Jody's 2003
Christmas Music Page
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Dark Noel, Vol. 1 Various - Goth/etherial. I liked the samples on Amazon - I'll probably order it. |
A Classic Rock Christmas Various Artists |
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Elf Soundtrack. |
Radio Disney Holidy Jams 2 Vaious |
| VH1 The Big 80's Christmas |
8 Days of Christmas Destiny's Child |
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Cledus
Navidad |
Christmas Is Almost Here Carly Simon |
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Holiday Harmony America |
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| Playboy's Latin Jazz Christmas | Swingin' Christmas |
| It's Christmas, Man! | Now That's What I Call Christmas! |
| Christmas Treasures Mehdi |
Jingle All the Way Crash Test Dummies |
Must Have Music: These are the ones I listen to year after year.
A Charlie Brown Christmas |
The
Carpenters - Christmas Collection
Contains both of their Christmas albums in one set. |
| Home
Alone II Soundtrack
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Brenda Lee - Jingle Bell Rock This one is from my childhood. It's a must-have for me. Amazon doesn't carry it any more. Very very sad. |
Twisted
Christmas - Bob River's Group
(Everyone knows the version of the 12 Days of Christmas with the line "Riggin up the lights") |
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The Christmas Album - Manhattan Transfer (Worth it for the song "Snowfall" - there is a sample at this link) |
And here is the complete list of everything I own!
Jody's Christmas Music as of October 2002
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ratings =1-5 stars or NR for no rating
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| Artist | Title | Format | Rating | Notes |
| 99x (99.7 Atlanta) | Deck the Hall Ball | cd | 4 | I wish I had been at the concert! |
| Amy Grant | A Christmas to Remember | cd | NR | I have no idea |
| Barbra Streisand | A Christmas Album | tape | 4 | Doesn't everyone own this? |
| Bill Engvall | Here's Your Christmas Album | cd | 1 | I like(d) his comedy act but this cd is painful |
| Bing Crosby | Christmas Album | cd | 2 | Rip off. I should have checked the play list. I didn't know any of the songs. |
| Bob Rivers | More Twisted Christmas | tape | 2 | Not as good as the first one, which is great |
| Boyz II Men | Christmas Interpretations | cd | 2 | Okay, I guess. I never listen to it. |
| Brenda Lee | Jingle Bell Rock | tape | 5 | I had this as a kid under another title. I believe it's out of print now. |
| Brian Setzer Orchestra | Boogie Woogie Christmas | CD | 3 | Good, but I can only listen in small doses. |
| Carpenters | Christmas Portrait | tape | 5 | I just love Karen Carpenter's Voice. This is a great one. |
| Chicago | XXV | cd | 2 | Why call it XXV? Oh, December 25th. Right. |
| Dave Brubeck | A Dave Brubeck Christmas | cd | 3 | Toe tapping |
| Dave Koz | A Smooth Jazz Christmas | cd | 3.5 | Not bad, but I got tired of the sax. |
| David Benoit | Christmastime | tape | 3 | I think I used to like it better than I do now. |
| Dr. Demento | The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of all Time | CD | 2 | I don't like this one much either. Hmmm. |
| Dr. Demento | Holidays In Dementia | cd | NR | I need to give a re-listen. Could have possibility |
| Flintstones | A Flintstone's Motown Christmas | Tape | NR | Need to listen to this one again |
| Frank and Bing | Christmas Sing with Frank & Bing | tape | 3 | Quality not great. LaserLight |
| GRP | GRP Christmas Collection Vol II | tape | 2 | Okay. |
| GRP | A GRP Christmas Collection | cd | 4 | I like this one. I force my husband to listen to Yutaka sing "This Christmas" |
| Hampton String Quartet | What if Mozart wrote "I saw mommy" | cd | 3 | Interesting, anyway. Feliz Navidad by a string quartet… |
| Herb Alpert and the TJB | The Christmas Album | tape | 1 | I recall not really liking this. |
| Jim Brickman | The Gift | cd | 4 | Some of it is coma-inducing, but I ADORE the Kenny Loggins "Starbright". And my mom is now a fan. |
| Jimmy Buffett | Christmas Island | tape | 2 | Not my style. Just doesn't say "Christmas" to me |
| John Tesh | Holiday Favorites | cd | 3 | Actually, it's pretty good background music |
| Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas | cd | 4 | I give it four stars because it's one of 2 xmas albums my parents had |
| Lettermen/Ferrante & Teicher | Deck the Halls | tape | 3 | The Lettermen's "Silent Night" is why I bought this. |
| Kenny Loggins | Christmas Time Is Here | tape | 4 | It's short, only 8 songs, and two of them are non-Christmas songs (Isabella's Eyes and Cody's Song) |
| Manhattan Transfer | The Christmas Album | tape | 4 | I love love love their version of "Snowfall" |
| Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas in the Aire | cd | 3 | Good, but not my favorite of theirs |
| Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas | cd | 4 | I happen to adore this one. I even saw them in concert. |
| Michael W. Smith | Christmastime | cd | NR | I'm a big fan of his, but why does he have 2 Christmas cds? |
| Michael W. Smith | Christmas | cd | NR | I can't remember if I like this one |
| Mr. Hankey | Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics | cd | 4 | You know, sometimes this is just the right thing. (parental advisory) |
| Narada | The Narada Nutcracker | tape | 3 | Not a bad take on the Nutcracker. Various Narada artists. |
| Narada | The Christmas Collection | tape | 3 | New Age. Okay stuff. |
| Nat King Cole | The Christmas Album | cd | 4 | He is the voice of Christmas |
| Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | tape | 4 | Great Stuff. |
| Nick @ Nite | A Classic Cartoon Christmas too | tape | 4 | All those claymation songs! And a Ren & Stimpy song! |
| Paul Horn | The Peace Album | tape | NR | New Age, but can't remember anything about it. |
| Ringo Starr | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | tape | 3 | Not all that bad, considering |
| Sir Lawrence Olivier | A Christmas Carol (reading) | tape | NR | Haven't actually listened to this one |
| Soundtrack | Home Alone 2 | tape | 5 | I can't tell you how much I love this tape. Trust me, it's all Christmas music. |
| Squirrel Nut Zippers | Christmas Caravan | cd | NR | I can't remember if I like this one |
| Stevan Pasero | A New World Christmas | cd | 4 | I'm a huge Pasero fan. This is a nice collection. |
| The King's Singers | A Little Christmas Music | cd | 2 | I'm sure lots of people really enjoy this one |
| The Roches | We Three Kings | tape | 2 | I'm not really a fan of theirs |
| Ultra Lounge | Christmas Cocktails Part 2 | cd | 4 | Makes me smile every time I hear it. Jingle Bells is GREAT |
| Ultra Lounge | Christmas Cocktails | cd | 4 | Too Cool |
| Various | Maybe This Christmas | cd | 5 | Best. CD. Ever. I can't express how much what a JOY it was to discover a holiday cd with so many high quality brand NEW Christmas songs. I've listened to this at least three times a day since it arrived. Buy it. BUY IT. |
| Various | Toys for Tots Christmas Stars | cd | 4 | A lot of the classic Christmas hits from the 40s and 50s |
| Various | The Stars Come Out for Christmas | tape | 3 | Yikes…the Commodores, John Tesh, Kim Carnes. Wow. |
| Various | The Sound of Christmas Vol 2 | tape | 5 | My parents bought me this album when I was 4. I ADORE it. |
| Various | The Holiday Collection vol 2 | cd | NR | Why haven't I opened this yet? It has Spinal Tap AND Tony Orlando. |
| Various | The Holiday Collection vol 1 | cd | 3 | Scott Baio, Mary Hard, the case of Santa Barbara, Nancy Sinatra. Charity cd |
| Various | The Edge of Christmas | cd | 4 | Good |
| Various | The Coolest Christmas | cd | 4 | Great Collection to play at a party |
| Various | Superstars of Christmas 1995 | cd | 3 | Paul McCartney on track one, John and Yoko on track 2! |
| Various | Sing in the Holidays | cd | 4 | I enjoy playing this as dinner music. Really smooth |
| Various | New Wave Xmas | cd | 3 | I like some song MUCH better than others. |
| Various | It's a Kid's Christmas | cd | NR | Jackie Glason sings I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus! |
| Various | Cool Yule | cd | 3 | 50's and 60's coolness |
| Various | Christmas Comedy Classics | tape | 2 | Classics? Not in my house |
| Various | Christmas Classics | cd | 3 | Another one of those with an odd combo of stars. Kenny Loggins and Bobby Vinton? |
| Various | A Very Special Christmas 3 | cd | 3 | I like the first one better |
| Various | A Very Special Christmas | tape | 5 | My favorite of the three. Just Great. |
| Various | A Rock 'N' Roll Christmas | cd | 5 | I hope I never wear this one out! |
| Various | A Really Swell Christmas | cd | 2 | I don't think it's as swell as they do. |
| Various (Sugo) | Holiday Collection | cd | 3 | Instrumental, some songs better than others |
| Various Orchestras | A Classical Christmas | tape | 2 | Not my style. |
| Veggie Tales | A Very Veggie Christmas | cd | 4 | I really like this one. You've got to listen from start to finish |
| Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | cd, tape | 5 | The Best there Is. |
| Windham Hill Artists | A Winter's Solstice V | tape | 3 | Good if you like New Age, which I do |
Last Updated on 11/08/02
By Jody LaFerriere
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