Songs for Christmas

Jesse Colin Young | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Liquid 8
• ASIN: B00006JJ6N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,477 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

14 greatest hits from the legendary singer songwriter. The collection also includes 3 new 2002 tracks 'Dreams About You Baby', 'How Long' & 'Aloha E' (Addressing the events of September 11th). Liquid 8 Records.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweetness of Christmas, December 21, 2002

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs for Christmas (Audio CD)

Jesse Colin Young captures the sweetness of Christmas in his new "Songs of Christmas" CD. He starts with "White Christmas" given a light acoustic jazz treatment. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is set against a sparse acoustic guitar with Betsy Curtis & Vito Truglio's background vocals giving the track a full body sound. "Away in a Manger" makes you feel Jesse is sitting next to a child's bed helping to rock them to sleep on Christmas Eve. Young's loping strums on guitar give "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" a soft happy carefree feel. Young's voice on "Silent Night" is in as a good form as when he sang with the Youngbloods. My favorite track is one I was not familiar with, "Some Children See Him," "Some children see him bronzed & brown, the light of heaven to earth come down." Jesse gives nice energy & punch to "Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella." "O Come All Ye Faithful" has a sincere reverence in its delivery. Young gets a little loopy on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," particularly when he starts talking, sounding a bit like Dean Martin. A string section gives the most orchestral sound on "What Child Is This?" "O Little Town of Bethlehem" shines with simple guitar backing the beautiful melody. The CD concludes with "O Holy Night," a vocally demanding song that Young fills with angelic airiness. This is an excellent set of holiday standards done in the folk style and done well. Merry Christmas!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL & SIMPLE...A LOVELY TREAT!, December 22, 2009

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Ron Correia "callzemasiseezem" (NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs for Christmas (Audio CD)

I stumbled onto this album, and am I glad I did! First off, I've ALWAYS been a fan of JCY, but I never knew that this album even existed! This is music the way Christmas music SHOULD be, simple, mellow & beautiful. Young here is all by himself, giving us a homey-comforting feel that's as welcoming as a blazing fireplace on a cold winter's eve, and a soothing cup of eggnog! The accoustic is just a relaxing, put your feet up and relax kind of aural treat! It's easily become one of my favorite Christmas albums...and I've listened to a lot of them!
Give yourself this charming gift, listen to it in the mall parking lot while it's hectic all around you, or when you're up late decorating your tree with your sweetheart! I know you'll love it as much as I do!!...and to the previous reviewer who asks, "Can your voice really change much as you age?"...may I suggest listening to Bob Dylan??..especially his horrible "Christmas" album...if you dare??

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars VOICES CHANGE AS WE AGE?, January 9, 2007

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angel "music lover" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs for Christmas (Audio CD)

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED JESSE COLIN YOUNG'S BEAUTIFUL VOICE...BEING ABOUT HIS AGE, SONGS LIKE LOVE ON THE WING,AGAIN,RIDGETOP, SONGBIRD, ETC. WERE SUNG IN HIS HIGHER RANGE, MAKING HIS UNIQUE VOICE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIABLE. THE SONGS ON THIS RECORDING ARE SUNG IN HIS LOWER RANGE, EITHER BY CHOICE OR BECAUSE DEPRESSINGLY ENOUGH HIS VOICE HAS LOST THE HIGHER RANGES, WHICH MEANS WE ARE BOTH GETTING REALLY OLD...AT ANY RATE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED ANY OF THE RECORDING AS BEING PERFORMED BY HIM BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE VOICE I HAVE BEEN USED TO HEARING OVER THE YEARS.