Because It's Christmas

Editorial Reviews
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Anyone who has seen--or even heard--Barry Manilow live should know what to expect from this Christmas release. True to his persona, some of the songs are as kitschy as a roving-eye cat clock: the Andrews Sisters-esque chorus of Manilow's spirited "Jingle Bells" may be a bit much for nonfans. The title track, however, is the singer at his Barry best, a touching, hold-your-honey-closer-type piano ballad that he really knows how to drive home. The standards are here too, including "The First Noel" and "Silent Night, Holy Night." But as his arrangement of "Jingle Bells" makes clear, there's never anything predictable with Barry Manilow, even when he's dealing with tradition. --Steve Gdula --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Opening - From Babes in Toyland (Herbert & MacDonough) with Kenny Baker and Karen Kemple
Toyland
Floretta
Never Mind Bo-Peep, We Will Find Your Sheep
March of the Toys
I Can't Do the Sum
Go To Sleep, Slumber Deep
Song of the Poet
The Military Ball
Hail to Christmas
Finale: He Won't Be Happy Till He Gets It and March of the Toys
When You're Pretty and the World Is Fair - From The Red Mill (Blossom & Herbert) with Wilbur Evans, Eileen Farrell, and Felix Knight
Moonbeams
In the Isle of Our Dreams
Because You're You
Every Day is Ladies' Day With me
The Streets of New York

Customer Reviews:

The Most Beautiful Recorded Tenor Voice?.......2005-06-22

Is any recorded, tenor, singing voice as lovely as Kenny Baker's? As a child, I often heard him during the 1930s on the Jack Benny show, but have scarcely thought of him since. Amazon.com offers him on four CDs: BABES IN TOYLAND, LOVE WALKED IN, THE STARLIT HOUR and WEILL FROM BERLIN TO BROADWAY. Over the years, I have heard the recorded voices of many tenors, mostly operatic. Their fine voices were excellently trained, often to a wider range and more difficult music. But note for note, their sound as recorded is not I think as sheerly beautiful as Kenny Baker's. A splendid, unspoiled, unstrained, natural gift, put to disciplined and tasteful use! His enunciation is remarkably clear, and his musical line, perfectly smooth. He makes each song a different story, as in the six pieces here from BABES IN TOYLAND.

My claim is easy to test. This website has CDs with excerpts for listening to the best tenors of the 20th century, including Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Giovanni Martinelli, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Richard Tauber, Richard Crooks, Jussi Bjoerling, Morton Downey, Mario Lanza, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicolai Gedda, Jan Peerce, Leopold Simoneau, Fritz Wunderlich, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. Of course, the earlier the career, the greater the damage to the recorded voice from primitive technology. Heard live, who knows which voice was most beautiful? But at least we have what earlier centuries could only imagine: lasting copies of live performances. Listen to Kenny Baker's voice on tracks 2 and 8 of BABES IN TOYLAND, and then compare.

The numbers from THE RED MILL will make you want to hear more. This operetta, also composed by Victor Herbert, was first produced in 1906, three years after BABES IN TOYLAND. "Moonbeams" (well sung by Eileen Farrell) is lovely; "Because You're You" (a duet between Farrell and Felix Knight) is quite simple but surprisingly affecting. The last two are the best: "Every Day Is Ladies' Day with Me," and "In Old New York." They are patter songs, perhaps inspired by, and surely as deft, as the ones that Gilbert and Sullivan were writing two decades earlier. Both are sung by Wilbur Evans, in a rich baritone, with perfect enunciation and marvelous comic flair. Great fun!

The selections on this CD were recorded in 1944 and 1945, then released in 1946 on both 78s and 10" LPs. For this CD, they were remastered from wartime lacquered-glass originals. Baker and Evans emerge in radiant form, surely much closer to live sound than reached our family radio via AM transmission 65 years ago. The orchestral and choral sound is less attractive. Poorly miked?

Very, very truncated........2002-12-09

The scores of Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland" and "The Red Mill" are lovely classics, but the incomplete scores represented by this Decca Broadway remastering of its antiquated 78s are not the best reprentation. My advice: wait for the John McGlinn "Babes in Toyland" to be released. As for "The Red Mill", you'd do better to pick up the Ohio Light Opera's double-CD from Albany Records.

incomplete pleasure.......2002-11-09

Two terrible mistakes keep this from 5 stars.. BABES IN TOYLAND is not complete as they are missing the delightful IN THE TOYMAKER'S WORKSHOP. Why? In THE RED MILL they use a butchered take of EVERY DAY IS LADIES DAY WITH ME. Again, why?
John McGlinn will be out with a complete BABES soon - and there is a lot of music in it - so you may want to wait.

Finally available on CD!.......2002-08-01

Decca's 1946 album of selections from Victor Herbert's celebrated musical was a welcome addition to record libraries, covering most of the major songs plus some of the delightful dance music. The album was reissued as a ten-inch Lp in 1949. A later reissue in 1957 dropped 4 songs to fit the score on one side of a twelve-inch Lp backed by six selections from Herbert's THE RED MILL. That pairing is reproduced here but the CD contains the complete BABES IN TOYLAND program! It's nice to have it back too! Nice of Decca to give us this early Christmas present this year. But BABES IN TOYLAND is a score that enchants all year round. How strange that no other complete recording exists.

Tracks:

The Christmas Song
Jingle Bells
Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus
The First Noel/When The Meadow Was Bloomin'
Excerpt From Handel's Messiah ('For Unto Us A Child Is Born...')/Because It's Christmas (For All...
Baby, It's Cold Outside
White Christmas
Carol Of The Bells/The Bells Of Christmas
Joy To The World/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
We Wish You A Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve

Customer Reviews:

Mixed bag.......2006-12-21

By this point in his career he had two distinct music personalities: the soft & sappy and the blue & jazzy. His blue & jazzy numbers, particularly "I guess there ain't no Santa Claus" and his rendition of "Baby It's Cold Outside" are untouchable, 5-star classics. The other side, represented by "Christmas is for the children" is cringe-inducing.

Now it's 2006 and I have not heard his last Christmas outing, but I have one question. What the Holy Heck did he do to his face???????????

-Mark

Soft Christmas Songs.......2006-11-25

This is a beautiful Christmas album. You are asking which of the 2 Barry Christmas albums you should buy? Now, you know I'm gonna say BOTH! I LOVE Barry music. The other (Christmas Love) album is more peppy. This one is the softer Christmas music that you might play later at night while you're waiting for Santa to come. These are just beautiful heart-melting versions of Christmas songs, many classics, and rearranged and tweeked by the Manilow master. The versions leave you feeling so very peaceful and full of those special feelings of the season.

Favorites, such as "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts roasting by the open fire.. ..), "Silent Night," "The First Noel" and "White Christmas" are done so beautifully well by Barry. They are just awesome, in my opinion, as is the whole CD. (I keep almost typing the word "record." I guess I'm telling my age again.) There is something about "When the Meadow Was Bloomin'" that I can feel inside my heart. "For Unto Us a Child is Born/Because It's Christmas (For all the Children)," to me, is what the season is all about. My hat goes off to Barry for including it (if I wore a hat, that is.) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a cute duet with K.T. Oslin. Oh, I could just go on and on and on and on about these fantastic arrangements.

I had purchased this album earlier this year, listened to it a couple of times, and put it away. When I pulled it out the other day, I got hooked on its beauty all over again. It is not only Barry's singing, but a compilation of the vibration of his beautiful voice and the gorgeous accompanying musical arrangements. He really sings with his heart and it vibrates all the way through to his soul, and back out to his audience.

This CD would be great anytime, but ideal to sit with in front of a fireplace, at 11:30 p.m., on Christmas Eve, with a glass of wine and someone special--then listen into midnight and beyond--into Christmas Day.

And, once again, I am happy to see that an International Star is not afraid to sing the word "Christmas."

As a side note, I did so NOT want to do the NordicTrack last night, but I am on an exercise and diet "mission". So, I plopped this CD in, earphones on, closed my eyes, and walked into heaven. Before I realized it, the album ended and I did almost 45 minutes. Not only that, but I felt so peaceful; I could have taken on just about anything at that point. (Now I ask you, who feels peaceful after 45 minutes on an elliptical walker/bike without a seat?) Then I took a shower and slept like a baby with Barry's music playing in my heart all night long.

Buy this bee-yoo-tee-full CD. You won't be disappointed. Total running time is approximately 42 ½ minutes.

Record! Record! RECORD!!! There! I said it! Does anybody remember what a RECORD was? It was a round black disk that played music--in the old days--Like B.C.-- No, not a frisby!

My Favorite Christmas CD.......2005-12-15

I originally purchased this CD when it was first released in 1990. It was love at first listen and almost immediately become my favorite Christmas CD. It was always the first CD that I played when we decorated our Christmas tree. Imagine my dissapointment last week when I couldn't find it! After going to two stores last Saturday night ( neither had it!) I was lucky enough to find it on Sunday. Christmas was saved!!Great CD that I highly recommend!!

I play this CD EveryYear around this special time of the year.......2005-12-11

"Because its CHRISTmas" is probally my Favorite Christmas CD ever.My second Favorite is The Carpenters.This record is a concept album that never breaks,the music never stops,and its ALL GREAT,From "THe Christmas Song," to "Its just another New Years Eve." If you are now satisfied with this CD,I will buy it back from you.

All Time Favorite Christmas Album.......2005-11-28

This has been my favorite Christmas album for years. The entire album is fabulous -- not a bad song on it. I love the way the each song transitions into the next. The duet of Baby It's Cold Outside is the best version EVER. And the Messiah montage is beautiful. An outstanding effort.

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Soft Christmas Songs

Because It's Christmas

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Track List: 1. The Christmas Song 2. Jingle Bells (with Exposé) 3. Silent Night/Guess There Aint No Santa Claus 4. The First Noel/When The Meadow Was Bloomin 5. Excerpt from Handels Messiah (For unto us a child is born...)/Because Its Christmas (For all The Children) 6. Baby, Its Cold Outside (with K.T. Oslin) 7. White Christmas 8. Carol Of The Bells/The Bells of Christmas 9. Joy To The World/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 10. We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Its Just Another New Years Eve

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Soft Christmas Songs.......2006-11-01

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Soft Christmas Songs
I play this CD 35days a year,untill NewYearsEve
The Best of Barry
This CD is played for 30days after Thanksgiving
One of the Best Christmas Albums Ever!

Because It's Christmas
Barry Manilow
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ASIN: B000002VHM
Release Date: 1990-08-15

Tracks:

The Christmas Song
Jingle Bells
Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus
The First Noel/When The Meadow Was Bloomin'
Excerpt From Handel's Messiah ('For Unto Us A Child Is Born...')/Because It's Christmas (For All...
Baby, It's Cold Outside
White Christmas
Carol Of The Bells/The Bells Of Christmas
Joy To The World/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
We Wish You A Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve

Amazon.com

Anyone who has seen--or even heard--Barry Manilow live should know what to expect from this Christmas release. True to his persona, some of the songs are as kitschy as a roving-eye cat clock: the Andrews Sisters-esque chorus of Manilow's spirited "Jingle Bells" may be a bit much for nonfans. The title track, however, is the singer at his Barry best, a touching, hold-your-honey-closer-type piano ballad that he really knows how to drive home. The standards are here too, including "The First Noel" and "Silent Night, Holy Night." But as his arrangement of "Jingle Bells" makes clear, there's never anything predictable with Barry Manilow, even when he's dealing with tradition. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

Soft Christmas Songs.......2006-11-25

I play this CD 35days a year,untill NewYearsEve.......2000-03-14

I thought no one could come close to the Carpenters Christmas album,but Barry does."The Christmas Song," who could sing this Mel Torme' classic different,but Barry gives a fantastic reading. "When the meadow was bloomin," what a wonderfull song writen to the words of Johnny Mercer."The Bells of Christmas," is great, along with the K.T.Oslin duet,"Baby its cold outside."But the best song on the CD is the last,"Its just another NewYearsEve." This record can make you cry,but fill good about the New Year coming. This Christmas CD is alot like the Carpenters,except most of the music is Barry's own material,and when you hear,"Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas," All the voices are Barry's. "Because its Christmas," was a top ten hit,and this album is always on the Christmas charts in Billboard every year. I know so many people who are Barry Manilow fans,but don't have this record.You don't know what your missing.

The Best of Barry.......1999-12-06

Even if you are not a Barry fan you will love this CD. Nothing get's you in the true spirit of the holidays more than this great collection of carrolls and ballads. It is one of my all time favorites. I now look forward to pulling out my holiday music and playing this first.

This CD is played for 30days after Thanksgiving.......1999-06-19

The greatest Christmas CD out. I thought no one could come close to the Carpenders Christmas Album,but Barry does." The Christmas Song." who could sing this Mel Torme classic different,but Barry gives a fantastic reading." When the Meadow was Bloomin'" ,what a great song writen to the words of Johnny Mercer."The Bells of Christmas" is my favorite. Then the CD ends with,"Its just another New Years Eve," What a song. It can make you cry,but fill good about the New year comming.

One of the Best Christmas Albums Ever!.......1999-03-27

I usually have a problem with "celebrity" Christmas albums because they tend to just be a cash-in on the holiday, but this one is different. For one thing, it's closer to a jazz album than a pop album, and it sounds warm and cozy. Great songs, wonderful guests, and a great finale - Barry & 39 overdubs doing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" that mixes Barry, the Carpenters, and the Beach Boys into one song! One of the best Christmas albums of all time!

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O Holy Night - Placido Domingo
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I'll Be Home For Christmas - The Three Tenors
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Sissel Kyrkjeb0
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Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle - Luciano Pavarotti
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Ave Maria, Hymne An Die Jungfrau, D 839 - Jose Carreras
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It's Christmas All Over The World - Placido Domingo
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Soft Christmas Songs

Because It's Christmas
Barry Manilow
Manufacturer: Camden/Wave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000CG3NK
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

Christmas Song
Jingle Bells - ExposBarry Manilow
Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus
First Noel/When the Meadow Was Bloomin'
Excerpt from Handel's Messiah ("For Unto Us a Child Is Born...")/B ...
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Barry Manilow, K.T. Oslin
White Christmas
Carol of the Bells/The Bells of Christmas
Joy to the World/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve

Album Details

11 Classic Holiday Favorites Done in the Unmistakable Mancini Style.

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Soft Christmas Songs.......2006-11-25

Our Favorite Things: Christmas in Vienna

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Our Favorite Things: Christmas in Vienna

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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Christmas Song [Live] - Tony Bennett, Steven Mercurio
O Holy Night [Live] - Charlotte Church, Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio
Do You Hear What I Hear? [Live] - Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Js de Nazareth [Live] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio
Winter Wonderland [Live] - Tony Bennett, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Silent Night [Live] - Charlotte Church, Steven Mercurio
My Favorite Things [Live] - Tony Bennett, Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
White Christmas [Live] - Tony Bennett, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Hacia Belen Va un Burro [Live] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio
Through the Eyes of a Child [Live] - Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
First Noel [Live] - Tony Bennett, Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio
Somewhere in My Memory [Live] - Steven Mercurio, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
I Saw Three Ships [Live] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Live] - Tony Bennett, Steven Mercurio
Hijo de Dios [Live] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio
I'll Be Home for Christmas [Live] - Tony Bennett, Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio
Joy to the World [Live] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Angels We Have Heard on High [Live] - Tony Bennett, Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Silent Night [Live] - Cynthia Kaay Bennett, Charlotte Church, Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
One More Year [Live] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
It's Christmas All Over the World [Live][*] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams
Because It's Christmas [Live][*] - Pldo Domingo, Steven Mercurio, Vanessa Williams

Product Description

A Timeless Holiday Celebration For The Whole Family From Four of the World's Favorite Voices. 20 songs plus 2 unreleased bonus tracks.

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Because It's Christmas
Barry Manilow
Manufacturer: Bmg Special Product
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066F27
Release Date: 2002-04-01

Tracks:

Christmas Song
Jingle Bells - ExposBarry Manilow
Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus
First Noel/When the Meadow Was Bloomin'
Excerpt from Handel's Messiah ("For Unto Us a Child Is Born...")/B ...
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Barry Manilow, K.T. Oslin
White Christmas
Carol of the Bells/The Bells of Christmas
Joy to the World/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve

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Soft Christmas Songs
Christmas Album
Sit back & unwind

Because It's Christmas
Barry Manilow
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ASIN: B00002R0MP
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

Christmas Song
Jingle Bells - ExposBarry Manilow
Silent Night/I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus
First Noel/When the Meadow Was Bloomin'
Excerpt from Handel's Messiah ("For Unto Us a Child Is Born...")/B ...
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Barry Manilow, K.T. Oslin
White Christmas
Carol of the Bells/The Bells of Christmas
Joy to the World/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Just Another New Year's Eve

Album Details

Repackaged and Remastered. 10 Tracks Including: Christmas Song, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Joy to the World, have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

Customer Reviews:

Soft Christmas Songs.......2006-11-25

Christmas Album.......2003-05-09

Ahhh, yes!! I really love this Christmas album. The songs are simply great but of course, I have always loved the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" song especially when Barry does the duet with Debra Byrd. The first time I ever saw them do the duet for this song was from the A&E:"Live by Request" tv special and I remember how cute & funny they both were when singing this song. The cover picture for this album looks very romantic, christmasy, & the fireplace in the background makes me wanna cook some marshmallows & sip on some hot cocoa!
Merry Christmas!

Sit back & unwind.......2001-05-09

Manilow refuses to do the obvious Christmas album, but instead scales down and produces an album for those long winter nights that you cuddle up to the fire with. Christmas carols set the scene and fade towards Manilow's own compositions. Silent Night eases gently to the opening guitar riffs of the Manilow/Mercer song `I guess there ain't no Santo clause'. The Fist Noel into the achingly beautiful `When the meadow was blooming' and the Carol of the bells into the impeccably arranged `The Bells of Christmas'.

Theirs also a great duet with K.T. Oslin, the brilliant Frank Loesser song `Baby, its Cold Outside'. The Bing Crosby/Andrew Sisters inspired `Jingle Bells' performed with Expose, great harmonies. The uplifting `It's just another New Years Eve' and brilliant renditions of `White Christmas' and `The Christmas Song'.

Tracks:

Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
Thats What Christmas Is
Joy To The Faithful
A Christmas Medley
Sights And Sounds Of Christmas
O Holy Night
The Christmas Song
Come And Worship
Ave Maria
Carol Of The Bells
Because Its Christmas

Album Description

The Mark Buza Orchestra, an extraordinary assemblage of energetic talent, has recorded a wonderful holiday album entitled “Because It's Christmas”. It is a CD packed with traditional and contemporary Christmas songs to stir every emotion, and is sure to warm your heart this holiday season. From the bright and snappy strains of “Sights and Sounds of Christmas”, to the lively rendition of “Holly Jolly Christmas”, to the powerhouse tear jerker “Because It's Christmas”, this collection has it all. Enchanting choral presentations, mixed with full orchestral arrangements which is a Mark Buza trademark, make this the perfect album for holiday listening. Music by the Mark Buza Orchestra can be heard on radio stations across the nation and they have three first round Grammy entries to their credit. You will not want to miss out on this CD which is by far the best ever recorded by the impeccable Mark Buza Orchestra.

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boooza express rocks.......2001-12-23

a feast for the eyes and ears, i may never listen to another CD again. this is truely the pinnacle record of the 20th century

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