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Martina McBride
White Christmas
Genres: Country, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Do You Hear What I Hear
2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
4. O Come All Ye Faithful
5. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
6. O Holy Night
7. Silver Bells
8. Away In A Manger
9. White Christmas
10. What Child Is This
11. I'll Be Home For Christmas
12. Silent Night

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CD Details

All Artists: Martina McBride
Title: White Christmas
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 4
Label: RCA
Release Date: 10/12/1999
Album Type: Extra tracks
Genres: Country, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Today's Country, Neotraditional, Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 078636784229

Synopsis

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Looking for a straight-ahead Christmas record, no gimmicky seasonal songs or original songs trying to sound like classics? Look no further than Martina McBride's White Christmas. It's so completely straight and narrow that the music doesn't even sound country, country-rock, or anything but a very predictable slab of easy-listening pop--strings and all, safe as milk. McBride's not out to sell anything but the songs, all 10 of them, including such staples as "The Christmas Song," "Away in a Manger," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and... you get the idea. Deep? Not particularly. Surprising? You be the judge. McBride's not blessed with a terribly distinctive voice, and the arrangements are more faithful to the original versions than swans who mate for life. --Martin Keller

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Member CD Reviews

Ron P. from GARDINER, ME
Reviewed on 12/9/2006...

Good CD, nothing too great. Martina DOES have the best female vocals today

CD Reviews

Straightforward beautiful Christmas Music...

Leslie | SC USA | 12/19/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was my first Martina McBride CD and I have to say I was much more than pleasantly suprised. A lot of the newer Christmas albums have so many "extras" that they no longer sound like the wonderful yuletide tunes we remember from childhood. Not so with Martina's beautifully done CD (excellent voice!). I heard a cut of "Holy Night" on a local radio station and it brought tears to my eyes! The rest of the album is equally wonderful. This is THE ONE to get you in that "Holiday Spirit"."

Outstanding Christmas Standards

Amanda Richards | Georgetown, Guyana | 12/06/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Are you looking for that ideal Christmas album to bring joy to your world?

Are you tired of listening to singers (who should know better) butchering your favorites?

Does the latest boy band/pop diva/rapper/aging rocker/American Idol commercial album make your yuletide dark?

Now you can have yourself a merry little Christmas with an honest to goodness, warm and scrunchy, feel good, chicken soup for the season album from the cute 'n cuddly Ms. McBride, who puts the country back in Christmas.

An ideal album for trimming the tree, stuffing your goose, wrapping your presents, addressing the Christmas cards, shopping on Amazon, decking the halls, or roasting the chestnuts on an open fire. In fact it goes with everything, unless you want a silent night.

You can close your eyes and buy this one - it completely captures the Christmas spirit and then releases it back to you with love.

Amanda Richards, December 5, 2004"

A Very Traditional Christmas CD

James E. Bagley | Sanatoga, PA USA | 11/21/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Martina McBride's WHITE CHRISTMAS is one of the most traditional Christmas cds to be released in recent years. There's no new holiday anthems to learn, just tried and true hymns ("What Child Is This," "Away In A Manger") and Yuletide evergreens ("Silver Bells," "I'll Be Home For Christmas"). The perky and sweet McBride is a natural to interpret Christmas music and her cheerful (if bland) selections fit her persona well. If you are looking for a set of familiar music with traditional arrangements and pleasant vocals that will add a little ambience without dominating your surroundings, this cd should do the trick. This cd was originally released in 1998 with only ten tracks, with "Do You Hear What I Hear" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" added when it was reissued just a year later. Make sure you are getting the 12-track set if purchasing a used copy on Amazon."

Typical Editorial - All filler, no content.

Patrick Dougherty | Dallas, TX USA | 07/06/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Editorial writers are critical because they are jealous and have no talent. Often, artists change songs because they don't have the talent to give an acurate, honest interpretation, and use "artistic freedom" as an excuse for their failings.

The same thing was said about the Carpenters, calling them "vanilla." In the words of Paul Willams, "but what an exquisite flavor vanilla is."

Martina McBride has one the best voices of her generation, and doesn't need to hide it behind the usual production tricks and false "interpretations." Because she is confident of her musicianship, she sings these Christmas songs the way they were meant to be sung, letting the lyric and melody shine through to honor the holiday.

As a composer/arranger/producer, I appreciate her interpretations, as well as the production quality of this album.

Thanks Martina."

Martina sings old chestnuts - and what a voice !

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 11/03/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"All these songs have been recorded many times before by many different singers. However, Martina has such a wonderful voice that I forgive her for not including any original material.

From the opening strains of Do you hear what I hear?, the least-covered song here, it is obvious that this is a high-quality album from a singer who is inspired by these songs. Best of the lot is O holy night - although I've heard many covers of it, I regard Martina's as the ultimate performance of this song.

There is a huge market for Christmas albums full of familiar songs and Martina knew it when she chose these songs. If you are looking for such an album in an easy listening style, they don't come any better than this.

Note that in 2007, a new edition of this album was released containing all these 12 tracks plus four more. This version of the album remains available (at least for the time being) at a lower price than the 2007 version."