Disc 1
1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 2. Let It Snow, Let
It Snow, Let It Snow 3. Winter Wonderland 4. Silver Bells
5. I'll Be Home For Christmas 6. Rockin' Around The Christmas
Tree 7. The Christmas Song 8. White Christmas 9. Frosty
The Snowman 10. Please Come Home For Christmas
Disc 2
1. Little Drummer Boy 2. Go Tell It On The Mountain 3. The
First Noel 4. O Come All Ye Faithful 5. Silent Night 6.
Away In A Manger 7. We Three Kings 8. O Little Town Of
Bethlehem 9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 10. Joy To The World
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Toby Keith likes the holidays so much that he’s recorded a second
Christmas album (his first was 1995’s
Christmas to Christmas),
a two-disc set that divides the program between secular and spiritual
songs. Co-producing with Randy Scruggs (the two also collaborated on
arrangements), Keith keeps the backing tasteful and easy-going, with a
pleasing western-swing fiddle on "Frosty the Snowman" and a Celtic
fiddle flair on "Joy to the World." In contrast to his often blustery
delivery, he delivers a pure reading nearly throughout, and dips down
into the richest part of his register for such standards as "Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and Mel Torme’s "The Christmas
Song," one of the hardest holiday classics to sing. Overall, Keith
fares better on the secular songs: While "We Three Kings" earns a
sparkling arrangement and "Go Tell It on the Mountain" veers happily
between gospel and bluegrass, several of the churchy numbers seem as
stale as Grandma’s fruitcake. Keith would have done better to
consolidate his 20-song offering into one disc, as
A Classic
Christmas makes for a better stocking stuffer than a major present
under the tree.
--Alanna Nash
Product Description
A two CD set of 20 true,
Christmas Classics from Toby Keith. A Classic Christmas is Toby's first
holiday release in 12 years. The songs are divided by disc into both
contemporary and spiritual based holiday standards.
The
instrumentation and production is acoustic based and allows the
simplicity of the music to shine. These are the songs you want to hear
during the holidays, performed by the biggest artist in country music.
Toby Keith, a Christmas Classic indeed!
