Description
Christmas in the Heart is a Christmas album by the American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, released on Columbia Records in October 2009, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. The album was recorded and mixed by David Bianco with Jack Frost producing.
One of the snags of working in a radio station and hearing the output blaring out all day is that certain songs eventually really get on your nerves! A classic example of this phenomenon is the Cross Rhythms radio exposure given to Dylan’s «Must Be Santa», featured on this set. At first the sheer novelty of the folk rock icon running through a ludicrous Santa song backed by what sounds like the world’s most off-kilter polka band produced a broad smile from this reviewer but heard 60 or 70 times it makes one prone to commit acts of violence! Overall though, as Cross Rhythms writer Darren Hirst has already documented, ‘Christmas In The Heart’ is a surprisingly successful venture by the recording star into the field of carols and Santa songs. The classic track is, for me, Dylan’s reworking of «O Little Town Of Bethlehem» which, as one reviewer correctly pointed out, the veteran treats like an Irish rebel song. But I’m also keen on his reading of «O Come All Ye Faithful» while «The Christmas Blues» has its moments too. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, January 2010]
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CD tracklist:
01. Here Comes Santa Claus
02. Do You Hear What I Hear?
03. Winter Wonderland
04. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
05. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
06. Little Drummer Boy
07. The Christmas Blues
08. O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
09. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
10. Must Be Santa
11. Silver Bells
12. The First Noel
13. Christmas Island
14. The Christmas Song
15. O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem
Note: Released on both CD and 180g 12-inch vinyl LP by Columbia Records.
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