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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 94214" data-attributes="member: 33">I've been through my cd collection (yes, I'm so old that I still own cds) and songs on my old ipod and those currently on my phone and I have collected quite a few Christmas albums over the years. I rarely listen to them now because I've made my own compilation of my favourite 60 Christmas songs which I keep on my phone.1. Excluding compilation albums, my favourite Christmas album has to be Sufjan Stevens Presents Songs For Christmas. It's a wonderful mix of new songs, some of which are beautifully crafted and others are kind of quirky, and new original twists on traditional carols and contemporary Christmas songs.<img src="https://img.discogs.com/JqOXNS1d00yK0xgfx2_ABCTtyrY=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-839715-1414352140-4358.jpeg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />2. My next favourite is the album that made me appreciate just how good a singer was Bing Crosby. The album was named after his most famous song, White Christmas and contains a lovely fun version of Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town with The Andrew sisters.<img src="https://images-fe.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YX8cGMSQL._SY300_QL70_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />3. My next choice was one I stumbled on by chance and I only bought it because it was cheap in a sale at HMV and it's brilliant: The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole. That man had a voice like velvet which worked so well with classic Christmas songs including the best version ever of The Christmas Song.<img src="https://img.discogs.com/LfcOee2Pitkm9LgtEN7OWTlFPGU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-722358-1270843857.jpeg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />4. My next favourite is A Classic Christmas, which is really a compilation album but it's such a good collection of classical Christmas music that I have to include it. It was the Christmas version of a very popular set of albums first released in the 1990s called The Classic Experience which made classical music much more accessible to barbarians like myself.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/Iop1lIQ.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />5. Next is another vintage classic but not classical music: A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. Although it features several different artists, it's not a compilation as the songs were recorded specifically for the album. It is a great mix of Christmas standards with some outstanding vocal performances from artists such as Darlene Love, The Ronettes and The Crystals.<img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512Nyp5JnIL._SX300_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Continued...</blockquote>

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