say you'll never hear a better "Ave Maria" - that's been recorded by a lot of very talented singers. Stevie more than holds his own, but he doesn't make you forget the many other fine versions that are out there).

A lot of Christmas albums come and go; there's a reason this one has survived for over 30 years. Other than Mathis's and maybe Streisand's, how many holiday albums can you say that about?

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Christmas Songs, December 20, 2001

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Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Someday at Christmas (Audio CD)

Stevie Wonder's Someday At Christmas was originally released in 1967 and the title track still remains relevant today, especially so in these troubled times. The song is an elegant and eloquent hope for a world that is filled with peace, equality and free of poverty , hatred and hunger. The song was referring to the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, but the lyrics can easily be applied to the state of the world today. The song is absolutely beautiful and we should, now more than ever, try to achieve the ideals the song expouses.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stevie Wonder's Christmas Album, December 14, 1999

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Lois T Tibbetts (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Someday at Christmas (Audio CD)

It is by far the best Christmas album I know. I am a product of the fifties and sixties and seventies and still think Stevie Wonder's Christmas album goes down in the annals of all the very best Christrmas music ever.