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A Christmas Album

Barbra Streisand

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Album Review

If Simply Streisand, which appeared earlier the same month as A Christmas Album, indicated that Streisand was overly reverent when it came to standards, reverence was no problem with seasonal fare. You don't necessarily look for unusual interpretations of your Christmas music; you just want those old favorites sung well, and for the most part, that's what you got from Streisand. She did lead off with "Jingle Bells?" into which she injected some of her trademark humor while performing at a breakneck pace. Marty Paich arranged and conducted the secular songs like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "White Christmas," which occupied side one, while Ray Ellis handled the religious material on side two. But both were traditional in their charts, and Streisand gave her singing just enough personality without getting in the way of the familiar songs. They were trying to make a timeless classic, and that's what they achieved.

Customer Reviews

One of the best Christmas CD's EVER!!

I grew up listening to this CD...wrapping rooms full of presents and memorizing every lyric, of every song! This is simply of the best Christmas CD's I've ever owned. My personal favorites are "Jingle Bells" (Barbra's own version), "My Favorite Things" (A Classic), "The Best Gift" (which was her new child - which she is pregnant for on the cover of the cd) and finally "The Lords Prayer". A MUST BUY.

Nice but too traditional

I love Streisand but I suppose these interpretations are just more traditional than I would have liked. Streisand is nonetheless one of the greatest voices of our time and so this album is still very good and very pleasant to listen to. She has a beautiful tone to her voice and brings the requisite reverence to the songs.

A Classic

Barbra was recovering from a cold during the recording of this album, the finished product hinted at the burnished vocal that was to come in her later years. All the songs soar, the only uptempo song is the campy "Jingle Bells?" the rest are laid back with relaxed vocals and a harpsichord as the prominent instrument. A standout track for me is the majestic "My Favorite Things" which had yet to become associated with the holiday as it is now, her haunted "I Wonder As I Wander" should be regarded as the definitive version of this particular song. This remastered version retains the warmth of the original cd issue but as with all remasters is fuller, louder, and crisp. I'm drawn to the cover art, it was distasteful in the 60's to feature a woman pregnant and they tried to hide her behind a Christmas Star.

Biography

Born: April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY

Genre: Vocal

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Barbra Streisand's status as one of the most successful singers of her generation was remarkable not only because her popularity was achieved in the face of a dominant musical trend — rock & roll — which she did not follow, but also because she used her vocal skills as a mere stepping stone to other careers, as a stage and film actress and as a film director. Born in 1942 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she struggled briefly as an actress and nightclub singer in New York during...
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