I am a collector of many things, among them Christmas CDs. Which makes me look up at the title of this post and realize that I have carbon-dated myself by writing "albums". That's how music came when I was a kid and that's how my brain will continue to refer to CDs unless I really think hard about it.And of course I love lists. I just compiled a list to post on this post by dooce asking for Christmas music recommendations. So here goes. From my years of collecting and listening to Christmas music, here's my top six list of Christmas CDs/albums:
1. Mixed Nuts Soundtrack. My personal all-time favorite Christmas CD. The best tracks are Fats Domino's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby"
2. Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas. The classic.
3. Bullseye Blues Christmas. Best track, "Five Pound Box of Money" by Michelle "Evil Gal" Willson
4. The Alligator Records Christmas Collection. Best track, Tinsley Ellis's "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'"
5. The Platters A Christmas Album,
6. and last but not least, The Brian Setzer Orchestra Boogie Woogie Christmas
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They're still albums, dammit. They're just not LPs.
At least you didn't talk about playing them on the stereo (though CDs still play in stereo, dammit) or, even worse, on the hi-fi.
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