Customer Reviews

White Christmas

5 star:		(110)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Are you looking for that ideal Christmas album to bring joy to your world?

Are you tired of listening to singers (who should know better) butchering your favorites?

Does the latest boy band/pop diva/rapper/aging rocker/American Idol commercial album make your yuletide dark?

Now you can have yourself a merry little Christmas with an honest to goodness, warm and scrunchy, feel good, chicken soup for the season album from the cute 'n cuddly Ms. McBride, who puts the country back in Christmas.

An ideal album for trimming the tree, stuffing your goose, wrapping your presents, addressing the Christmas cards, shopping on Amazon, decking the halls, or roasting the chestnuts on an open fire. In fact it goes with everything, unless you want a silent night.

You can close your eyes and buy this one - it completely captures the Christmas spirit and then releases it back to you with love.

Amanda Richards, December 5, 2004

Martina McBride released this CD several years ago. At the time I bought her CD and could not stop listening to it during Christmas.
Now they have packaged it with 4 new songs. Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland are my favorite new songs on the CD. Silver Bells is my favorits song on the entire CD.
If you are a Martina McBride fan or if you just like Christmas music, this is for you.
Martina could possibly have the best voice in Nashville, and now she sings our favorite carols as well..............You have to buy this one

This was my first Martina McBride CD and I have to say I was much more than pleasantly suprised. A lot of the newer Christmas albums have so many "extras" that they no longer sound like the wonderful yuletide tunes we remember from childhood. Not so with Martina's beautifully done CD (excellent voice!). I heard a cut of "Holy Night" on a local radio station and it brought tears to my eyes! The rest of the album is equally wonderful. This is THE ONE to get you in that "Holiday Spirit".

Editorial writers are critical because they are jealous and have no talent. Often, artists change songs because they don't have the talent to give an acurate, honest interpretation, and use "artistic freedom" as an excuse for their failings.

The same thing was said about the Carpenters, calling them "vanilla." In the words of Paul Willams, "but what an exquisite flavor vanilla is."

Martina McBride has one the best voices of her generation, and doesn't need to hide it behind the usual production tricks and false "interpretations." Because she is confident of her musicianship, she sings these Christmas songs the way they were meant to be sung, letting the lyric and melody shine through to honor the holiday.

As a composer/arranger/producer, I appreciate her interpretations, as well as the production quality of this album.

Thanks Martina.

Martina McBride's WHITE CHRISTMAS is one of the most traditional Christmas cds to be released in recent years. There's no new holiday anthems to learn, just tried and true hymns ("What Child Is This," "Away In A Manger") and Yuletide evergreens ("Silver Bells," "I'll Be Home For Christmas"). The perky and sweet McBride is a natural to interpret Christmas music and her cheerful (if bland) selections fit her persona well. If you are looking for a set of familiar music with traditional arrangements and pleasant vocals that will add a little ambience without dominating your surroundings, this cd should do the trick.

This cd was originally released in 1998 with only ten tracks, with "Do You Hear What I Hear" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" added when it was reissued just a year later. Make sure you are getting the 12-track set if purchasing a used copy on Amazon.

This is a great Christmas CD, and how could it not be with the Christmas songs that we know from our childhood sung by someone with such a beautiful voice. This is a must have Christmas CD for those who enjoy listening to Christmas songs around Christmas-time, or anytime really. I will warn you that this is a re-release of her White Christmas CDs released in 1998, and 1999. The one released in 1998 contained 10 songs, and the 1999 re-release added two more songs to that list. This CD, adds four more Christmas classics to the collection. I would have to say this is a great buy for anyone who enjoys Christmas Songs, or Martina McBride. Even if you have one of the earlier releases, I'd still reccommend purchasing this one. You won't regret it.

All these songs have been recorded many times before by many different singers. However, Martina has such a wonderful voice that I forgive her for not including any original material.

From the opening strains of Do you hear what I hear?, the least-covered song here, it is obvious that this is a high-quality album from a singer who is inspired by these songs. Best of the lot is O holy night - although I've heard many covers of it, I regard Martina's as the ultimate performance of this song.

There is a huge market for Christmas albums full of familiar songs and Martina knew it when she chose these songs. If you are looking for such an album in an easy listening style, they don't come any better than this.

Note that in 2007, a new edition of this album was released containing all these 12 tracks plus four more. This version of the album remains available (at least for the time being) at a lower price than the 2007 version.

Martina McBride's "White Christmas" CD is purely amazing! It is the best holiday album EVER, by one of the greatest singers EVER! Here is how I rate each song...(5 stars=Best):

1)"Do You Hear What I Hear": Great!!! One of my favorites. (5 stars)
2)"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas": Martina's recording of this song has made me a big fan of it. (5 stars)
3)"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let is Snow": Short, but sweet. (4 stars)
4)"O Come All Ye Faithful": Another favorite of mine...Martina keeps it traditional too. (5 stars)
5)"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)": good!!! (5 stars)
6)"O Holy Night": OUTSTANDING!!! The best Christmas song of this collection...It gets even better when Martina sings it LIVE; her acapella version blows me away!!!(6 stars!!!)
7)"Silver Bells": I like this song. (5 stars)
8)"Away in a Manger": really good...believe it or not this was the first song Martina ever sang in public, at the age of 4 years old. (5 stars)
9)"White Christmas": A great title song...the weather result of this year's Christmas (a white one). (5 stars)
10)"What Child is This": I love this song...another to add in my list of favorites. (5 stars)
11)"I'll Be Home for Christmas": nice...who wouldn't be home for Christmas? (5 stars)
12)"Silent Night": song with whispery vocals... soft but good. (5 stars)

OVERALL RATING: 5.0 Stars (5 = BEST!!!)

All in all, Martina compiled a wonderful collection of Christmas songs!!! Rush out and buy it and it will definitely brighten your holiday season.

If Martina was not such a sweetheart, I would think she was a showoff on this CD. Her vocals absolutely soar on this collection of holiday standards. She sings with a lot of style, but remains traditional at the same time. My personal favorites are "O Holy Night" and "Do You Hear What I Hear". Martina softens up her voice for "White Christmas"; her version of "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" is sassy without being trite; and "Silent Night" is simply stunning. I cannot wait to see these songs performed live next month.

In the sometimes overwhelming market of Christmas CDs by female country singers, make this one your first choice, you will not be disappointed!

I love this cd!!! Martina's voice is amazing and I love that this is traditional Christmas music, all the classics. Martina's version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is positively the best I've ever heard and "O Holy Night" blows me away. My two favorite Christmas songs, "Frosty the Snowman" and "White Christmas" are included too. I highly recommend this one, it'll be a favorite for many years to come!!!