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Ultimate Christmas | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Arista
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy Used: $2.68
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 8314
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 19019
UPC: 782219019256
EAN: 0078221901925
ASIN: B00000DFSZ
Release Date: October 27, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Original case and cover - no scratches. GREAT BUY!!
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| Tracks:
| • | Silent Night (Intro) - Gruber, Franz | | • | The Christmas Song - Torme, Mel | | • | Winter Wonderland - Bernard, Felix | | • | White Christmas - Berlin, Irving | | • | Blue Christmas - Hayes, Bill | | • | Sleigh Ride - Anderson, Leroy | | • | Frosty the Snowman - Nelson, Steve [2] E | | • | Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) - Adam, Adolphe | | • | O Come All Ye Faithful - Oakeley, Frederick | | • | Joy to the World - Mason, Lowell | | • | It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Willson, Meredith | | • | Silver Bells - Livingston, Jay | | • | Santa Baby - Springer, Tony | | • | The Night Before Christmas - Simon, Carly | | • | Jingle Bells - Pierpont, J.S. | | • | Song for a Winter's Night - Lightfoot, Gordon | | • | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Martin, Hugh |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Great choice for Christmas December 28, 2008
I bought this CD to play in the office to get everyone into the Christmas spirit. Everyone loved the music. It was a perfect mixture of familiar songs that everyone knew.
 Beware - Amazon track listing is wrong December 16, 2008
CD arrived in the mail today, the track listing advertised is not for this CD. Songs are the same, artist are all different. Was not looking for a CD with Kenny G and Dionne Warwick. To be fair, looking at the positive reviews they all appear to be for the actual CD, not what is advertised, many reference songs by Boys II Men or Bing Crosby's White Christmas.
 acceptable August 14, 2008
good christmas music; very much the holiday season spirit. Lacks that
sparkle we so look forward to these days.
One of the all-time best Christmas CDs. January 14, 2008
This is one of my all-time favorite Christmas CDs...true classics from Nat King Cole/Elvis/Aretha/Luther Vandross...this is the one you play to get you in the holiday spirit.
You can't go wrong with this one.
Brandon
a golden nugget shining brightly for the season !!! December 5, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ultimate Christmas is an excellent CD of classic Christmastime music. We get so much to enjoy that I would recommend this CD for anyone who enjoys holiday time music.
Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" features Nat singing at his best with a lush musical arrangement. Nat delivers this with all his heart and soul; and the strings bolster the number. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is the superior studio version, not a recording of a radio performance Bing gave. Bing's performance of this melancholy number outshines them all! Moreover, listen for Johnny Mathis in "Sleigh Ride;" Johnny's excellent diction make his singing all the better.
The hits continue. Ella Fitzgerald sings a jazzy rendition of "Frosty The Snowman." Ella swings brightly and the backup vocalists harmonize quite well. Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir sings a gospel flavored "Joy To The World" and they never miss a note, either.
I really like Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby;" this classic was a huge hit for Eartha and when you hear it you'll instantly know why. The strings help the number move along well.
There are also a few more recent numbers to add a somewhat modern twist to the album. Listen for Boyz II Men doing "Silent Night;" and Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass really belt it out with their interpretation of "Jingle Bells."
The CD ends beautifully with Judy Garland's "Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas." I can't quite figure out why Amazon refers to this song as "tragic" although admittedly this is another melancholy number. Judy sounds beautiful and it's obvious why she was the Queen of the Hollywood musical!
I highly recommend this CD for people everywhere who enjoy Christmastime music.
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