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Reba McEntire, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, et. al. Brenda Lee - Tennessee Christmas

Reba McEntire, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, et. al. Brenda Lee - Tennessee Christmas

Band: Reba McEntire, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, et. al. Brenda Lee Title: Tennessee Christmas Rating: Release Date: 15 October, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Away in a Manger - Reba McEntire 2: Tennessee Christmas - Steve Wariner 3: Please Come Home for Christmas - John Schneider 4: One Bright Star (This Christmas Night) - Nicolette Larson 5: First Noel - Loretta Lynn 6: Greatest Little Christmas Ever Wuz - Ray Stevens 7: Christmas Song - Brenda Lee 8: Christmas in the Caribbean - Jimmy Buffett 9: Christmas Is Paintin' the Town - The Oak Ridge Boys 10: Winter Wonderland - Barbara Mandrell

Customer Review Excellent set of eighties country recordings The ten songs have everything evenly balanced - five male vocals, five female vocal, and a great mix of Christmas classics, original songs and covers of lesser-known songs. Back in the days before CD was popular, this was one of the best LP's of Christmas music that I came across. I don't know if the compilers knew when they selected the artists, but Barbara Mandrell, Steve Wariner and Jimmy Buffett were all born on 25th December. Moreover, they were the only country stars with this birthday that could have been included at the time. There are so many great tracks here, but Reba's version of Away in a manger is outstanding. Not far behind are Jimmy Buffett, the Oak Ridge Boys, Ray Stevens and John Schneider - the first three with original songs and John with a song (Please come home for Christmas) that I had not heard before I bought this, though it is a cover of an R+B song that had been popularized by the Eagles. Of course, it has been recorded by many others since and is now a regular feature of Christmas albums. Steve's version of the title track (an Amy Grant original that I first came across via Alabama's version) is also excellent. Unlike some of the other singers here, Steve did not include it on his own Christmas album. Barbara Mandrell (actually my favorite among the singers featured here) does a fine cover of Winter wonderland, though it's not the track I would have selected from her Christmas album. The tracks featuring Nicolette Larson, Brenda Lee and Loretta Lynn are also wonderful. Because this is a straight re-issue of an original LP, the playing time is short for a CD, but the quality is high and the price is low. As such, it remains one of my favorite Christmas albums. . You can see a complete list of all Reba McEntire, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, et. al. Brenda Lee discography, or go back to the Reba McEntire, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, et. al. Brenda Lee tabs