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Christmas Hits

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Various Artists

November 20, 2006
If not the best Christmas album out there ..... and beleive me I should know, I've bought pleanty over the years, I say if your looking for a all round, something for everyone Christmas Album get this one I'll be suprised if your disapointed






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101 Christmas Songs

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Various Artists

November 19, 2007
Bought this to add some Christmas cheer to the office... we ended up playing "spot the Christmas connection" !! Is a bit like those cheap LPs we used to buy that covered the latest pop records....

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Merry Christmas

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Mariah Carey

October 25, 2004
1. Silent Night. 9/10
2. All I Want For Christmas Is You. 10/10
3. O Holy Night. 8/10
4. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). 10/10
5. Miss You Most (At Christmas Time). 10/10
6. Joy To The World. 7/10
7. Jesus Born On This Day. 10/10
8. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town. 10/10
9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Gloria (In Excelsis Deo). 10/10
10. Jesus Oh What A Wonderful Child. 9/10
11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. 10/10

OVERALL GRADE: 10/10
Oh, Christmas! This is a novelty album, but in its wake amazing! Good for Christmas, especially if you are ating christmas dinner!

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Christmas Hits

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Various Artists

September 03, 2007
Just when I thought a nostalgic Christmas was over I came across this super 2 CD set from NotNow. The set boasts 50 songs and a whole host of well known stars too. It is good to have a mix of both American and British stars represented and there are even duets.
This is a welcome addition to the Christmas titles offering something just a little different and with Eartha Kitt, David Whitfield, Dickie Valentine, Bing, Dick, Frank, Perry, Nat, Ella, Peggy and Judy to serenade you whilst you cook that traditional roast turkey what more could you ask for?
Favourite songs for me are "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"; "Silver Bells"; "Santa Claus got Stuck in My Chimney" and the traditional carols.
Good sound throughout and attractive packaging make ... Read More:

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Songs for Christmas

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Sufjan Stevens

November 19, 2007
It's 6th January and I'm going to play this one last time before I put the Christmas decorations away. Have played this again and again all through the holidays since it arrived.
It is perfect Christmas music, I think, even/especially if your have mixed feelings about the "festive season". The traditional carols are done in his kind of weird, jangly, sincere-but-cool, home-made kind of way (esp on the earlier cds), just beautiful. But nothing at all like carols sung by soaring-voices-of choristers, far from it!
The light hearted stuff is catchy and fun, but not in a tacky commercial way so you can surrender to the silliness of the season without feeling you're selling out, if you know what I mean.
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Christmas Peace

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Elvis Presley

November 28, 2005
Throughout the year - Elvis wins every time - but on hearing this C.D. I have to say that Bing wins.

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Disney's Princess Christmas

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Disney Songs

October 24, 2005
This CD features 14 original & classic Christmas songs, 13 of which are sung by the original voices of Disney's most beloved animated heroines - Ariel, Jasmine, Mulan and Pocahontas.
The voices of Aurora, Belle, Cinderella & Snow White on this album aren't the originals.

The 14th song on this album has Jim Brickman on the piano and Wayne Brady from WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? U.S.A on vocals, and is called BEAUTIFUL.

Track listing:
1. CHRISTMAS IS COMING - Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Sleeping Beauty & Snow White - 3:37.
This song has Disney film references in it, Jasmine says "its more fun than riding a carpet" etc. A song about the build up to Christmas - 5/5.
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Vaughan Williams: Vocal Works

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
from: Hyperion

July 01, 1994
This is a splendid disc! The Serenade to Music is performed in its original version for soloists which is quite different (better?) than the subsequent choral version. The soloists present a marvellous account and the orchestral textures provide a ravishing counterpoint. Of particular note is the violin solo at the beginning which ably sets the scene for this account.
The Mystical Songs (text by George Herbert) are wonderfully sung by Thomas Allen and yet again are accompanied with great sensitivity and skill. The orchestral texture in Love bade me welcome is particularly fine as is Allen's performance which captures the tentative steps of the narrator into relationship with the Divine with an understated passion.
Nabuko Imai's Viola Solo at the beginning of Flos Campi is also ... Read More:

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My Kind of Christmas

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Christina Aguilera

October 30, 2006
I love this, its my favorite holiday album. This album is modern yet you still feel there are traditional elements in this album. I bought this album a year ago and i'm glad i did because it still sounds just as fresh.

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Celtic Woman - A New Journey [2002]

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Pop
by: Celtic Woman

June 04, 2007
This is a beautiful concert with the lit castle as the background. There is the addition of Hayley Westenra - a Kiwi who sings the best version of "Are you going to Scarborough Fair" that I have ever heard. The other singers also sing beautifully (Lisa Kelly is my favourite). Again, their version of Enya's "Orinocco Flow" is better than what Enya can producxe because it is played with real instruments and a beautiful backing choir.
Like their first DVD, it is great and I hope that they will make many more because I will buy them all.