Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Deana Carter Title: Father Christmas Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rounder / Umgd Original Release Date: 1/1/2001 Re-Release Date: 11/20/2001 Genres: Country, Special Interest, Pop, Classical Styles: Today's Country, Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 011661049628 |
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Along with hit singles and Fan Fair appearances, Christmas albums are one of the requirements for a successful career in major-label country music. Even artists with only one CD behind them are often compelled to make the ... more » |
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Amazon.com Along with hit singles and Fan Fair appearances, Christmas albums are one of the requirements for a successful career in major-label country music. Even artists with only one CD behind them are often compelled to make the second a collection of holiday favorites. Deana Carter's the exception that proves the rule. On the punningly titled Father Christmas (dad Fred, a veteran Nashville session man whose resumé includes Bridge over Troubled Water and work with Dylan and Waylon Jennings, is her sole accompanist here), the one-time multimillion seller for Capitol uses the form to reintroduce herself on an indie. Carter's voice, both smoky and innocent-sounding, impossible to listen to without feeling the need to have your back scratched right now, brings these mostly familiar songs a dimension of personality that's often lost on more cookie-cutter releases. The space given her father's wide-ranging talents reflects a sense of true collaboration. His pithy, Willie-style solo on "Merry Christmas Darling" is a small gem, and his bluesy intro to "Silent Night" takes the melody into a distinctly new realm. Father Christmas isn't as filling as a set of new Carter songs would've been, but it's a good sign of her continuing vitality as a performing force. --Rickey Wright Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsA Beautiful Christmas Album By One Of Country's Finest Justin M. Green | Coolville, OH USA | 11/27/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "I have been waiting for about three years for Deana to come out with a new album, and this is worth the wait. "Father Christmas" is a beatiful collection of Christmas tunes that Deana and her father recorded together. Along with being a wonderful Christmas album, it is also a lovely tribute to a very influential person in her life... her father. Tunes on this CD include classics such as "I'll Be Home For Christmas" "Silent Night" and "Winter Wonderland." Unlike most albums in today's society, "Father Christmas" is simple... only Deana singing and her dad playing guitar. And yet it sounds excellent! If you are a Deana fan (like me) or you just like good Christmas music, you should definitely purchase this album. Before I take my leave, let me just say how happy I am that Deana is on a new record label and is finally puttting out new music. I await the day her new album comes out... but until then, "Father Christmas" will keep me hanging on." Breathtaking! Kori Frazier | Kent, OH United States | 11/23/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "There are two albums that I pull out to play during the holiday season. The first is Billboard's Top 10 Christmas Hits, the second is Johnny Mathis's MERRY CHRISTMAS. For the first time since I started playing Christmas music, that number will increase to three. There is no doubt that FATHER CHRISTMAS will be a favorite of mine for years to come.Deana Carter's first album on her newly formed independent label, recorded with father Fred Carter as her only accompanist, is an acoustical gem that brings home the true meaning of the holidays. Comprised of eight Christmas standards and two more recently written songs, I can't think of a track on this album that is worth skipping. This seems to be more of a folk album than anything else--the modern country style seen on Deana's past two releases is virtually absent from the low-key environment on this record. But this doesn't take away from the music at all; indeed, it seems to make Deana sound better than ever. I especially like her upbeat, somewhat Latin styled take on "Winter Wonderland!" Although as the Amazon reviewer put it, this album isn't as exciting as a collection of new Deana songs would have been, it is still terrific and is what I believe to be a great mark of a bright future for one of country's greatest voices." Already a favorite Michael Cornett | Takoma Park, MD USA | 12/15/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "A gentle, understated holiday gem, just perfect for listening to while sitting quitely by the fire and looking at the lights on the Christmas tree.
Recorded with her father providing sole accompaniment on guitar, this album dodges the prefab, overproduced sound of many holiday releases and instead gives the listener an intimate and heartfelt vibe. Deana's "Silent Night," for instance, will move even the most hardened atheist, and brings up memories of homespun church services. "Winter Wonderland," on the other hand, is quick-paced and playful; I can imagine Deana and her dad smiling and joking with one another while recording it. (At one point he slows the tempo to a stop, and she lets out a scolding "DAD!") My favorite cut, "Merry Christmas Darling," has emotion that Karen Carpenter never quite got, a wistful, heartbroken yearning, giving the impression that her love's not only far away, but in someone else's arms as well. I wish there were more one voice/one instrument CDs like this...but the lack makes me treasure Deana's album all the more." |
