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Aretha Franklin
This Christmas (Borders)
Release Date: 2008 10 14
Running Time: 0:00
Label: DMI Records
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The obvious title here would have been Wreatha Now, but Aretha opted to follow in the footsteps of at least 20 other artists by going with This Christmas as the title of her first Christmas album. Apart from the Donny Hathaway/Nadine McKinnor-written title track, a duet with her son Edward that is both sweet and playful (at one point, Aretha interjects, "Eddie, you mustn't upstage mom with those high notes"), the disc is filled mostly with the spiritual and relatively serious side of holiday material. The likes of "Silent Night," "Ave Maria," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and "Angels We Have Heard on High" are given the kind of treatment only Aretha could grant, though it should be noted that there are moments where you might feel stuck inside the Aretha Melismatorium. It's not all reverence and reflection: best of all is a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" that can only be termed "personalized." Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Angels We Have Heard on HighChadwick5:25
2This ChristmasFranklin, Hathaway, McKinnor5:22
3My Grown-Up Christmas ListFoster, Jenner5:14
4Lord Will Make a WayTraditional5:43
5Silent NightGruber, Mohr5:06
6Ave MariaGounod, Bach, Bach4:56
7Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)Huff, Gamble, Gamble3:52
814 AngelsHumperdinck2:08
9One Night with the KingTenney6:08
10Hark! The Herald Angels SingMendelssohn, Wesley5:24
11'Twas the Night Before ChristmasMoore1:51







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