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Nightmare Before Christmas

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Various Artists

Release Date September 04, 2006
The score for the film The Nightmare before Christmas is brilliant in its own strange way. Both the music and the lyrics are written by Danny Elfman, and he also sings the main character of jack Skellington.
The songs are delightful and variated, and you discover something new in the arrangement, every time you listen to them. Besides, the instrumental tracks are beautiful and melancholy, a nice contrast to the humourous and often lively songs. If you like the film or are just a little bit interested in music, you should definetly buy this CD. It has so many great tunes, and the orchestration is just perfect. All in all, a soundtrack quite out of the ordinary.

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The Best Christmas Album In The World ... Ever!

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Various Artists

Release Date November 05, 2007
This is a pretty decent stab at a Xmas party album but suffers from the usual faults ie Because the record company behind it can't obtain permission to use all the tracks they might want, you end up with this compromise. Unfortunately in this instance they've made matters worse by substituting inferior versions of some tracks for the real thing(surely no one actually believes "Fairytale of Newyork" is enhanced by Ronan Keating's contributions).

There is a fairly simple solution:Buy this album AND "Chritmas Hits"(a three CD set that can be got pretty cheaply), although there is quite a bit of over-lap, the two discs together should provide all the material you need to put together a tailor-made great xmas party album.

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Christmas Hits: 50 Festive Favourites

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Various Artists

Release Date November 24, 2003
I ordered this album and thought it was the best christmas album I have ever bought. The songs are all so christmassy and really put you in the christmas mood. It is a great collection of varied artists, so it suits everyone's style of music. Favourites of mine are the beautiful "silver bells", the pretender's version of "merry little christmas" which is delightful, and mariah carey's belting powerful version of "o holy night" that sounds like she has desended from heaven. Buy it and feel 100% christmassy.

CD-Charts Position 74
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Christmas With Elvis

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Elvis Presley

Release Date October 11, 2008
I ordered this album and thought it was the best christmas album I have ever bought. The songs are all so christmassy and really put you in the christmas mood. It is a great collection of varied artists, so it suits everyone's style of music. Favourites of mine are the beautiful "silver bells", the pretender's version of "merry little christmas" which is delightful, and mariah carey's belting powerful version of "o holy night" that sounds like she has desended from heaven. Buy it and feel 100% christmassy.

CD-Charts Position 75
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Christmas

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Elaine Paige

Release Date October 30, 2006
There's only one track on this lovely album that doesn't really work. And that's the cover of Rose Royce's 'Wishin on a Star'. It's not an obvious choice for a Xmas album and it just doesn't sound Christmassy enough. It needed some sleigh bells. BUT don't let that put you off. Elaine's voice has of course always been top drawer and here, on this unfairly rather forgotten gem of an album, it's arguably at its peak. The highlight for me is 'Santa Claus is Comin To Town'. I've never heard a better arrangement of it. Different, yet still traditional. It's selling at such a reasonable price too. Thoroughly recommended. And doesn't she look gorgeous on the cover!

CD-Charts Position 76
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A Christmas Knees Up With Chas and Dave

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Chas & Dave

Release Date October 22, 2001
this album is the best alternative christmas album, i've ever heard. the way they take a traditional song and turn round completly, into what could be classed as the new style of christmas songs. an utterly outstounding album.

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The Christmas Collection - Children's Songs and Stories

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Various Artists

Release Date October 15, 2007
this album is the best alternative christmas album, i've ever heard. the way they take a traditional song and turn round completly, into what could be classed as the new style of christmas songs. an utterly outstounding album.

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Don't Shoot Me Santa

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: The Killers

Release Date December 11, 2007
Barcode: 0602517503236

It's cheesy, and not in a good way. Brandon's unique vocal sound seems to be becoming more and more pronounced over time and it can begin to drag on the casual listener. The artwork is cheesy too as is the spoken word parts to the song.

It seems almost as if the Killers only released this song almost as a tradition to see if they could follow up the success of last year's fun A Great Big Sled.

It's not all bad though, while the verses may come across as lacklustre, the chorus is pretty damn good and suitably epic in that unique Killers style. Fans will lap this single up and to be fair, i think it has a lot of potential to grow with repeated listens but it just doesn't grab like so many ... Read More:

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Christmas Is A Comin'

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: Bing Crosby

Release Date November 05, 2001
I was wanting a CD version to replace my old tape version of White Christmas. This CD was cheaper and contains all the old favorites on my tape, plus several more. Bing is such a great singer! Best value for money.

CD-Charts Position 80
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The Best Christmas Karaoke Album in the World...Ever

CD-Charts > Music > Classical
by: New World Orchestra

Release Date September 03, 2007
A good mix of songs and styles. This is more backing track than Karaoke so it wouldn't be suitable for a complete beginner as it sometimes takes some working out to find out where to sing. The lyrics leaflet is in very tiny print and in blue so not easy to read. The sound is good, though, and matches the original tracks quite well. There is no guide tune given - just the backing vocals (which I like but it doesn't suit everyone).

I have only used one track thoroughly so far (Walking in the air) and have found that, though the printed words match the original in terms of where to sing and where to take a break, the backing track doesn't!! As a singing teacher I was confident and able enough to work this out and put the break at a different ... Read More: