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The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Virgin
Category: Music
New (2) Used (5) from £17.99
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 6543
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724384981129
EAN: 0724384981129
ASIN: B00004YTXA
Release Date: October 30, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John & Yoko | | • | Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney | | • | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard | | • | Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade | | • | Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid | | • | I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake | | • | A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris De Burgh | | • | The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood | | • | Angels - Robbie Williams | | • | Baby, It's Cold Outside - Tom Jones with Cerys from Catatonia | | • | Saviour's Day - Cliff Richard | | • | Step Into Christmas - Elton John | | • | Sleigh Ride - Spice Girls | | • | Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys | | • | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5 | | • | In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield | | • | Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie | | • | Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses | | • | Ring Out, Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull | | • | The Millennium Prayer - Cliff Richard |
Disc 2
| • | White Christmas - Bing Crosby | | • | The Christmas Song - Nat 'King' Cole | | • | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Dean Martin | | • | Mary's Boy Child - Matt Monro | | • | Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard | | • | Walking In The Air - Aled Jones | | • | Winter Wonderland - Peggy Lee | | • | Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) - Adam Faith | | • | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel & Kim | | • | Last Christmas - State Of The Heart | | • | Little Town - Cliff Richard | | • | Frosty The Snowman - Nat 'King' Cole | | • | Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin | | • | Lonely This Christmas - Mud | | • | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Ella Fitzgerald | | • | Deck The Halls - Treorchy, Morriston Orpheus & Pontarddulais Male Choirs With The Band Of The Welsh Guards | | • | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jane McDonald | | • | We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Weavers | | • | The Twelve Days Of Christmas - The Spinners | | • | Gaudete - Steeleye Span | | • | Silent Night, Holy Night - Sinead O'Connor | | • | In The Bleak Midwinter - Bert Jansch | | • | Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie/Bing Crosby | | • | What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Mary Margaret O'Hara (Frank Loesser) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
A good Christmas compilation should contain the following things--a selection of old classics to warm your cockles by the fireside, some of the classic pop titles that people always seem to find themselves singing along to in the pub on Christmas Eve, some carols and a handful of oddities to keep everyone on their toes. The Best Christmas Album in the World Ever manages to fulfil all these criteria--on the classic front there is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Dean Martin's "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", on the classic pop front there's Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", traditional carols "Silent Night" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" head the field and as far as oddities go, look no further than the double whammy of "Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop)", courtesy of Adam Faith, and "Angels" by Robbie Williams (a pretty tenuous inclusion, especially considering the angel in the title is his mum). All in all, small gripes aside, The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever manages to live up to its name.--Helen Marquis
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 The best Christmas album in the world... ever! December 25, 2003
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
If you are looking for an album whith a selection of the best Christmas songs, then this is it! This double cd is the best ever collection of our favorite songs for the best holiday of the year!
Published in 1997, this cd contains forty-four (44) songs, which are devided as follows:
Disc 1: 1) John & Yoko - Happy Xmas (war is over), 2) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime, 3) Wizzard - I wish it could be Christmas every day, 4) Slade - Merry Xmas everybody, 5) Band aid - Do they know it's Christmas?, 6) The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl, A fairytale of New York, 7) Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas, 8) Pretenders - 2000 miles, 9) Chris de Burgh - A spaceman came travelling, 10) Frankie goes to Hollywood, - The power of love, 11) Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas, 12) Elton John - Step into Christmas, 13) Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas everyone, 14) Gary Glitter - Another rock and roll Christmas, 15) The Beach boys - Little Saint Nick, 16) Jackson 5 - Santa Claus is coming to town, 17) Mike Oldfield - In dulce jubilo, 18) Jona Lewie - Stop the cavalry, 19) The waitresses - Christmas wrapping, 20) Jethro Tull - Ring out, solstice bells and 21) Bring Crosby & David Bowie - Peace on earth - Little drummer boy.
Disc 2:
1) Bing Crosby - White Christmas, 2) Nat 'King' Cole - The Christmas song, 3) Dean Martin - Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!, 4) Harry Belafonte - Mary's boy child, 5) Johnny Mathis - When a child is born, 6) Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and wine, 7) Aled Jones - Walking in the air, 8) Robson & Jerome - I believe, 9) Doris Day - Winter wonderland, 10) Adam Faith - Lonely pup (in a Christmas shop), 11) Mel & Kim - Rockin' around the Christmas tree, 12) State of the heart - Last Christmas, 13) Andy Williams - Happy holiday, 14) Eartha Kitt - Santa baby, 15) Mud - Lonely this Christmas, 16) Roy Orbison - Pretty paper, 17) Jim Reeves - Silver bells, 18) Perry Como - God rest ye merry gentlemen, 19) The Weavers - We wish you a merry Christmas, 20) The Spinners - The twelve days of Christmas, 21) Steeleye Span - Gaudette, 22) Bert Jansch - In the bleak midwinter and 23) Mary Margaret O'Hara - What are you doing New Year's eve?
All in all, this album is the best out there, and you can have it playing non-stop, every 25th of December, while drinking your coffee and exchanging your presents with your family!
Buy and enjoy! It is a classic...
 the best christmas album inthe world...ever December 13, 2003
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
great album. im new to net shopping and am really glad i bought the cd off amazon. I was surprised at the prices of cds etc on amazon - they're so cheap and fantastic quality. they're certainbly much more cheaply-priced then the majority of high street stores. all the tracks on the best christmas album in the world...ever are excellent.
Missing songs December 8, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Great Album, I have been looking for a Christmas CD for the past few years for our office and have finally found one that everyone likes.
Was very disappointed to see that Last Christmas, by Wham was not on it, and neither was Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty Mc Coll. If these songs had been included then I would have awarded it 5 stars
Merry Christmas November 5, 2003
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
Well what can you say this cd is absolutely quality. From slade to band aid and even nat king cole, this cd is sure to fill you're home with a great christmas atmosphere. And there is something else........its a double disk, so you get two times more christmas fun. All I can say is that this title sure does live up to its name as it definately has to be THE BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUM IN THE WORLD EVER!!!!
I cannot argue with the title October 25, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Every few years, they change the track listing and the artwork. This is the second edition of this collection, which is as strong a collection of Christmas songs as you'll find anywhere. The third edition has significant changes in the tracks, though you may feel it difficult to justify both unless you're a Christmas music junkie. On balance, I prefer this edition though there is not much to choose between them.Many classic UK hits are here (and one or two non-hits that should have been), including Happy Xmas (John Lennon), Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney), I wish it could be Christmas every day (Wizzard), Merry Christmas everybody (Slade), Do they know its Christmas (Band aid), Fairytale of New York (Pogues and Kirsty MacColl), I believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake), 2000 miles (Pretenders), A spaceman came travelling (Chris De Burgh), The power of love (Frankie goes to Hollywood), Driving home for Christmas (Chris Rea), Step into Christmas (Elton John), Merry Christmas everyone (Shaking Stevens), Another rock and roll Christmas (Gary Glitter), Little Saint Nick (Beach boys), Santa Claus is coming to town (Jackson 5), In dulci Jubilo (Mike Oldfield), Stop the cavalry (Jona Lewie), Christmas wrapping (Waitresses), White Christmas (Bing Crosby), The Christmas song (Nat King Cole), Mary's boy child (Harry Belafonte), When a child is born (Johnny Mathis), Mistletoe and wine (Cliff Richard), Walking in the air (Aled Jones), Rocking around the Christmas tree (Mel and Kim), Santa baby (Eartha Kitt), Lonely this Christmas (Mud), Pretty paper (Roy Orbison) and Gaudete (Steeleye Span). Many of these songs, along with the other Cliff Richard songs included on the third edition, are regulars on UK Christmas compilations, though Brenda Lee's version of Rocking around the Christmas tree is sometimes used instead of the Mel and Kim version - both were UK hits at different times. Whatever you think of them, they, together with the traditional songs, are the mainstay of British Christmas pop/rock compilations. It is good to see Lonely pup in a Christmas shop (Adam Faith) included. This was a UK top five hit but is rarely seen on Christmas compilations. It is also great to have Ring out solstice bells (Jethro Tull). The remainder of the collection is mainly made up of covers but there's a great selection by great singers including Dean Martin, Doris Day, Andy Williams, Jim Reeves and Perry Como. Note that the Spinners who sing Twelve days of Christmas are the British folk group, not the Detroit soul group - they are always listed as the Detroit Spinners in UK releases. If you only buy one Christmas pop/rock album, you cannot go wrong with the Best Christmas album in the world ever, whether you buy this edition or the third edition.
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