Season's Greetings: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection [Box set]

Editorial Reviews
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Given this box set's grandiose title and three discs' worth of chestnuts roasting, songs about silent nights, and ho, ho, ho, you'd expect--if you're serious about Christmas music--a little bit more than what's actually here. The Millennium Collection is heavily saturated with classics you probably have, and if you're a baby boomer, chances are you will already possess many of the R&B tracks from the Motown era and some of the random, more contemporary songs by Angela Winbush, Aaron Neville, and Boyz II Men. That said, the set is still a good, eclectic sampling of old and new holiday music even though it's embarrassingly short on country and rock. Call it an incomplete grab bag that tries to be all things to all tastes--and only partially succeeds. --Martin Keller

Tracks:

White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Winter Wonderland - Louis Armstrong
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
Frosty The Snowman - Jimmy Durante
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Do Re Mi Children's Chorus
This Time Of The Year - Brook Benton
The Christmas Song - Mel Torme
A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Ella Fitzgerald
Silent Night - Dinah Washington

Tracks:

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Blue Christmas - The Platters
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Jackson 5
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Christmas Time - Bryan Adams
Nothing But A Child - Kathy Mattea
A Christmas To Remember - Amy Grant
It Won't Be The Same This Year - Vince Gill

Tracks:

Silent Night - The Temptations
Christmas In The City (Instrumental) - Marvin Gaye
White Christmas - Stephanie Mills
Give Love On Christmas Day - New Edition
Please Come Home For Christmas - Aaron Neville
When You Love Someone (It's Christmas Everyday) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Christmas Song - The Supremes
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Brian McKnight
Let It Snow - Boyz II Men
Special Gift - The Isley Brothers
All I Want For Christmas - Angela Winbush
This Christmas - Dru Hill

Amazon.com

Given this box set's grandiose title and three discs' worth of chestnuts roasting, songs about silent nights, and ho, ho, ho, you'd expect--if you're serious about Christmas music--a little bit more than what's actually here. The Millennium Collection is heavily saturated with classics you probably have, and if you're a baby boomer, chances are you will already possess many of the R&B tracks from the Motown era and some of the random, more contemporary songs by Angela Winbush, Aaron Neville, and Boyz II Men. That said, the set is still a good, eclectic sampling of old and new holiday music even though it's embarrassingly short on country and rock. Call it an incomplete grab bag that tries to be all things to all tastes--and only partially succeeds. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

An Eclectic Yuletide Anthology.......2001-10-17

There are few Christmas albums by single artists that I can listen to straight though. As such I have made more than a dozen Christmas anthology albums of my own from the more than 200 Christmas albums in my collection. On each album I would mix the familiar with the new. This Hip-O collection does the same thing. You get old chestnuts like Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" alongside more contemporary performances like Dru Hill's "This Christmas" and Vince Gill's "It Won't Be the Same This Year." For some, the wide range of styles will be turn off. Me? I like the diversity of the music. My only criticism is that this collection would have easily fit on two discs. When I put a CD in the player I don't want to have to change it for at least an hour. If your going to make me pay for three CDs, fill all three CDs. RECOMMENDED

"Ultimate Yuletide Collection for the Holidays!".......2001-10-13

Have you longed for a collection with everything in one album...well, here it is...from the early '40s up through the '90s, the who's who in the entertainment field ~ Bryan Adams, Leroy Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Brook Benton, Chuck Berry, Boyz II Men, Bing Crosby, Do Re Mi Children's Chorus, Jimmy Durante, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Marvin Gaye, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Bobby Helms, Dru Hill, Isley Brothers (featuring Ronald Isley), Burl Ives, The Jackson 5, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Brenda Lee, Kathy Mattea, Brian McKnight, Stephanie Mills, Aaron Neville, New Edition, The Platters, Harry Simeone Chorale, The Supremes, The Temptations, Mel Torme, Dinah Washington, The Waitresses and Angela Winbush...each artist with their own distinctive interpretation, making the Holiday Season even more special.

Universal Music Enterprises, share treasures from the vast vault of labels ~ A&M Records, Decca, Island Def Jam Music, Motown Records and Verve Music is sure to bring back many fond memories of your childhood from yuletide's past!

This collection reminds me of the old Reader's Digest "Christmas Through The Years" (1984), another 3-CD-Set which is high on my collection list (no longer available)...but this release from Hip-O ~ "Season's Greetings-20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection", is a compilation of beautiful Christmas songs and best-loved carols that will brighten your Christmastide for years to come...treat yourself, pick this one up, an early Christmas presents...put it on, while your trimming the family Christmas tree!

Total 3-CD-Set ~ Universal/Hip-O Records 314-556-728-2 ~ (2001)

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