Reba McEntire - 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection: Reba McEntire '2003

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[3:38] 01. Reba McEntire - This Is My Prayer For You (Album Version)
[3:42] 02. Reba McEntire - I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus (Album Version)
[2:06] 03. Reba McEntire - Up On The Housetop (Album Version)
[3:44] 04. Reba McEntire - The Angels Sang (Album Version)
[3:54] 05. Reba McEntire - The Secret Of Giving (Album Version)
[3:36] 06. Reba McEntire - Silent Night (Album Version)
[3:52] 07. Reba McEntire - O Holy Night (Album Version)
[2:32] 08. Reba McEntire - Happy Birthday Jesus (Ill Open This One Just For You)
(Album Version)
[3:01] 09. Reba McEntire - White Christmas (Album Version)
[3:15] 10. Reba McEntire - Ill Be Home For Christmas (Album Version)
[3:26] 11. Reba McEntire - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open
Fire) (Album Version)
[3:35] 12. Reba McEntire - Til The Season Comes Round Again (Album Version)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
Total length: 00:40:09
Main artist: Reba McEntire
Composer: Various Composers
Label: MCA Nashville
Genre: Ambient / New Age / Easy Listening
© 2003 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
â„— 2003 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

The twelve tracks on this discount-priced compilation are from the two previous
Christmas albums released by Reba (who gave up using her last name on her
records in 1998), 1987s multi-million-selling Merry Christmas to You and 1999s
Secret of Giving -- A Christmas Celebration. Each of those albums contained ten
tracks, so eight selections have been eliminated. For the most part, the omitted
songs are ones that were newly written, and they are not much missed. The
exception is the standard Away in a Manger, which should have been retained. But
the compilation does include the tracks I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus, The
Secret of Giving, Ill Be Home for Christmas, and The Christmas Song (Chestnuts
Roasting on an Open Fire), all of which made the country singles charts. Rebas
versions of Silent Night and O Holy Night are appropriately reverent (the former
sporting a spoken introduction); Up on the Housetop is given a terrific
rockabilly arrangement penned by the singer; and while there may be nothing new
that can be done with White Christmas, she does fine by it. Of the non-standards
that were kept, This Is My Prayer for You, co-written by Gary Scruggs, is the
most memorable.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo



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