 "a sweet christmas cd" | 2008-08-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: ACW335MGH4TMY |
| i love frank Sinatra, and this cd is a collection of the best christmas songs, and he sings them so well! |
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| "Sinatra at Christmas" | 2008-01-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1H7Q5JAO1GIA8 |
| GREAT Christmas music. Very upbeat and great to play at your Christmas parties. Or simply listen to it while haning out w/ the family around the Christmas tree. There is nothing like a little Sinatra at Christmas. |
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| "More Sinatra classics" | 2007-12-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A191LQCZUJ49TT |
| I have never found Sinatra's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" on any other CD. Since 2005 that song has been played at a banquet that is held at the kickoff of the Christmas season with I club to which I belong. Some of the songs include Sinatra and his kids singing together. "A Holly Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" includes most of the other songs you would want as well. This album includes most of the songs forgotten on the other albums. |
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| "EXCELLENT!! ALSO CHECK OUT *A JOLLY CHRISTMAS*!!" | 2007-12-11 |
| - Reviewed By frankie-machine |
| Frank Sinatra is my favorite singer of all-time and I have everything he ever recorded, so I am probably biased, but REALLY, I am PICKY about Christmas albums! They have to be good for me to enjoy them, and this one is great!! I am chiefly a fan of Frank's 1950's output, and this features mostly his later recordings, so that should be a strike against it there; however, this is a very tasteful collection that hits the emotional strings beautifully. BUT, DO NOT OVERLOOK Frank's 1957 CLASSIC Christmas album, *A Jolly Christmas* - It is as great as this album - not as diverse, but Frank is in better voice throughout. Check it out. It has the sexiest version of Jingle Bells ever! Also highly recommended: *Christmas Songs By Sinatra* from the 1940's (charming!). (All 3 of his Christmas albums are excellent, for different reasons.) Thanks for reading! |
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 "Always the best" | 2007-01-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3A22C5JVG2ILA |
| Don't miss it if you like Frank and you want to live the Christams atmosphere. Good sound quality, fantastic Frank. I recommend it. |
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| "Great Christmas Classics From a Classic Singer!!" | 2007-01-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2Y7T0RIV8E2Q0 |
| This is a great CD for Frank Sinatra fans! Frank's timeless vocals on these classic songs bring back an old-fashioned Christmas feeling! Very enjoyable!! |
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 "Not Nearly as Good as "Christmas Songs by Sinatra"" | 2006-12-20 |
| - Reviewed By j_katz |
Bought this CD on the basis of the good reviews here. I like it, but overall, I don't think it touches the quality Frank gives us on "Christmas Songs by Sinatra."
This version relies on lots and lots of choral support -- which isn't my preferred way to hear Sinatra.
"Christmas Songs by Sinatra" contains more straight Sinatra. Also, it has more traditional songs, whereas this CD has lots of songs that I don't think Frank sings as well as the old standards.
Don't get me wrong, I think this CD is fine. But I'd recommend "A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" and "Christmas Songs by Sinatra" IF you prefer Sinatra singing classic Christmas songs largely on his own. |
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| "You can do better" | 2006-12-19 |
| - Reviewed By ginzilla |
| Don't be fooled by its funky packaging; this album isn't as cool as it appears to be. Although it does have its redeeming qualities, if you're looking for more traditional Christmas tunes sung by Sinatra, look to another CD. This one seems full of the later years with less well-known songs and somewhat lacking in that vintage Sinatra charm. Still a quality holiday CD, but definitely not my favorite. |
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| "Not the classics you're craving" | 2006-12-19 |
| - Reviewed By ginzilla |
| Don't be fooled by its funky packaging; this album isn't as cool as it appears to be. Although it does have its redeeming qualities, if you're looking for more traditional Christmas tunes sung by Sinatra, look to another CD. (I suggest "A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra.") While I suppose that anything Sinatra recorded could be dubbed "classic," much of Frank's later-years and redux recordings comprises this particular collection. Still a quality holiday CD, but definitely not my favorite. |
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| "The only Sinatra holiday set containing stereo tracks; replaces "The Sinatra Christmas Album"" | 2006-12-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1J4D7682WJ8HN |
If you're looking for a Frank Sinatra holiday music collection that contains his holiday recordings post 1960, then this album is the only way to go. This set supercedes the old 1994 Reprise CD "The Sinatra Christmas Album". "The Christmas Collection" has all thirteen tracks that the "The Sinatra Christmas Album" contained (albeit fully remastered), plus an additional five tracks (four of which are previously unreleased):
- "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (recorded on December 21, 1960 and taken from the 1961 Reprise album "Ring-A-Ding Ding!")
- "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (a recording taken from the Sinatra TV special "Happy Holidays with Bing & Frank" that aired on December 20, 1957)
- "The Christmas Song" (a duet with Bing Crosby that aired on the same 12/20/1957 TV special as the above track)
- "White Christmas" (another duet with Bing Crosby that aired on the same 12/20/1957 TV special as the two above tracks)
- "Silent Night" (vocals recorded by Frank on August, 27 1991; orchestral track recorded on March 23, 2004)
"The Christmas Collection" is also the only current Sinatra holiday album that contains a majority of its tracks in stereo sound (as was the case with "The Sinatra Christmas Album"). But I personally still prefer Sinatra's 1957 holiday album that he recorded for Capitol Records ("A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra"), which was arranged by Gordon Jenkins (even though it's entirely in mono sound). Sinatra's other holiday collection that's still in print (the 1994 Sony compilation "Christmas Songs by Sinatra") contains the holiday tracks he recorded for Columbia Records during the 1940s, and it's also a good set, but still not quite on par with his 1957 holiday album. |
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