Track Listing

1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2. Little Drummer Boy
3. Born This Day
4. Christmas Song
5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
6. Carol of the Bells/What Child Is This?
7. Silent Night
8. First Noel
9. O Holy Night
10. Joy Medley: Joy to the World/Angels We Have Heard on High/Hark the ...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101224 in Music
• Published on: 2000
• Released on: 2000-10-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
The queen of modern R&B-influenced gospel soul brings a typically updated approach to this, her first Christmas album. Although the singing is less intense and earth-shatteringly amazing than on last year's breakthrough, Mountain High... Valley Low--how intense can one be when singing "Little Drummer Boy"? Her take on "It Came upon a Midnight Clear" is so thick with slow-jam funk that it almost loses its way, but it never does, and is instead a highlight of this solid (although not superlative) disc. Unfortunately, this is mostly a set of secular shopping mall tunes. One notable exception is "Born on This Day," which drops a heavy choir funk vibe. And her take on "O Holy Night" is so truly transporting that it'll have you taking a cue from the song and falling down on your knees in thanks for the many blessings of the holiday season. --James Conde

Customer Reviews

This is what Christmas is really about.
We try to find one memorable Christmas album each year. We happened across this one and ordered it after listening to some of the samples. The CD arrived today and we have just listened to it. This album is definitely the find of the year. The amazing power of this album defies words. This is what Christmas is really about. The music is wonderful, but the voice of Yolanda Adams is the real gift in this music. She has incredible range and clarity. However, when she sings you know she feels what she is singing. If you are looking for Christmas music that is uplifting and joyful, this is it. All I can say is, if you only get one Christmas album this year, give yourself a gift with this one.

Yolanda did it again
Yolanda is so talented that she can make old Christmas songs sound new.

She put a different twist on the songs and made them sound genuine and magnificent.

I love #10 of the album because it's upbeat and has a little bit of the old gospel sound to it. #1 on the tape is excellent too and you know that she adds her own words toward the end of her song, because she talks about her husband and her new baby to-be, Taylor Crawford. She even made that sound good.

I really wish that she would come out with a video for this album or for the Mountain High, Valley Low album. Even if it's a video of her in the recording studio, that would be great. She had a video made for her Live at Washington album (it's a must buy!), and it was great. Yolanda seems like she's easy going and likes to have fun while singing praises to God.

She's a soldier for Christ singing songs that uplifts God and ministers to his people. She's anointed and I pray for her all the time that she will go higher and higher in Christ Jesus and that she will change the lives of many through her song ministry. Support her ministry and buy this album and the past ones. You'll be blessed.

In the Spirit of Christmas
Yolanda Adams rocks the house on this new CD. She comes us with more contemporary sounnd, but still continues to remind us that she is singing to the Lord of Lord and King of Kings. This CD is one that you will want to play while just milling around the house. The only problem with the CD is that the songs sound quite similar. There isn't a lot of variety. But with Yolanda's great voice, I didn't seem to mind. Some of the best songs include "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "O Holy Night", and "Carol of the Bells/What Child is this." These are the songs that stick out to me the most right now;) This is a great Christmas CD . . its worth your money!