Ultimate Christmas Hits, Vol. 1: The Greatest Christmas Songs

by Ultimate Xmas Hits 1: Greatest

Overview

Ultimate Christmas Hits, Vol. 1 is a collection of ten holiday songs performed by country artists. The songs are a mix of holiday chestnuts (Steve Holy swings "Jingle Bell Rock," the Bellamy Brothers croon their way through a stately version of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Sawyer Brown and a vocal chorus tackle "Angels We Have Heard on High," and Jo Dee Messina does a nice version of "Winter Wonderland") and newly composed holiday numbers. These are a mixed bag of sappy ballads (Lee Greenwood's "The Greatest Christmas"), earnest pleas for holiday cheer (LeAnn Rimes' "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" and Selah's "Joy," which is a strange mix of country, gospel, and hi-NRG), tough bluesy tracks (Wynonna's "Let's Make a Baby King"), and cheesy novelty songs (Jeff Carson's "Santa Got Lost in Texas" and Ray Stevens' typically unfunny "King of Christmas"). It is a pretty skimpy collection and is a bit too scattered to be a very satisfying listen. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2003
Label:	Curb
UPC:	0715187880627
Rank:	138852

Tracks

1. Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart  - LeAnn Rimes  - Scott Wojahn
2. Jingle Bell Rock  - Joe Beal  - Joseph Carleton Beal  - Jim Boothe  - Steve Holy
3. Winter Wonderland  - Felix Bernard  - Jo Dee Messina  - Dick Smith
4. The Greatest Christmas  - Rob Crosby  - Lee Greenwood  - Paul Overstreet
5. Joy  -  Selah  - Angela Smith  - Todd Smith  - Nicol Sponberg
6. Let's Make a Baby King  - Wynonna Judd  - Jesse Winchester
7. Angels We Have Heard on High  -  Sawyer Brown  -  Traditional
8. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree  -  Bellamy Brothers  - Johnny Marks
9. Santa Got Lost in Texas  - Jeff Carson  - Ken Darby
10. King of Christmas  - Ray Stevens

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeff Carson   Primary Artist
The Bellamy Brothers   Primary Artist
Lee Greenwood   Primary Artist
Wynonna Judd   Primary Artist
Selah   Primary Artist
Jo Dee Messina   Primary Artist
Sawyer Brown   Primary Artist
Ray Stevens   Primary Artist
LeAnn Rimes   Primary Artist
Steve Holy   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Tony Brown   Producer
Berthold Weindorf   Mixing
Scott Wojahn   Composer
Jim Boothe   Composer
Conny Jahn   Mixing
Ralph Siegel   Producer
Claus Braeunlein   Mixing
Chuck Howard   Producer
Jason Kyle Saetveit   Producer
Mark Miller   Producer
Mike Lloyd II   Production Assistant
Joe Beal   Composer
Allan Hall   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer
Bob Kearney   Engineer
Jo Dee Messina   Producer
Don Potter   Associate Producer
Wilbur C. Rimes   Producer
Jerry Crutchfield   Producer
Jesse Winchester   Composer
Ray Stevens   Producer
Michael J. Lloyd   Mixing,Arranger,Producer
Todd Smith   Composer,Producer
Brent Maher   Producer
Angela Smith   Composer
Dick Smith   Composer
Mike Curb   Compilation Producer,Producer
Rob Crosby   Composer
Joseph Carleton Beal   Composer
Felix Bernard   Composer
Nicol Sponberg   Producer,Composer
Paul Overstreet   Composer
Ken Darby   Composer