The Merry Christmas Album

The Merry Christmas Album
Studio album by
James Brown
ReleasedNovember 16, 1999
Recorded1999
GenreFunk, Christmas
Length45:17
LabelWaxworks Records
ProducerDerrick Monk
James Brown chronology
I'm Back
(1998) 		The Merry Christmas Album
(1999) 		The Next Step
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Merry Christmas Album is the 58th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on November 16, 1999, by Waxworks Records.[1][2] It contains 11 Christmas related songs co-written with Derrick Monk, who also produced the album.[3] Heather Phares, writing for AllMusic, felt the album was fun but not one of Brown's best. It is also Brown's fourth Christmas album in 31 years.

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Heather Phares felt the album followed the same pattern of his other Christmas albums with his usual funk music and social commentary lyrics; she concludes that the album is festive fun, but not up the standard of his best work.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sleigh Ride"3:06
2."Clean for Christmas"3:15
3."Spread Love"4:14
4."Not Just Another Holiday"3:27
5."Mom & Dad"4:31
6."Christmas Is for Everyone"3:47
7."God Gave Me This"6:20
8."A Gift"3:51
9."Reindeer on the Rooftop"4:21
10."Funky Christmas Millennium"4:04
11."Don't Forget the Poor at Christmas"4:21

References

  1. ^ a b Heather Phares (November 16, 1999). "The Merry Christmas Album - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  2. ^ James Brown. "James Brown - Merry Christmas Album - Amazon.com Music". Amazon. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  3. ^ Don Rhodes (July 1, 2014). Say It Loud!: The Life of James Brown. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 150. ISBN 9781493011698.
  4. ^ Heather Phares. "The Christmas Album". allmusic.com.
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