Andy Williams - Merry Christmas
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Artist: Andy WilliamsEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Sleigh Ride
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- My Favorite Things [From The Sound of Music]
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Christmas Holiday
- Some Children See Him
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Little Altar Boy
- Silver Bells
- Mary's Little Boy Child
- The Bells of St. Mary's
Free Music Notes for Merry Christmas
Free Music Review: The Greatest Christmas Album Ever to Grace The Ear of Mankin
Hit: 5 Stars
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe help to
make the season bright, but the thing that makes my
season bright is arguably the greatest compilation of
holiday music to ever grace the human ear.
It is The Andy Williams Christmas Album. It's the
most wonderful music for the most wonderful time of
the year. Hands-down. No questions asked.
What makes this collection of festive melodic
delights so special? Where do I start? Perhaps the
most logical point would be with the man himself, Andy
Williams.
Williams' voice is dripping with holiday spirit on
this album, and that by Jove that spirit is
contagious. If Santa Claus was to hire a lounge
singer, it would without a doubt be Williams. His
rendition of "O Holy Night" is honestly spectacular.
After 16 Christmases, I still get the chills hearing
it. When Williams hits the highs on the word "divine",
I feel as though I have heard the voice of an angel,
who is coincidentally singing "O Holy Night" while
giving me a back rub.
The album came to life 40 years ago as the lovechild
of Williams, Producer Robert Mersey, and Columbia
Records. The music has been a mainstay come Christmas
time in my family, and as a young lad I quickly
learned to appreciate the man behind what came to be
known as the Samataro Soundtrack of Christmas.
Let us delve into the splendor of the recording. The
release itself is a perfect balance of fun and upbeat
ditties like "Happy Holiday/ The Holiday Season" ,
sacred Christmas hymns such as "Away in a Manger",
tender treasures including "The Christmas Song
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", and even a few
tunes with a Williams spin on them. "The Twelve Days
of Christmas" have transformed into "A Song and a
Christmas Tree", an updated (well, circa 1963, anyway)
version of the holiday gem, highlighting, for
instance, "two candy canes" in place of "two turtle
doves".
Nary a December has the voice of Williams been absent
from the house I call home. It is worth noting that
the year I lost the Andy Williams cassette tape
Decemeber became one of the worst months of my entire
life. It's just not the same without Andy. He becomes
a part of you, an annual twelfth-month tradition that
when not celebrated leaves a void the size of
post-Christmas dinner Anna Nicole-Smith in your life.
Simply astonishing.
I consider myself a case-study. For as long as I can
remember, I have listened to The Christmas Album each
December. And every December, heartwarming television
specials try to remind me of their true meanings of
Christmas, haberdashery that includes such quotables
as "it is better to give than to receive", and "make
this holiday picture-perfect, digital camera only
$59.99 (only at Macy's)!". No, friends, none of these
adages have taught me anything. Only one man has done
that.
Andy Williams has made me realize the true meaning of
Christmas. The evidence is incontrovertible. The
meaning of Christmas lies in festivity, tradition, and
12 glorious selections of music that seem to have been
written by God Himself. No, friends, the bestowment of
The Andy Williams Christmas Album is no act of
God---but it is a miracle. Miraculous, because in
essence, it is the perhaps greatest compilation of
music ever to grace the human ear. And that's just not
the egg nog talking.
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