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    The Best of Stevie Wonder - The Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters
    The Best of Stevie Wonder - The Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters

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    Artist: Stevie Wonder
    Label: Motown
    Category: Music

    List Price: $11.98
    Buy New: $4.95
    You Save: $7.03 (59%)



    New (42) Used (8) from $4.95

    Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
    Sales Rank: 2597

    Media: Audio CD
    Discs: 1
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
    Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

    MPN: 000283102
    UPC: 602498627723
    EAN: 0602498627723
    ASIN: B0002XL2VG

    Release Date: September 21, 2004
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
    Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed- We ship to APO/FPO's.

    Tracks:

      • Someday At Christmas
      • Silver Bells
      • Ave Maria
      • The Little Drummer Boy
      • One Little Christmas Tree
      • The Day That Love Began
      • The Christmas Song
      • Bedtime For Toys
      • Christmastime
      • Twinkle Twinkle Little Me
      • A Warm Little Home On A Hill
      • What Christmas Means To Me
      • The Miracles Of Christmas
      • Everyone's A Kid At Christmas

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    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Christmas with little Stevie   May 11, 2005
     11 out of 11 found this review helpful

    First off, I'm not one to buy Christmas albums -- in fact, this is the first I've ever purchased -- but I am a big Stevie Wonder fan and have most of his post-1970 albums, even the not so essential ones from the 80's. The latter being true, there was almost no way I was going to be dissappointed with this, especially after hearing a track on the radio this past Christmas and really digging it.

    This relatively new compilation (2004) includes 14 remastered tracks, originally recorded by Stevie back when he was "Little Stevie Wonder" and sung mostly non-originals under the direction of Motown executives. Tracks 1-12 were in fact originally issued as 'Someday at Christmas' in 1967 -- this new collection therefore trumps that album (which still shows up in the used bins) by adding two additional tracks. Still, the total playing time remains brief at 42 minutes.

    The music itself is a bit dated of course -- Stevie croons in an adolescent voice, is backed by an un-funky orchestra with lush string arrangements and vocal choruses, and most of the tunes, if they ever were popular, are now obscurities. There are a some classic carols -- "Silver Bells," "The Little Drummer Boy," the classical piece "Ave Maria" (which Stevie braves in latin), and a Stevie favorite, Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts roasting on a open fire..."). Most of the tunes are slow ballads, until the end when the tempo picks up with "What Christmas Means to Me," a number more in the trademark Motown tradition with sleighbells serving as the rhthym section, and the two concluding add-on tracks. Some of the songs border on smarmy ("Bedtime for Toys" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Me" with their spoken interludes), but the opening track "Someday at Christmas," "The Day That Love Began," "The Christmas Song" and "Christmastime" are standouts with Stevie really shining -- the latter two feature a bit of Stevie on harmonica.

    I saw Stevie sing a free Christmas concert in Times Square back in the 90's, making me want to hear a modern Christmas album by grown-up Stevie and all his now trademark piano and vocal pyrotechnics, but this album works for me too... as something to put in around Christmastime to break the monotony of well-tread carols on the radio, a conversation piece (peace?), and a good addition to a relatively complete Stevie collection.



    5 out of 5 stars Best Holiday CD in my collection!!   December 4, 2004
     3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Stevie at his BEST! I love this cd!! So many great songs on one cd. Ave Maria is my favorite! He adds his harmonica to most of the songs which makes this cd a true classic!! My holidays require this CLASSIC music for Stevie Wonder! You will not regret having this in your holiday music collection! It is truly one of the BEST!


    5 out of 5 stars Christmas album for the ages!!   December 24, 2004
     3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    I can only say that I was blown away by this album when I first heard it. "The Day that Love Began" is, in my opinion, one of the best numbers Stevie has ever recorded: there's so much love and passion in this song!! "Ave Maria" is another example of how he loves to take risks and turn ordinary into extraordinary. How I wish he would have done "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"!! If you're tired of listening to regurgitation of the standard elevator Christmas music on the radio, give this album a try.


    5 out of 5 stars Great Christmas Album...   December 15, 2005
     1 out of 7 found this review helpful

    I love this album. Faith took a lot of OLD classics that most R&B artists won't touch and I think that is great. Her version of 'This Christmas' was done very well, but my favorite is 'The Day That Love Began'. I think it's such a pretty song and it's worth buying the album.


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