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  • Audio CD (October 13, 2009)
  • Original Release Date: October 13, 2009
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B002MW50KY
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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1. Here Comes Santa Claus
2. Do You Hear What I Hear?
3. Winter Wonderland
4. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
5. I'll Be Home for Christmas
6. Little Drummer Boy
7. Christmas Blues
8. O' Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
10. Must Be Santa
11. Silver Bells
12. First Noel
13. Christmas Island
14. Christmas Song
15. O' Little Town of Bethlehem

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Deluxe Edition includes five exclusive holiday cards. 2009 holiday release, the first Christmas album from the legendaryFolk/Rock singer/songwriter. Christmas In The Heart is Dylan's 47th album and follows the worldwide success of his album Together Through Life. In a commitment to ending hunger, all of Bob Dylan's U.S. current and future royalties from sales of Christmas In The Heart will be donated in perpetuity to Feeding America, guaranteeing that more than four million meals will be provided to over 1.4 million people in need in this country during this year's holiday season. 15 tracks including 'Here Comes Santa Claus', 'Winter Wonderland', 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' and many others.
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4.0 out of 5 stars There is Christmas in Bob's heart, October 16, 2009
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At first I was going to give this product a 3 star rating (right up the middle; half great, half terrible). The reason being, these are wonderfully orchestrated musical productions done in an old school style as (many have referred to in other reviews) reminiscent of traditional fifties style Christmas albums. The bad, Bob's voice is so raspy that at times the vocals seem out of place with the music.

Upon first listen it was hard for me to imagine ever wanting to play these songs as part of my seasonal Christmas rotation of music. Bob's vocals just seemed too harsh and raspy for this kind of music.

After listening to the CD a few more times it is now hard for me to imagine not playing them as part of my seasonal rotation.

The reasons for my change of "heart"? For one, it is the "heart" felt way Bob delivers these songs. There is sincerity in every note. Almost like Bob knows his voice is hardly up to the challenge of covering Christmas carols in a very traditional fashion, but he wants to do it anyway because he cares about the themes. The other reason is, after hearing them a few times, I really started to like the harsh and raspy vocal. The joy that seems to emanate from Bob overcomes the lack of ability to deliver the vocals in the soft and melodic fashion I have become accustomed too on this type of music. Finally, when my three year old daughter fell asleep singing "Must be Santa, must be Santa, must be Santa, Santa Claus", I knew Bob did alright.

As far as the deluxe packaging goes. I was a little disappointed that the Christmas cards were basically the CD cover combined with a stamp on the back referring to Feeding America. Would it have been too difficult to type "Seasons Greetings" or something inside the cards? These cards can easily be reproduced with a scanner, or you can make your own by just copying an image of the CD art from the Internet, adding a blank section next to it, cutting, and folding; they are the same shape and almost the same size as the CD cover art. Having said that, the additional cost of ~$7 for the five cards with envelopes (less than $1.50 per card) is very cheap by card standards.

Finally, it is important to keep in mind this whole project is for the sole benefit of a very important charity.

All-in-all, Bob got me and my family in the Christmas spirit and it is only October! I don't know whether to thank him or curse him.

Thanks Bob!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Nostalgia and Greetings Cards, October 17, 2009
By Kim Hatton "KH" (Nottingham) - See all my reviews
So what's the difference between the regular and the Deluxe copy of this CD? The deluxe version contains 5 greetings cards bearing the same picture as the album cover which, I guess, are limited editions. Now back to the album.

Listening to these tracks for the first time I assumed that Dylan 'BobCats' would buy this with a completely uncritical ear - and that these fans would probably be the same ones who'd hated 'Self Portrait,' now mellow and soft shoe shuffling along to 'Winter Wonderland', bopping to 'Here Comes Santa Claus'. But then I realised that Dylan has constantly added new generations to his fan base so it is more difficult to make predictions concerning his newer listeners. I didn't know what to expect but then, I thought, 'nothing will surprise me with Dylan.' There has been a lot of merit in his last four albums - though I believe they are over-rated on account of The 'BobCat' factor which must opine that the master can do no wrong these days. This album can hardly be judged alongside his recent studio work as it is pure Christmas 'Product' and, without its status as a 'Charity Record' would be less easily forgiven - though to many of his fans Dylan can do no wrong.

'Christmas In The Heart' sounds as though Dylan has enlisted The Mike Sammes Singers/King Brothers and somehow pasted The Andrews Sisters into the mix. Where this album follows in the wake of his last couple of albums is in Dylan's ear for that 'Old Timey' music, reflected in the choice of album cover and in much of the music played on 'Theme Time Radio Hour'. This music oozes Christmas past.

With the album playing on a continual loop I came to a deeper enjoyment of it as I listened, 'The Little Drummer Boy' is quite affecting in Dylan's burnt out vocal, 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' which I confess to quite enjoying though not necessarily in the spirit I should do. Dylan intones rather than sings it. 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' [Ahem] 'The First Noel',[with a heavy Andrews Sisters sound] 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful', a slightly strained vocal as Dylan tries for notes beyond his reach and rasps out the latin verse with comic pronunciation; a frantic 'Must Be Santa Claus', a croaked 'Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem' and a mellow 'I'll Be Home For Christmas''. - '[I Guess I've Got] The Christmas Blues' sounded as though it could be an original but now I have the full credits instead of an info free demo I find it isn't. Another 'stand out' track is 'If You've Ever Spent Christmas On Christmas Island' to the tune of Patsy Cline's 'Have You Ever Been Lonely' and awash with Hawaiian guitars The whole concept is a link back to the late forties and early fifties, in particular to Bing Crosby purveyor of many a Christmas album. Dylan has included three of the songs most closely identified with Crosby--"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1943), "Silver Bells" (1952), and "Do You Hear What I Hear?"[1962]

So what do I think? Well it's a 'Christmas Album by Dylan' - art imitates history. For back in the late sixties there was a rumoured bootleg of 'Dylan's unreleased 'Christmas Album' and there was even mock up art work and a tracklist. But considering I'm impervious to Dylan's X Factor this album grew on me with each listening and Dylan charmed his way so far into my consciousness that I was humming and singing along to myself as I went through the rest of the day.

This is a 'Good' record but not a great one, there are few 'Great' Christmas records, though, 'A Christmas Gift For You' from Phil Spector' is certainly one that I'll be playing alongside Dylan come Christmas. Unlike some of my detractors I can't automatically award 'Christmas In The Heart', five stars just because it is by Bob Dylan and the royalties are all going to charity. But as Live listened it has gone from 3 to 4 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Has a 50's 60's feel to it., October 19, 2009
By Keith Johnson (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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When I first heard of this album coming out I thought of the group that meets downtown Seattle each year to sing Christmas carols in their best Robert Zimmerman impression. This is nothing like it, this is really good, and it truly is a work of an artist, not just another singer doing a Christmas LP. The recording has a 50's/60's recording style to it with the background vocals. Well worth the investment, and special thanks to Bob for doing a charity album. Buy some old Christmas wish books on e-bay, turn on the gas fireplace, and turn on the tree lights, and listen, and remember mom, dad, and family when things were special and they were magical. Bob is the new Tennessee Ernie Ford:)

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E-learning Specialist, Seattle
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