A Glen Campbell Christmas

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A Glen Campbell Christmas Review

by AllMusic

Country legend Glen Campbell has recorded Christmas albums in the past, but A GLEN CAMPBELL CHRISTMAS marks the first time he's recorded an entire holiday album of standards--Christmas's greatest hits, if you will. The CD's 11 tracks include all the biggies: "The First Noel," "Away in a Manger," "Joy to the World," "Silent Night," and the like. But be warned: if your idea of a Christmas song is "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" or "Jingle Bells," this isn't the CD for you. Without exception, these songs focus on the religious aspects of Christmas. Campbell's warm, mellow voice is well suited to the material and, with a few exceptions, he resists the tendency many vocalists have to oversing these songs. Even the Belmont University Choir, which joins Campbell on many of the tracks, is fairly unobstrusive, and never overpowers his voice. A GLEN CAMPBELL CHRISTMAS is no groundbreaking work of art, but if your holiday deteriorates into one big blur of greed and over-commercialization, one spin of this CD will instantly remind you of the true reason for the season.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
The First Noel
William Sandys
Glen Campbell 02:32 SpotifyAmazon
2
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Phillip Brooks / Lewis Redner
Glen Campbell 02:29 SpotifyAmazon
3
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Traditional
Glen Campbell 02:41 SpotifyAmazon
4
Silent Night
Franz Gruber / Joseph Mohr
Glen Campbell 02:30 SpotifyAmazon
5
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn / Charles Wesley
Glen Campbell 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
6
Away in a Manger
Traditional
Glen Campbell 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
7
What Child Is This?
William Chatterton Dix / Traditional
Glen Campbell 03:30 SpotifyAmazon
8
O Come All Ye Faithful
Frederick Oakeley / John Francis Wade
Glen Campbell 02:18 SpotifyAmazon
9
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Edmund Sears / Richard Storrs Willis
Glen Campbell 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
10
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam / John Sullivan Dwight
Glen Campbell 03:56 SpotifyAmazon
11
Joy to the World
Lowell Mason / Isaac Watts
Glen Campbell 02:33 SpotifyAmazon
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