Customer Reviews

Sounds of the Season the NBC Collection

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Various Artists / Sounds Of The Season: The NBC Collection
Label: EMI
Year: 2004
Track Title
1. The Happy Elf -- Harry Connick, Jr.
2. Little Drummer Girl -- Alicia Keys
3. Mary Did You Know -- Clay Aiken
4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -- Gavin DeGraw
5. Comin' For X-Mas? -- Usher
6. Oh Holy Night -- Kelly Clarkson
7. Santa Claus Is Back In Town -- Richard Marx
8. The River -- Rachael Yamagata
9. Silent Night -- Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama
10. Jolly Old St. Nicholas -- Chicago
11. Christmas Day -- Dido
12. My Favorite Things -- Peter Cincotti
13. O Come All Ye Faithful -- Jeremy Camp

I always reach for this album when I want to listen to something Christmas-y, but am sick of all the traditional songs. This album has a nice mix of new Christmas songs and new takes on old ones. I particularly like the ones by Harry Connick, Jr. and Dido. I scoffed at it when my husband brought it home, but once I listened to it, I loved it. Actually, I'm listening to it write now and it inspired me to buy a few albums by some of the artists.

I actually had this CD previously, but during a move it went missing. I was absolutely thrilled when I found it on Amazon and was able to get a new copy. This is my All Time Favorite Christmas CD! I love having a cd with different artists and this one helped me discover a new one, at least she was new to me. Racheal Yamagata has an awesome version of "The River" on here.

Clay Aiken's rendition of Mary Did You Know as included in this collection is not the same as the recording on his album Mary Christmas With Love, which makes this CD a rarity. For Clay Aiken fans, this is a collector's item.

I personally did not care for any of the other songs included on this CD, which is why I am giving it 2 stars.

This cd didn't do much for me. It has an interesting mix of performers but only a few songs really stood out.

Rachael Yamagata's "The River" is probably my favorite song on the album. This up and coming singer really provided a beautiful version of this less familiar Christmas song.

Dido's "Christmas Day" is another beautiful song. This seems to be the "go to" song for her when it comes to Christmas compilation albums, as I've heard it on other compilation albums.

Jerry Camp gives a nice rendition of "O Come All Ye Faithful." He does justice to this Christmas Classic.

All in all this is not a bad album, it's just not that great either. I wouldn't expect anyone to waste time hunting this album down but if you happen to come across it at a decent price I doubt you will regret purchasing it.