Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Best of Christmas

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Artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Title: The Best of Christmas
Audio CD (September 28, 2004)
Original Release Date: September 28, 2004
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Christmas
Format: Free Lossless Audio Codec


Track Listing:

01. White Christmas
02. O Come All Ye Faithful
03. Good King Wenceslas
04. Little Drummer Boy
05. O Christmas Tree! (O Tannenbaum)
06. Away in a Manger
07. Tennessee Ernie Ford: St. Luke 2:6-9 [Feat. Roger Wagner Chorale]
08. Joy to the World
09. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11. O Little Town of Bethehem
12. Tennessee Ernie Ford: St. Luke 2:1-5 [Feat. Roger Wagner Chorale]
13. We Three Kings
14. Silent Night
15. Adeste Fideles
16. Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus


Born: Ernest Jennings Ford on February 13, 1919 in Bristol, TN
Died October 17, 1991 in Reston, VA

Allmusic Review:
Tennessee Ernie Ford has quite a few Christmas collections on the market, but Fuel 2000's The Best of Christmas is the definitive one. Across 16 tracks, Ford lets his iron-jawed baritone frolic among choirs of angelic background singers, heavenly strings, and gently parping horns. Included are many holiday nuggets like "Silent Night," "The Little Drummer Boy," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and "Joy to the World," done very faithfully and close to the vest. You may need to look elsewhere if you are looking for a Christmas record to bowl you over with high spirits and good cheer, but if you want a four-squared traditional holiday record suitable for everyone from 90-year-old great grandmas to babes wrapped in swaddling, look no further.