Tracks Christmas Hits
- Backstreet Boys - Christmas Tree
- Neil Diamond - You Make It Feel Like Christmas
- Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow
- The Pogues feat Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
- Cliff Richard - Millenium Prayer
- Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
- Dido - Christmas Day
- Steps - Merry Christmas Everybody
- Jackie Wilson - Deck The Hall
- Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Power Of Love
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- Gary Jules - Mad World
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
- Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- Shakin Stevens - Blue Christmas
- The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas
- Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
- Pretenders - 2000 Miles
- T -Rex - Christmas Box
- Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy
- Darkness - Christmas Time (Dont Let The Bells End
- Robson & Jerome - I Believe
- Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
- Toni Braxton - Holiday Celebrate
- Luther Vandross - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Cyndi Lauper - Early Christmas Morning
- Christina Aguilera - The Christmas Song
- Linda Ronstadt - When You Wish Upon A Star
- Al Green - What Christmas Means To Me
- Britney Spears - My Only Wish This Year
- Destinys Child - Little Drummer Boy
- Aretha Franklin - Joy To The World
- Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
- Gladys Knight & The Pips - Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland
- Brenda Lee - Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
- Natalie Cole - Jingle Bells
- Spike Jones - All I Want For Christmas
- Michael Bolton - White Christmas
- Doris Day - Ill Be Home For Christmas
- Westlife - I Have A Dream
- Harry Belafonte - Marys Boy Child
- Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas Time.
- Gloria Estefan - Love On A Layaway
- Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow
- East 17 - Stay Another Day
- Elvis Presley - Merry Christmas Baby
- Music From The Snowman - Walking In The Air
- Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas
- Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
- Air Supply - Sleigh Ride
- Auld Lang Syne
- N*Sync feat Justin Timberlake - I Dont Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You
- Charlotte Church - Dream A Dream
- Wham - Last Christmas
- Mario Lanza - Oh Christmas Tree
- Bo Selecta - Proper Crimbo
- Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
Release date: 2006-11-20
RRP: £16.99
Price: £5.55
Review Christmas Hits / Various Artists:
Tracks Christmas Crooners: 50 Yuletide Classics from a Golden Age
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Cole, Nat 'King'
- Christmas In New Orleans - Armstrong, Louis
- Winter Wonderland - Como, Perry
- Silent Night - Martin, Dean
- Jingle Bells - Como, Perry
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Crosby, Bing
- Silent Night - Cole, Nat 'King'
- Christmas Blues - Martin, Dean
- While The Angelas Was Ringing - Sinatra, Frank
- Silver Bells - Crosby, Bing
- O Come All Ye Faithful - Sinatra, Frank
- Mrs Santa Claus - Cole, Nat 'King'
- Mistletoe And Holly - Sinatra, Frank
- Christmas Feeling - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
- Christmas Dreaming - Sinatra, Frank
- First Noel - Crosby, Bing
- Sleigh Ride In July - Crosby, Bing
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Como, Perry
- White Christmas - Crosby, Bing
- House With Love In It - Cole, Nat 'King'
- Rosary - Lanza, Mario
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Sinatra, Frank
- Christmas Song - Sinatra, Frank
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Crosby, Bing
- Let's Start The New Year Right - Sinatra, Frank
- Jingle Bells - Cole, Nat 'King'
- Zat You Santa Claus - Armstrong, Louis
- Ave Maria - Sinatra, Frank
- Winter Wonderland - Sinatra, Frank
- God Bless You Merry Gentlemen - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
- Light A Candle In The Chapel - Sinatra, Frank
- It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Martin, Dean
- Deck The Halls - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
- Adeste Fideles - Crosby, Bing
- Christmas Song - Cole, Nat 'King'
- Happy Holiday - Crosby, Bing
- Silver Bells - Martin, Dean
- Twelve Days Of Christmas - Crosby, Bing
- Here Comes Santa Claus - Crosby, Bing
- Good King Wenceslas - Crosby, Bing
- Faith In Our Fathers - Crosby, Bing
- Snowman - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Sinatra, Frank
- White Christmas - Armstrong, Louis
- Away In A Manger - Crosby, Bing
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby
- Count Your Blessings - Crosby, Bing
- Lord's Prayer - Sinatra, Frank
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Sinatra, Frank
- You're All I Want For Christmas - Crosby, Bing
Release date: 2005-10-10
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.95
Review Christmas Crooners: 50 Yuletide Classics from a Golden Age / Various Artists:
Tracks Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection
- Beloved
- Arrivederci Roma
- Granada
- Song Of India
- Serenade
- Donkey Serenade
- Danny Boy
- Be My Love
- Santa Lucia
- E Lucevan Le Stelle
- Because
- I'll Walk With God
- Because You're Mine
- La Donna E Mobile
- Vesti La Giubba
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Come Prima
- O Sole Mio
- Loveleiest Night Of The Year
- Ave Maria
- Drink Drink Drink
- Valencia
- Funiculi Funicula
- Golden Days
Release date: 1994-01-22
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Eudice Shapiro
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.63
Review Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection / RCA:
Tracks Mark Lamarr's Rhythm & Blues Christmas
- Empty Stocking Blues - Dixon, Floyd
- How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around - Witherspoon, Jimmy
- It's Christmas Time - Five Keys
- White Christmas - Ravens
- Merry Christmas Baby - Hampton, Lionel
- Cool Yule - Armstrong, Louis
- Lonely Christmas - Moonglows
- Happy New Year - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Mr. Santa's Boogie - Marshall Brothers
- Christmas Blues - Darnell, Larry
- Christmas Morning - Turner, Titus
- What Are You Doing New Years Eve - Orioles
- I Want A Man - Cooper, Thelma
- Christmas Boogie - Robinson, Sugar Chile
- Christmate Date Boogie - Turner, 'Big' Joe (1)
- Christmas Blues - Moore, Gatemouth
- Love For Christmas - Gross, Felix
- Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Scott, Mabel
- Bring That Cadillac Back - Grafton, Harry
- I Want A Present For Christmas - Summers, J.B.
- Sleigh Ride - Glen, Lloyd
- Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Williamson, Sonny Boy (1)
- Far Away Christmas Blues - Phillips, 'Little' Esther
- Christmas In Heaven - Ward, Billy & The Dominoes
- Hey Santa Claus - Moonglows
Release date: 2007-11-19
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.95
Review Mark Lamarr's Rhythm & Blues Christmas / Various Artists:
Tracks Cool Christmas
- The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairtytale Of New York
- Pretenders 2000 Miles
- Tori Amos Winter
- The Associates The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
- Booker T & The MGs Winter Wonderland
- Chris Rea Driving Home For Christmas
- Elaine Paige Coventry Carol
- Tom Waits Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle Blanche Comme La Neige
- Aztec Camera Walk Out To Winter
- They Might Be Giants Santas Beard
- Emmylou Harris Light Of The Stable
- Otis Redding White Christmas
- Lou Reed Xmas In February
- Enya Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)
- Stina Nordenstam Soon After Christmas
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood The Power Of Love
- Eagles Please Come Home For Christmas
Release date: 2006-10-30
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.49
Review Cool Christmas / Various Artists:
Tracks Verve Presents: The Very Best of Christmas Jazz
- The Christmas Song - Mel Tormé
- Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Joe Williams
- Jingle Bells - Jimmy Smith
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bill Evans
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Devol Orchestra
- Merry Christmas Baby - Kenny Burrell
- Greensleeves - John Coltrane Quartet
- Here Comes Santa Claus - Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Silent Night - Dinah Washington
- Good Morning Blues - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- A Child Is Born - Oscar Peterson
- 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong, The Commanders
- Winter Wonderland - Shirley Horn
- Christmas Eve - Billy Eckstine
Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 45 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.72
Review Verve Presents: The Very Best of Christmas Jazz / Various Artists:
Tracks Christmas Hits: 50 Festive Favourites
- Boney M - Mary's Boy Child
- Cyndi Lauper - Early Christmas Morning (Album Version)
- Lutricia McNeal - When A Child Is Born
- Michael Ball - Happy New Year
- Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- 3T - Endless Christmas
- Robson & Jerome - I Believe
- SWV - This Christmas
- Luther Vandross - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Jewel - Silent Night (LP Version)
- The Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
- Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
- Mariah Carey - O Holy Night
- Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
- Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland
- David Essex - A Winter's Tale
- Wham! - Last Christmas
- Darlene Love - All Alone On Christmas
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Merry Christmas Baby
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
- Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
- Barbra Streisand - The Lord's Prayer
- Human Nature -Last Christmas
- Natalie Cole - The Christmas Song
- Declan Galbraith - Walking In The Air
- Atlantic Starr - Silver Bells
- Linda Ronstadt - When You Wish Upon A Star (LP Version)
- Michael Bolton - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas
- Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born (Album Version)
- St Paul's Cathedral Choir - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer
- Frank Sinatra with the B Swanson Quartet - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Westlife - I Have A Dream (Remix)
- Shakin' Stevens - Blue Christmas
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
- Gloria Estefan - Christmas Through Your Eyes (Album Version)
- Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (Original Version)
- The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
- Neil Diamond - You Make It Feel Like Christmas
- East 17 - Stay Another Day
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
- Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (LP Version)
- Gladys Knight - Do You Hear What I Hear
- Doris Day - I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Release date: 2003-11-24
RRP: £16.99
Price: £3.82
Review Christmas Hits: 50 Festive Favourites / Various Artists:The first disc of Christmas Hits is dominated by songs from the 70s and early 80s-the golden era of the mobile DJ and Christmas number ones, when people sang about "Father Christmas" or "snow" and couples tenderly proclaimed their love by calling each other "scumbag" or "maggot". And there are plenty of pop songs here that although not ostensibly about Christmas, are certainly in the spirit of things. Just listen to "The Power of Love" (Frankie Goes To Hollywood's poignant last single) or E17's "Stay Another Day" and try not to weep openly through Robson & Gerome's "I Believe", no really, try. Disc two is more laid back, with classics from Bing Crosby, Elvis and Tony Bennett mingled with some soulful covers of traditional songs like "Silent Night" and modern classics such as "Last Christmas" and "Walking in the Air". Unfortunately, both of the latter are tortured by Human Nature and Declan Galbraith respectively, and its here that the compilation starts to fall apart. Some of the covers are interesting, but often they highlight just how much better the originals were. There have been plenty of great versions of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", not to mention the original so why do we get Michael Bolton? The inclusion of Eva Cassidy's "Over the Rainbow" is also a little confusing. It's poignant sure, but since when has it been associated with Christmas? Still, there's plenty here to keep you amused until its time to put the baubles and tinsel back in the loft. -Jenny Winwood.
Tracks Nightmare Before Christmas
- Nabbed
- Jack's Obsession
- Reprise
- This Is Halloween
- Town Meeting Song
- Jack And Sally Montage
- Sally's Song
- Making Christmas
- To The Rescue
- What's This
- Oogie Boogie's Song
- Christmas Eve Montage
- Closing
- Finale
- End Title
- Overture
- Kidnap The Sandy Claws
- Poor Jack
- Jack's Lament
- Opening
- Doctor Finklestein/In The Forest
Release date: 2006-09-04
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.19
Review Nightmare Before Christmas / Various Artists:
Tracks The Christmas Chillout Album
- Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - Chris Cozens
- O, Holy Night - Pan Pipes
- O Come Emmanuel
- Sussex Carol - Pan Pipes
- Silent Night
- In Dulce Jublio - Pan Pipes
- Unto Us a Boy Was Born
- Falling Snowflakes
- Ave Maria
- Lonely This Christmas - Stewart Curtis
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Flight of the Snowbirds - New World Orchestra
- Midnight Sleighride
- Gloria
- Christmas Wish
- Holly and the Ivy
- Frosty the Snowman - Stewart Curtis
- Away in a Manger
- Christmas Awake
- Winter Wonderland - Stewart Curtis
- Blue Christmas
- Away in a Manger - Stewart Curtis
- Snowgoose
- We Three Kings - New World Orchestra
- O Little Town - New World Orchestra
- Angels from the Realm of Glory
- Step into Christmas - Stewart Curtis
- Stay Another Day
- Carol of Bells - New World Orchestra
- I Saw Three Ships - Pan Pipes
- Only You
- Ave Maria - Stewart Curtis
- O, Tannenbaum - Pan Pipes
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Little St. Nick - New World Orchestra
- Deck the Halls
- In the Bleak Mid Winter - Pan Pipes
- First Noel
Release date: 2003-10-27
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.99
Review The Christmas Chillout Album / Various Artists:
Tracks Hancock's Happy Christmas: Four Original BBC Radio Episodes (BBC Radio Collection)
Release date: 2001-11-05
Creator: Kenneth Williams
RRP: £7.00
Price: £5.45
Review Hancock's Happy Christmas: Four Original BBC Radio Episodes (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Tracks A Classic Christmas: the Ultimate Collection of Christmas Classics and Carols
- Fantasia On Christmas Carols
- Bacchanale And Winter
- Ding Dong Merrily On High
- Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
- In Dulci Jubilo
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Midnight Sleigh Ride
- Hansel And Gretel
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Once In Royal David's City
- Sleigh Ride
- I Saw Three Ships
- Troika
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Deck The Halls
- Cantique De Noel
- First Noel
- Silent Night
Release date: 2003-11-03
Creator: Hallé Choir
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.36
Review A Classic Christmas: the Ultimate Collection of Christmas Classics and Carols / EMI Classics:
Tracks Pavarotti - The Ultimate Collection
- "La donna è mobile" - Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Funiculì, funiculà - Luciano Pavarotti, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Anton Guadagno
- Caruso - Luciano Pavarotti
- "E lucevan le stelle" - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leone Magiera
- "Di quella pira" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- "Questa o quella" (Ballata) - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
- Santa Lucia - Trad. Arr. Alexander Courage - Luciano Pavarotti, David Romano, Orchestra, Emerson Buckley
- Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso! - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
- "Che gelida manina" - Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
- "Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè
- "Amor ti vieta" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Nessun dorma! - Luciano Pavarotti, The John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
- "Recondita armonia" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
- Tra voi belle, brune e bionde - Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- Core 'ngrato - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- Cielo e mar! - Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leone Magiera
- 'O sole mio - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- My Way - Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Bill Miller
- Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
- O Holy Night (Minuit Chrétien) - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
- Torna a Surriento - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- Mattinata - Luciano Pavarotti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Piero Gamba
- "Una furtiva lagrima" - Luciano Pavarotti, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- La Danza - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge
- "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Volare - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Henry Mancini
- Caro mio ben - Orchestrated & arranged by Alexander Faris (1921-) - Luciano Pavarotti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Piero Gamba
- Suzel, buon di (Cherry duet) - Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti, London Voices, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
- La Mia Canzone Al Vento - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra, Henry Mancini
- "Tu che m'hai preso il cor" - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
- "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera
- "Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?" - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Passione - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello
- Spirto gentil - Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Opernorchester, Edward Downes
- Mamma - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra, Henry Mancini
- Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste Aida - Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel
- Granada - Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
- Donna non vidi mai - Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
- "M'appari" - Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
- Notte 'e piscatore - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
Release date: 1997-10-13
Run time: 148 min.
Creator: London Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.39
Review Pavarotti - The Ultimate Collection / Decca:
Tracks The Best Christmas Carols...Ever
- Nativity Carol
- Unto us is born a son
- It came upon the midnight clear
- We three Kings of Orient are
- Masters in this hall
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Hark! the herald angels sing
- Infant holy, infant lowly
- Here we come a-wassailing
- When Christ was born
- Away in a manger
- When an angel host entuned
- In dulci jubilo
- Once in Royal Davids City
- Sussex Carol
- In the bleak midwinter
- Ding dong merrily on high (
- Angels from the realms of glory
- Rocking
- The Coming of our King
- O little town of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- Cherry Tree Carol
- Shepherds Pipe Carol
- We wish you a merry Christmas
- As with gladness men of old
- Past three oclock
- Carol with Lullaby
- A virgin unspotted
- O little one sweet
- The Coventry Carol
- Sans Day Carol
- See amid the winters snow
- O come, all ye faithful
- Good King Wenceslas
- Up! good Christen folk and listen
- God rest you merry, gentlemen
- A Christmas Carol
- Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
- The Lord at first did Adam make
- Angel Tidings
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Christ was born on Christmas Day
- O come, O come Emmanuel
- The Babe of Bethlehem
- Gabriels Message
- Methinks I see an heavnly host
- Weve been a while a-wandering
- A Spotless Rose
- Adam lay ybounden
- Joy to the world!
- The First Nowell
- My Dancing Day
- I saw three ships
- While shepherds watched
Release date: 2004-11-29
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.88
Review The Best Christmas Carols...Ever / Various Artists:
Tracks The Christmas Album Vol.2
- First Noel
- Sleigh Ride
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- Deck The Halls/We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Joy To The World
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
- Mary's Boy Child
- Candlelight Carol
- Away In A Manger
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- Hallelujah Chorus
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.46
Review The Christmas Album Vol.2 / Neil Diamond:
Tracks Now That's What I Call Xmas
- Patrizio Buanne - Winter Wonderland
- The Weavers - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
- Aled Jones - Walking In The Air
- The Spinners - The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
- Stacie Orrico - O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Girls Aloud - Not Tonight Santa
- Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
- The Kings Singers - While Shepherds Watched
- Bert Jansch - In The Bleak Mid Winter
- The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
- David Essex - A Winter's Tale
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- The Puppini Sisters - Jingle Bells
- Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
- The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
- Sinéad O'Connor - Silent Night Holy Night
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- The Jackson 5 - Frosty The Snowman
- The Supremes - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
- John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz
- Steeleye Span - Gaudete
- Alma Cogan - Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo
- Dina Carroll - The Perfect Year
- Adam Faith - Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop)
- Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star
- Burl Ives - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
- Nat King Cole Trio - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
- Abba - Happy New Year
- Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
- Love Unlimited Orchestra - It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)
- Brenda Lee - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
- Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
- Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? (1984 Original Version)
- Bing Crosby/David Bowie - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
- Donna Summer - Winter Melody
- Norah Jones - Peace
- Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
- State Of The Heart - Last Christmas
- Matt Monro - Mary's Boy Child
- Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews - Baby, Its Cold Outside
- Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day
- Michael Ball - Driving Home For Christmas
- Cliff Richard - Little Town
- Vanessa Williams - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Kay Starr - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag
- Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
- Squeeze - Christmas Day
- Samantha Mumba - All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Slade Merry Xmas Everybody
- Kate Bush - Home For Christmas
- Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Mud - Lonely This Christmas
Release date: 2007-11-26
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.34
Review Now That's What I Call Xmas / Various Artists:
Tracks Ultimate Christmas Party
- Agadoo
- Don't stop the cavalry
- Frosty the snowman
- I wish it could be Christmas everyday
- Reach
- Uptown girl
- The Christmas song
- Wonderful Christmastime
- Hi ho silver lining
- Can can
- March of the mods
- Auld Lang Syne
- Thank God it's Christmas
- Happy Xmas (war is over)
- White Christmas
- Hey baby
- Lonely this Christmas
- Hokey cokey
- Mony mony
- When a child is born
- La bamba
- Do wop Christmas
- I saw mommy kissing Santa's Claus
- Rudolph the red nose reindeer
- Waterloo
- Rockin' around the Christmas tree
- Another rock 'n' roll Christmas
- We wish you a merry Christmas
- Santa Claus is coming to town
- Saturday night
- Good King Wenceslas
- Do the conga
- Merry Xmas everybody
- We three kings
- Last Christmas
- Mary's boy child
- Angels
- Summer nights
- Merry Christmas everyone
- Mistletoe and wine
- Have yourself a merry little Christmas
- All I want for Christmas is you
- Little saint Nick
- Let's twist again
- Walking in a winter wonderland
- Y.M.C.A
- Saturday night
- Delilah
- Saviour's day
- The loco-motion
Release date: 2002-10-28
RRP: £7.99
Price: £0.43
Review Ultimate Christmas Party / Jive Bunny:
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Tracks Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany [1997]
- Andrea Bocelli
- Sarah Brightman
- David Amphlett
Release date: 2004-11-29
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.03
Review Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany [1997] / Universal Island:Part concert, part documentary, part travelogue, this video hit duplicates the success of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's albums and underscores his unique crossover appeal. Critical response to Bocelli has been confined to fusillades of scorn from classical and opera writers, but the bullet-proof superstar is better understood in the context of a mainland European tradition of pop-classical fusion. Bocelli cheerfully ignores the supposed wall between high (classical) art and low (pop) kitsch with his mix of operatic chestnuts, soft pop and traditional Italian songs. Indeed, despite interview segments in which he proclaims his love of opera or proudly recalls an apprenticeship to operatic veteran Franco Corelli, Bocelli comes across as more fan than virtuoso. But if his voice can prompt technical cavils from hard-core opera buffs, the blind singer's emotional directness and relative lack of onstage preening explain much of his populist appeal. Featured songs include warhorse arias, leading off with the "Louie, Louie" of tenor showpieces, Turandot's "Nessun Dorma" and duets with gruff Italian pop-rocker Zucchero and sopranos Nuccia Focile and Sarah Brightman (who buddies up for the tear-jerking closer, "Time to Say Goodbye"). Even with the marquee bonus of those guests, however, A Night in Tuscany gets its biggest boost from the seductive Italian countryside, prominently featured in between-song segments, and in the romantic concert setting, Pisa's Piazza dei Cavalieri. -Sam Sutherland.
Tracks Various: Russell Walton - Reprise
- Santa Lucia - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd
- "Recondita armonia" - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Hayward
- Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Hayward
- "Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?" - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Hayward
- Core 'ngrato - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd
- "Vesti la giubba" - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Hayward
- The Pearl Fishers' Duet - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd
- "Questa o quella" (Ballata) - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Hayward
- That's amore - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd
- The living years - Russell Watson
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Lubbock
- I don't know how I got by - Russell Watson, London Session Orchestra, William Hayward
- Torna a Surriento - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd
- Granada - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd
- The best that love can be - Russell Watson, Cleopatra
- La Danza - Russell Watson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Hayward
- Nothing Sacred (aka Is Nothing Sacred) - Russell Watson, Andrew Price Studio Strings, William Hayward
Release date: 2002-11-18
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Russell Watson
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.94
Review Various: Russell Walton - Reprise / Universal Classics:On Reprise, his third album, Russell Watson continues to bring together classical pieces with light songs-have Bizet and "Bohemian Rhapsody" ever shared a disc before? Probably not, and with good reason-it's rather unsettling to hear Leoncavallo's devestating "Vesti la giubba" (from Pagliacci) tagged on after a dreary rendition of the aforementioned Queen hit. He may have been dubbed "the people's tenor", but Watson is at his best-and most comfortable-at the lighter end of the repertory. He sings the lilting "That's Amore" with charm and humour, a smooth performance which compares to Robbie Williams on Swing When You're Winning. Nicholas Dodd's swooning orchestrations give Reprise a grandiose feel. Sadly, Watson's voice cannot match their intensity; his version of the famous duet from The Pearl Fishers (yes, he sings both parts) sounds strangled and his performance of "Core 'ngrato" is distinctly unmemorable. Watson is credited as Reprise's producer. If he maintains that role on album number four, he should concentrate on the light songs and ballads, which he performs so well, in this instance not just "That's Amore" but also "The Living Years", "I don't know how I got by" and "The best that love can be". -Rebecca Agnew.
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 2007-11-19
RRP: £12.99
Price: £10.15
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Publisher: Smv
Release date: 2007-07-02
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.93
Review Backstreet Boys - The Video Hits Chapter 1 [2001] / Backstreet Boys:
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