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Various Artists
Country Superstar Christmas 4
Genres: Country, Folk, Special Interest, Pop, Rock, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. I Know What I Want for Christmas - Black, Charlie
2. Blame It on the Mistletoe - Keith, Toby
3. Christmas Morning - Berry, John [Countr
4. Hard Candy Christmas - Hall, Carol
5. Silver Bells - Evans, Ray [Lyricis
6. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Pola, Edward
7. It Won't Be the Same This Year - Gill, Vince
8. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Brooks, Phillip [1]
9. Two Step 'Round the Christmas Tree - Boguss
10. Come on Christmas - Yoakam, Dwight
11. There's a New Kid in Town - Cook, Don
12. Up on the Housetop - Black, Charlie

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Country Superstar Christmas 4
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hip-O Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2001
Re-Release Date: 10/9/2001
Genres: Country, Folk, Special Interest, Pop, Rock, Classical
Styles: Bluegrass, Outlaw Country, Today's Country, Neotraditional, Contemporary Folk, Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Country Rock, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 731458508724

Synopsis

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Nashville's love for Christmas albums ensures that this series has plenty of previously released material to draw on. While hewing to the mainstream, volume 4 offers a solid variety of styles and moods. Kathy Mattea's "There's a New Kid in Town" was one of the first recordings of this modern standard and continues to please (as does much of Good News, the 1993 disc it's drawn from). Vince Gill strikes the most poignant note with "It Won't Be the Same This Year," written after his brother's death. Other highlights include Dwight Yoakam's "Come On Christmas" and Sammy Kershaw's "Up on the Housetop," both good clean fun from the two rowdiest artists here. A tad uneven, this one should still do well enough that there will be another such roundup next year. --Rickey Wright

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CD Reviews

A most enjoyable traditional country Christmas collection

Neal C. Reynolds | Indianapolis, Indiana | 11/22/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There's little argument here...this is a true country collection and a quite welcome one. George Strait's "I Know What I Want For Christmas" is a good kick-off, and Toby Keith's playful "Blame It On the Mistletoe" is another welcome cut. As has been pointed out, Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas" from "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" doesn't quite fit here, but it's okay. And the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sounds good on the mainstream standard, "Silver Bells", giving it a satisfactory Nashville flavor.The placing of Steve Wariner's "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" before Vince Gill's "It Won't Be The Same This Year" is quite effective...the standard "happy" song followed by a heart felt tribute to the brother who won't be here this year. Travis Tritt's singing of a familiar Christmas Carol rather fits in too, giving a cohesiveness to the three cuts...a happy one, a sentimental one, and a traditional carol sung often by families together.Michael Martin Murphey's "Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree" and Dwight Yoakum's "Come On Christmas" provide a light touch before Kathy Mattea's performance of what has become a country standard to this season, "There's A new Kid In Town". And then Sammy Kershaw's "Up On The Housetop" brings the set to a peppy and satisfying close.My one feeling of lack about this CD is the preponderant 10 male singers to 2 female singers ratio. All in all, though, if you are a country fan, chances are you'll want this collection."

The fourth in a great series

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 10/09/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This volume of country Christmas songs draws exclusively on songs previously available - no new recordings here - but it's still a great collection, with not many old chestnuts.The version of Two step round the Christmas tree included here is actually a duet, although Suzy Bogguss is not credited on the album - it originally appeared on Michael's first Christmas album (one of my all-time favorite Christmas albums).John Berry is in fine voice on Christmas morning, and I also particularly enjoyed Up on the housetop. Dolly's Hard candy Christmas isn't really a Christmas song, but by having the word Christmas in it's title, it will always be a candidate for inclusion in these compilations.Overall, this is a great collection, well up to the standard I've come to expect from this series."