What could be better? The King of Country Music is singing about the King himself. The man who defines country music has just released a new album of Christmas standards that’s the perfect stocking stuffer this holiday season. Strait brings more than a great vocal performances for his holiday collections. He brings a southern style that’s classic country yet relevant as anything on today’s country radio dial. Classic Christmas is no different."I wanted to put together a collection of my favorite traditional Christmas songs that I grew up listening to," says Strait. "It was hard to narrow it down to ten of them, but I think I've done it. I hope these songs bring back good memories for my fans like they have for me."
The arrangements are a little deeper than the typical Strait album, but the acoustic guitar is kept at the center of things. And as usual, there’s plenty of fiddle in between. The album is full of songs that you’ve heard many times before with all ten being classic standards. Call em’ Cowboy Classics…
1. Joy To The World
2. We Three Kings
3. Silent Night
4. Jingle Bells
5. O Come, All Ye Faithful
6. Up On The Housetop
7. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
8. O Christmas Tree
9. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
10. Deck The Halls
Coming in at just under half an hour, Classic Christmas is but a lightweight stocking stuffer, a great slice of Christmas that unlike those holiday household visitors, never wear out their welcome. It manages to pack in plenty of warmth and nostalgia in its short running time. Strait takes on some of the great Christmas traditionals here – “Silent Night”, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing” – and treats each one with a love and reverence. The slower tunes have the warmth of a crackling fire or a cup of hot chocolate. They’re just perfect for a family gathering or sitting and admiring your Christmas lights. This album will be playing while my family opens gifts for sure.
Strait’s Classic Christmas is nothing groundbreaking, nothing earth-shattering, but it does end up being a great holiday collection of traditional Christmas songs that needs to be in every country music afficianado’s collection. You can’t do better than putting this one under the tree as a gift for any country music lovers.
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