Your favorite Christmas albums

[pokerfan]

A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio

A Festival of Christmas Carols - Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra

The Christmas Album - Nat King Cole

The Christmas Album - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[Iggo]

1. Sing along With Mitch. (n/t)

[NYC_SKP]

2. Black Sabbath- Paranoid.

Good times...

[EndersDame]

3. Any Los Straitjackets christmas music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZevvvLbDY
way cool surf band donned in Lucha masks check
World Famous Pontani Sisters- old school go go dancers/burlesque troop check check

[Dr. Strange]

4. The three Christmas albums by TSO.

About half of each Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album.
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio is a must.
I really like Jars of Clay's Christmas Songs.

[Dr. Strange]

22. Oh, and if you like Trans-Siberian Orchestra...

here's a shoutcast station to listen to:
http://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=183250

[madamesilverspurs]

5. I have a stack of vinyl albums

whose scratches and scritches are as evocative as the music. Eclectic, tilting to the standards; Julie Andrews on a couple of them, love that voice. Some of my earliest memories are of midnight mass, and I still love the choirs and pipe organ along with the colors and candlelight. Nutcracker Suite, of course. The more recent pieces I enjoy: "Mary, Did You Know?"; "We Three Kings/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Barenaked Ladies with Sarah MacLachlan (although the album is a major disappointment).


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[Paladin]

6. "Sing We Christmas" by Chanticleer

Bring-you-to-your-knees beautiful......

[tigereye]

7. The Roches Christmas album We Three Kings

Vince Guaraldi as well

Marian McPartland's Jazz Christmas

Anonmymous 4, Wolcom Yule

Winterborne, celtic with hammer dulcimer and harp

Bummed Out Christmas, Rhino

The Holly and the Ivy, Rutter, Clare College Choir

Sing We Noel, Boston Camerata

[unhappycamper]

37. Believe it or not, I actually have a few Roaches CDs stuffed

in the back of my CD storage space.

:hi:

[tigereye]

42. hey what's up? - you should drag those CDs out and play em!

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Brave Combo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki7m2GFKrjM&feature=related

[Misskittycat]

9. Noel by Josh Groban

[Misskittycat]

10. Wait -- did you really mean "albums" and not CD's? n/t

[pokerfan]

15. album in the broad sense of the word

An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. An album may be released in a single format, such as on compact disc, or in multiple media formats, ranging from physical ones such as CDs, DVD audio, cassettes and vinyl records, to digital ones such as MP3 and AAC files or streaming audio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

11. I love rock Christmas music

a couple of favorites

Merry Christmas - Sonics Wailers and the Galaxies, on Etiquette records
Horny Holidays - Mojo Nixon

and a course the classics
A Christmas Gift for you Phil Spector
Blue Christmas - Elvis
whatever album Father Christmas, Kinks, is on, can't remember

[pokerfan]

16. Father Christmas is a must have

It's on both Come Dancing and Misfits but I think I will put it on my own Christmas mix.

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. Most of my favorites would be compliation albums

Some of the greatest Holiday tunes you ever heard from The Dickies, The Ramones, Fear, The Damned, and a "supergroup" made up of members of the Sex Pistols & Thin Lizzy called "The Greedies" (originally it was "The Greedy Bastards" but they couldn't get any airplay from the BBC with that name.


Their contribution - "A Merry Jingle" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2bcS9shuY

1. Punk Rock Christmas, (It's Gonna Be A) - Ravers
2. Silent Night - The Dickies
3. Hooray For Santa Claus (Theme From "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians") - Sloppy Seconds (CD only)
4. Fuck Christmas - Fear
5. Merry Jingle, A - The Greedies
6. There Ain't No Sanity Claus - The Damned
7. Homo Christmas - Pansy Division
8. It's Christmas - Bouquet Of Veal (CD only)
9. Merry Xmas Blues - The Celibate Rifles (CD only)
10. Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) - The Ramones (UK single version)
11. Deck the Halls - Metal Mike/Alison & Julia
12. Feliz Navi-Nada - El Vez
13. Run, Run Rudolph - The Humpers (CD only)
14. Daddy Drank Our Xmas Money - TVTV$ (CD only)
15. Here Comes Santa's Pussy - The Frogs (CD only)
16. Christmas Christmas - Mojo Nixon
17. Mr. Grinch - D.I.
18. White Christmas - Stiff Little Fingers

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Look at that lineup...... Though I would have rather they included the Keith Richards version of "Run Rudolph Run", which is better than the Dave Edmunds version.

Keith's version here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym62kKIydo8

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Probably one of the greatest Xmas compilations ever. Even if you never heard of half of these bands, the renditions of the familiar holiday classics are well worth the listen

1. "Little Drummer Boy" - Hoodoo Gurus — 2:24
2. "The First Noel" - Crash Test Dummies — 3:42
3. "Step Into Christmas" - The Wedding Present (originally recorded by Elton John) — 4:48
4. "Blue X-mas (To Whom It May Concern)" - Drunken Boat (originally recorded by Miles Davis) — 4:19
5. "O Holy Night" - Divine Weeks — 4:52
6. "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" - Carnival Art — 4:00
7. "Silent Night" - The Primitives — 2:12
8. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - Young Fresh Fellows — 2:55
9. "We Three Kings of Orient" - The Odds — 4:29
10. "Here Comes Santa Claus" - Clockhammer — 2:34
11. "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" - Henry Rollins — 4:08


Here's Henry from that album - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUgRRYmLvk

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

18. I love a lump of coal!

forgot about that one, luv luv luv the hoodoo gurus. :)

[Arugula Latte]

13. Anything off of this one:

~ Signed, Ebenezer S.

:evilgrin:

[MotorCityMan]

14. A Christmas Album by Barbra Streisand

A Winter Symphony by Sarah Brightman

My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli

[BarbaRosa]

17. Jimmy Buffett

Christmas Island

[Cush]

19. Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXiw5Qt5vNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2XJXd8NV0 (original of above link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksOCE5S_Bec


Disgruntled Christmas by Local H: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q488YuCYc34

[TommyO]

20. In no particular order, a little bit of everything

Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas, mainly for Vonda Shepard's singing, but also for Robert Downey Jr's surprisingly good job at "River", definitely not for Calista Flockhart's pathetic "Santa Baby."

Barenaked Ladies: Barenaked for the Holidays.

The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Boogie Woogie Christmas and Dig That Crazy Christmas

Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Chris Isaak: Christmas

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas

South Park: Mr, Hankey's Christmas Classics, a wonderful skewering of traditional and new classics. Swiss Colony Beef Log gets me rocking out, and who can resist lyrics like, "Courtney Cox, I love you, you're so hot, on that show?"

Melissa Etheridge: A New Thought for Christmas

Los Straitjackets" 'Tis the Season for Los Straitjackets

[Raffi Ella]

21. Joy to the World

by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have several Christmas CDs but that's the only one I ever really listen to and usually just when I'm wrapping presents or something like that.

[Jade Fox]

23. The Chieftains 'Bells of Dublin'

[CBHagman]

32. I second that one!

Besides the more traditional stuff -- "Past Three O'Clock," etc. -- there's a lively version of "The Boar's Head Carol," which I never tire of.

Then there's the decidedly DU-friendly "St. Stephen's Day Murders" by Elvis Costello and "The Rebel Jesus" by Jackson Browne.

I can listen to that album again and again.

[Jade Fox]

40. You mentioned two of my faves....

"St. Stephen's Day Murders" is the defining antidote to holiday smaltz, and "Rebel Jesus" is lovely.

The rest of the CD is indeed a fabulous mix of artists and songs. "Royal David's City" by that boy's choir give me goosebumps, and those French carols are wonderful.

Now if I could just find my copy of 'Bells of Dublin' after moving!

[no_hypocrisy]

24. 1. John Prine Christmas (with "Christmas in Prison")

2. Jethro Tull Christmas

[Captain Hilts]

25. Peanuts, and Ella's Swingin' Christmas.

[tishaLA]

26. Ella Wishes You A Swingin' Christmas....

A Christmas Album - Streisand
The Sinatra Christmas Album
Motown Christmas
Light of the Stable - Emmylou Harris

[Canuckistanian]

27. Julie Andrews "A Christmas Treasure"

With André Prévin and his orchestra

[tilsammans]

28. # 1: A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio

Plus Christmas albums from:

Linda Ronstadt

Ramsey Lewis

The Rat Pack

[gmoney]

29. The Elvis Presley Christmas albums are pretty good. And the Phil Spector one. Or James Brown.

"Santa Claus, go straight to the ghetto." - JB

[JohnnyLib2]

30. Johnny Mathis, don't remember the album name.

[RubyDuby in GA]

31. 'Tis the Season for Los Straitjackets! by Los Straitjackets and A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives

You simply cannot go wrong with Burl Ives.

Also:
Christmas Island by Jimmy Buffett
Christmas by Chris Isaak

[donheld]

33. Maybe I'm scrooge

I have no Xmas music

[Stardust]

34. The Beachboys Christmas Album

[KT2000]

35. Harry Belafonte

beautiful

[Phentex]

36. John Denver and the Muppets...

especially any part that Miss Piggy sings. :)

[a kennedy]

38. "Evergreen"......but it's Mandolin Music for Christmas......not the Barbara Streisand version.....

My husband and I just loved the interlude music during the Weather Channel's "local on the 8's" and when we wrote to the Weather Channel they sent us the information on "Evergreen" It's the best musical only album ever!!

[nuxvomica]

39. Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails

It was out of print for a while but it's available again, and there's two more albums that I'll have to check out now. Years ago I was stopped at a Thruway service area at night in December with a bunch of guys from work, on our way back from a disaster-recovery test in New Jersey. The selection being played on their PA system was just the creepiest version of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies I'd ever heard. I tracked it down to this album.

1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo - Billy May
2. Winter Wonderland - Peggy Lee
3. Christmas Trumpets/We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas - Ray Anthony
4. Christmas Is - Lou Rawls
5. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/White Christmas - Jimmy McGriff
6. I'd Like You for Christmas - Julie London
7. Holiday on Skis - Al Caiola, Riz Ortolani
8. (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag - Kay Starr
9. Jingle Bells/Jingle Bell Rock - The Hollyridge Strings
10. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
11. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jingle Bells Bossa Nova - Eddie Dunstedter
12. Christmas Kisses - Ray Anthony
13. I'll Be Home for Christmas/Baby, It's Cold Outside - Jackie Gleason, Jack Marshall
14. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Nancy Wilson
15. Cha-Cha All the Way - The Capitol Orchestra
16. Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
17. Nutcracker Suite - Les Brown & His Band of Renown
18. Ring Those Christmas Bells - Pennsylvanians, Fred Waring, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians, Fred Waring

[Brickbat]

41. Mannheim Steamroller's first Christmas album. If that's wrong, I don't want to be right.